Blessings Expressions of Faith
The Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Item No.: SP123 (Tan Habit, Black Cape)
History
On October 31, 1738, Marie Marguerite d’Youville and three companions, in a little house they had rented in Montreal, knelt before a small statue of our Blessed Mother to consecrate their lives to the service of her Divine Son, Whom they were to serve in the person of the infirm, aged, sick, poor, and forsaken.Thus began the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity known as the Grey Nuns who live and work in Canada, the United States, Haiti, Africa, China, and Japan. The Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart are one of the five autonomous branches of the Grey Nuns.
Purpose
The primary aim of the Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart is self-sanctification through the observance of the Rule and Constitution. The secondary aim of the Congregation is the education of the youth in schools, ranging from kindergarten through college, and the care of the sick and infirm, the aged, orphans, and the poor.
Training
The ten-month postulancy provides and introductory training in the spirit and duties of the congregation. A two-year novitiate follows. During the first year emphasis is placed on a thorough study of the principles of the religious life. The second year supplements this spiritual development while the novice takes courses toward her academic degree.
Qualifications
• Age: 15 to 30.
• Show fitness for religious life, i.e. she must be willing to make sacrifices and accept its obligations.
Habit
The sisters wear a sand colored habit, with a black gauze coif, cape, veil, and cincture. All the professed wear a silver ring and crucifix.
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