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A Community inspired by
the monastic tradition

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The first sisters, taking root in meditation on the Word of God, also returned to the tradition of the Church as a source of ways to a community life under the guidance of the Spirit. Through the friendship and support of Anglican, Orthodox and Catholic communities, they rediscovered the stream of monastic life. Thus they carried within them, from the beginning, a concern for prayer for the unity of the Church.

In 1952 the first sisters committed themselves for life. Shortly thereafter they adopted the rule of Taizé and its daily Offices as the basis for their life in community and liturgical prayer.