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Start searching for the meaning of life, through Hospitality.
The vocational experience is always a unique and personal moment. When you are young, you wonder about life and its meaning. Sometimes it’s confusing, others it’s inspiring. You want to focus your energy on doing things for yourself, for your family, for your friends, and for others. You dream of the perfect job, or of having a family. Through these questions, God invites you to find Him.
The Hospitaller vocation consists of starting an adventure with Jesus. Furthermore, it is such an engaging call that it changes your whole life. It is an invitation to feel the sick people’s pain and answer it through kindness, service, attention… In one word, Hospitality!
The Hospitaller vocation fosters your personal growth. Moreover, it boosts your qualities and possibilities as a person so that, over time, you identify yourself with Jesus and His way of thinking and loving.
There are various essential factors to know before becoming a Hospitaller. Firstly, the Sisters Hospitallers have chosen Christ as the centre of our lives. It is, therefore, a commitment that we take and live in community, because the Hospitaller charisma brings us together as a family. And as such, we carry out a mission: to bring Jesus The Good Samaritan to those who need us.
From your side, on the other hand, we expect honesty, passion for teamwork, and sensitivity to the sick and vulnerable. If you wish to clarify what you are feeling in your prayers, contact us. We can be with you and help you in this journey through companionship. Giving you the experience of sharing some days with a community of Sisters, and meet our Hospitaller mission personally.
We are here for you!
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We need young people with passion, creativity, availability and hospitality.
The Hospitaller youth pastoral provides young people with training in Christianity. It fosters knowledge and closeness to Jesus, Good Samaritan, through catechesis, liturgy and sacrament. Moreover, it provides them the experience of the community. In other words, it stimulates the commitment to solidarity with the sick and the needy. Further, it helps them discover their vocation in the Church. This way, the young ones are ready to fulfill God’s project in their lives.
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If you want to live your baptismal identity through hospitality, we invite you to join us.
The Congregation of the Sisters Hospitallers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was funded in 1881. Since then, our hospitaller mission has brought together people that collaborate in our cause with material or spiritual goods. They are the friends, the benefactor.
After that, the increase in the number of collaborators made it possible to continue with our hospitaller project. That is to say, more sensitivity for the person suffering and a higher specialisation.
Meanwhile, the participation has gradually evolve throughout our history. Bringing, therefore, a stronger union between the Sisters and the Lay Hospitallers. As a result, we have comprehensive, quality assistance following the Hospitaller culture.
In this service, some collaborators wish to continue not only with the activities but with the spirit and charisma. And they can do so from their professionalism.
The closeness with the hospitaller mission often awakens a special sensitivity. Further, the Hospitaller charisma can bring a new meaning to our collaborators’ lives. They are people who share their faith in Jesus and find a way of acting on their christian commitment with society. This way, we have several groups of Lay Hospitallers around the world. Therefore, they live their christian faith through their service to the people in our centres.
“As Lay Hospitallers, we seek to deepen our knowledge of Jesus The Good Samaritan. To strengthen our christian commitment in family and in society. Moreover, to better identify ourselves with the Hospitaller charisma and spirituality. To develop a sensitivity towards other people’s needs. Lastly, to answer them through a samaritan attitude like Jesus did.”
Some collaborators wish to continue not only with the activities but with the spirit and charisma. And they can do so from their professionalism.
The Congregation of the Sisters Hospitallers is an international institution. As a result, we are present in disadvantaged countries or with urgent needs. For that, we have a Solidarity and International Cooperation Service, coordinated from our General Government in Rome. Furthermore, we count on Benito Menni Foundation, the Congregations’ NGO. Above all, this foundation fosters cooperation towards development in Africa, South America and Asia.
The purpose of this service, therefore, is to promote solidarity and social transformation. In other words, to trigger personal responsibility towards other people’s needs.
From our solidarity and cooperation, we aim to share resources among all the centres in our institutions worldwide. Consequently, “to share our financial resources, as well as exchanging knowledge, professionals and technology. Above all, this fosters the universality and feeling of belonging to the Congregation” (XXI General Chapter). Further, this is not limited to an international action. On the contrary, it aims to promote “a comprehensive approach to men and women in all their dimensions” (PP).
The purpose is to develop joint projects with organisations in the sector.
Hospitality Europe is one of our Institutional Relations. It is an intermediary office based in Brussels that comprises the Institutions in the EU from St John of God Hospitaller Order and Sisters Hospitallers.
The creation of this office in Brussels was discussed by Hospitallers and collaborators in the European Regional Conference in 2008. After that, it was deliberated in the Conference of Ireland in 2011. From the beginning, the Order was open to collaborations with other institutions in the sector. Subsequently, Sisters Hospitallers joined the initiative in August 2013.
The purpose of this strategic decision, therefore, is to intensify the cooperation between these Congregations. Furthermore, to have a specific “informative channel” for joint programmes and initiatives.
