Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul West Central Province
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul West Central Province
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul West Central Province
We will be happy to pray for you. Simply email your prayer request to us by using the above link.
See the schedule of upcoming retreats.
Learn more about an exhibit highlighting the rich history and contributions of Catholic sisters in the United States on the Women and Spirit website and the LCWR website.
If you feel drawn to a deeper relationship with God and would like to use your life to make a difference in this world, you may want to consider service as a Daughter of Charity.
As Daughters of Charity, we live together in community, serving persons who are poor. Our ministries take us out into the world, serving in diversely different areas. Choosing to become a Daughter of Charity can be one of the most exciting and rewarding decisions you can make for your life.
If you would like to further investigate the possibility of becoming a Daughter of Charity, please contact us by phone, email or other means. We will be able to answer your questions and share with you what becoming a Daughter of Charity has meant in our lives. You can also read the personal stories from some of our Sisters in the Who We Are section.
The video portrays a day ih the life of a Daughter of Charity Novitiate.
Learn about this important stage of formation by watching this video prepared by someone who recently completed her time there. In her video, Sr. Liz Sjoberg gives you a glimpse of seminary life today. (Daughters refer to their novices as seminary sisters.) Enjoy!
Once a week you'll visit a local community of Daughters of Charity for evening prayer, supper, and to become acquainted with the spirit and direction of the community. During this time, you will continue to seek to understand and discern God's call in your life.
You'll be invited to live with a local community of Daughters so you can participate more fully in their lives. As you continue to discern, sharing in the lives of the Daughters, you will receive spiritual direction, minister to persons who are poor and learn more about the founders of the Daughters of Charity and the charism that permeates all that their lives. If you believe that God is calling you to be a Daughter, you would make a formal application to become a Postulant.
During the Postulancy step, you’ll live in a community of Daughters of Charity and study more intensely our heritage, and charism. You continue to deepen your understanding of your call in light of the Gospel and the Constitutions of the Daughters of Charity.
At the end of Postulancy, you and the community together will discern God's call in your life and your admission to the Daughters of Charity.
Admission takes place when you enter the seminary (novitiate) and become a member of the Daughters of Charity. You will be a seminary sister (novice) for two years in order to further interiorize your spiritual life and to initiate your life as a Daughter of Charity. After this intense formation, a sister is “sent on Mission” to serve persons who are poor and to live in community with other Daughters of Charity within the province.
After a period of time, you have the privilege of pronouncing your vows for the first time. A Daughter of Charity makes four vows - poverty, chastity, obedience and service of the poor. The vows are renewed annually.
For more information we encourage you to email us.