Our Spirituality

We have many devotions and traditions, all of which help us live out our missionary call- they are practical. We give special emphasis to our devotion to:
The Trinity: We see the Triune God in the glory of all creation and in the faces of the people we are called to serve. The love-relationship of Father, Son and Holy Spirit is a model for the family relationship we enjoy with our sisters, as well as with the laity, priests and brothers of the four branches of the Missionary Cenacle Family.
The Holy Spirit: We seek to attract the Holy Spirit so that our own hearts may be enkindled with God’s love and that we may spread this fire to others. We ask to be filled with the gifts of the Holy Spirit, wisdom and fortitude especially. Together, we have been praying a perpetual novena to the Holy Spirit since 1913.
The Eucharist: It is the sun and center of our lives. Every Missionary Cenacle has a chapel with the Blessed Sacrament. The Eucharist is the food we need to nourish us for our missionary work.
The Incarnation: Celebrating Christmas and the Annunciation remind us that God walked with us in human flesh. God is not distant, but knows and loves us completely. In response, we share that love.

“A Missionary Servant will, therefore, realize of what value and importance are the exercises of piety, for example, meditation, spiritual reading, visits to the Blessed Sacrament, the giving of charity and a practice.”

~Fr. Thomas A. Judge, CM

A Practice

A practice begins by selecting or being assigned a virtue or an awareness that you are to put into daily practice through prayer and action. Here are some examples of a practice one might adopt:

  • simplicity
  • charity
  • patience
  • kindness
  • providence of God
  • hope
  • the presence of God
  • devotion to the Most Blessed Sacrament
  • dependence on God
  • humility
  • prudence
  • faith
  • gratitude
  • the Cross

Our Rule of Life

Our Missionary Servant spirituality is expressed in our Rule of Life. Our Rule explains our charism or gift of our community to the Church more fully.