World Day for Consecrated Life

As the Church marks the World Day for Consecrated Life on February 2, the quiet witness of contemplative religious often remains unseen. Yet behind cloistered walls, lives are being poured out daily in prayer, sacrifice, and love for the Church and the world. One such life is that of Sr. Mary Antoinette, a member of the Poor Clares of Perpetual Adoration, popularly known as the Monastery Sisters in Bangladesh.

The Catholic Church celebrates the 26th World Day for Consecrated Life on February 2. For the 26th edition of the celebration this year, the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life has addressed a letter to the consecrated men and women inviting them to walk together as a community in the synodal spirit of participation, where members exercise responsibility for one another through mutual listening, excluding no one.