Our Gift

Marianist spirituality calls us to pursue personal growth, cultivate a personal relationship with Mary, practice hospitality, and build community. Our spirituality is contemplative and apostolic, leads us to conversion of the heart, and is a powerful witness to the world.

We emphasize our communal life as a source of personal support and encouragement for our ministries; we also work to build an apostolic community with those we serve. We gradually become women of faith, who see the realities of our times with the eyes of God and try to respond with the heart of God.

With Mary as our model, we nurture the qualities of discipleship:

Hospitality
Justice
Simplicity
Attentiveness to God
Sharing our faith experience
Sharing leadership

Today, the Marianist Sisters (Daughters of Mary Immaculate) are present in:

Africa (Togo and the Ivory Coast)
Asia (Japan, Korea, India)
Europe (France, Spain, Italy)
North America (Dayton, Ohio; San Antonio, Texas)
South America (Columbia, Ecuador, Chile, Brazil)

We are given to “the mission which Jesus confided to His Church: to announce the Good News to all.” (Rule of Life, 1:64) We do this through:

Animating and developing small faith communities
Catechesis
Campus ministry
Education
Pastoral ministry
Social services