A group of nuns from the Congregation of Oblate Sisters of Christ the Priest recently visited the Diocese of Raleigh. The Oblate sisters’ community was born in Madrid in 1938. It is a monastic congregation of entirely contemplative life. The Oblates live totally dedicated to God, “in solitude and silence, in constant prayer and austere penance.”
The prayers and oblation of the Oblate sisters are intended for the sanctification of priests and seminarians, “because they are a source of life in the Church, stewards of the Mysteries of God; living instruments of Christ the Eternal Priest that they may be able to carry on in time His marvelous work,” according to their website.
Its founders, Don José María García Lahiguera and María del Carmen Hidalgo de Caviedes y Gómez, deeply felt the need for holy priests in the Church and strongly sensed the heartbeat of the Heart of Christ at the peak of his offering: “Father, I pray for them and I consecrate myself for them.”
The emblem of the congregation is a living expression of the Mystery of Christ the Priest: the Eucharist and the Cross, on which our life is centered. The Madrid-based congregation currently has four other monasteries in Spain and an additional monastery in Peru.
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