Little Sisters of the Assumption
                     

The Charism

The Little Sisters of the Assumption share the desire to be both prophets and prayerful sisters in today's world.

"We are filled with an ardent desire to see all nations and peoples gathered together as God's family in Jesus Christ, Lord of the world and Lord of history"
(Rule of life 149)


Following Jesus Christ Servant and Saviour , the Little Sisters of the Assumption are :

  • sent to proclaim the Good News of Salvation to "the poor, the workers and their families", to bear witness to love of God by every aspect of their lives : "may your actions speak Jesus Christ"
  
  • sent to "recreate" a people for God, , they try to help people enter into dialogue with one another to experience trust, friendship and solidarity, to take part gradually in the construction of a world where "the scattered children of God will be gathered together in unity"  (John 11,52)

They have it at heart to further communities of faith, the "Fraternities", where, each person can discover the tenderness and mercy of the Father. They are invited to see that they are part of the Church.

  

The personal and comunity life of the Little Sisters is animated by the desire : "To procure the glory of God by the salvation of the poor and little ones".


The Little Sisters of the Assumption try to adapt their charism to each cultural context. Their apostolic activities, with vary from country to country, are carried out among people who are impoverished :

  • Work with families
  • Health and social projets
  • Action for the advancement
  • Human and spiritual development
  • Facilitating and working with groups
  • Deepening of faith.


"Following the example of Jesus Who came to dwell among us,    Who lived a poor life, worked with His hands, and announced the Good News through the simplest realities - bread, water, light, healing, life and death -, we ourselves wish to show forth the Father's love in the actions of everyday life"
(R. Life 18)

Through these activities, the Little Sisters want to :

  • Offer their lives so that the Kingdom may come among the poor and "littles ones"
  • Recreate, with them, a people for God
  • Work with others to bring about a world where there is justice and peace.


From the beginning of the foudation, Etienne Pernet et Antoinette Fage had the intuition that the charism goes beyond our frontiers to meet their world's peoples.

"You will go everywhere, because everywhere there are the sick and the poor and souls to be saved. The little sister is a missionary. She is so all the more since she must live in the midst of the poor"
(Etienne Pernet)

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