The Missionaries of God's Love

Sisters Identity

The Missionaries of God's Love Sisters exists as a consecrated group within the Catholic charismatic covenant community called the Disciples of Jesus.

A distinctive feature of the Missionaries of God's Love is that it is a consecrated group within a Catholic charismatic covenant community, the Disciples of Jesus. The Disciples of Jesus has branches in Australia in the cities of Canberra, Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Darwin and Hobart. It is also present in other cities such as Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) and Cairns (Australia). The community is made up of people from all walks of life, all states of life, and all stages of life. Members are dedicated to developing a Catholic way of life which is true to their baptismal calling. They seek to live out their baptism by developing a way of life that is true to the gospel, and by bringing the Good News of Jesus to others through various works of evangelisation.

To understand the identity of the Missionaries of God's love the following diagram can be useful:

We are fundamentally Catholic - rooted in Baptism, Confirmation and Eucharist.

We are charismatic - springing from the experience of the "Baptism in the Holy Spirit" - a "big grace" that renews sacramental baptism, opens one to charismatic gifts, brings one into deeper conscious relationship with Jesus as Saviour and Lord, and brings personal transformation, enabling a person to yield the fruits of the Spirit in a new way.

We are members of Disciples of Jesus covenant community - full membership of the community is attained by covenant, a public commitment to give one's life to the Lord under the grace, vision and mission of the community.

We are Missionaries of God's Love- full commitment as a Missionary is attained through private vows, which are solemn promises before the Lord taken in a public manner to live poverty, celibacy and obedience, and to offer oneself as a consecrated person for the preaching of the Good News to the ends of the earth.

When the Missionaries take vows they call upon the fire of the Holy Spirit to empower them and they consecrate themselves to the heart of Jesus broken in love for the world, and they place themselves under the mantle of protection of Mary the Mother of God, who they trust graciously intercedes for them.