CharismoftheAIHM - Augustinians of the Immaculate Heart of Mary

+ A Charism from the Heart +

We are self-supporting religious who live on our own,
with our families, or in small communities,
bound by sacred profession under the Rule and Statues
to pray for the Body of Christ, share our lives together in communio,
and spread that love through acts of mercy and justice.

Our very lives proclaim that God is love,
a love that he has breathed into us in the most quiet of ways.
Accepting that God’s love is unconditional, overflowing with mercy,
we seek to reflect that love to others in what we say and do,
in acts of social justice and loving friendship in community.

In our Augustinian family, in the Church,
and in the greater human community,
we know that God’s reign will come to be
only in and through His Body.
Statutes I:C

Love:

The Heart of the Matter

Love of God

Aflame with God’s truth

As Augustinians, our "hearts are restless until they rest in God." We are touched by God and burn with the love of the Spirit in prayer and study.

"Tolle lege" ("take and read") marked the conversion of our Holy Father Augustine. Therefore, we too seek God in prayer, the Liturgy of the Hours and the Sacraments, and in the sacred study of Scripture and theology on a daily basis.

Love of Self

Aflame with God’s grace

Augustinians rejoice, like Mary, that "God has done great things for us."

Our new life in Christ continually renews us and calls us to a wonderful journey with God as we strive to be the full selves Yahweh has created us to become.

Love of Others

Aflame with God’s love

One in mind and heart, Augustinians seek to overflow with God's love in community. We know that we are not on this journey alone. We need others as others need us.

We seek to build communio: friendship and support in inclusive love and mercy. Our call in ministry is to help others know that they belong to the Body of Christ, especially those who have been marginalized. All are truly welcome at our table!

My Soul Proclaims the Greatness of God

In imitation of Mary's "yes" to God and her example of discipleship we also pray,

"My soul proclains God's greatness...

God who is mighty has done great things for me...

Yahweh's mercy is from age to age..."

Luke 1, 46-50