Ministries

The Sisters are still very much involved in education though we no longer retain the headship of the school. As trustees we ensure that the school continues to be conducted in harmony with the original spirit of the Institute. Five Sisters continue to work in the school on a volunteer basis: one as school nurse and the other four as teachers of English or as catechists.

We are also active in various lay ministries, not only in the traditional ones such as visitation of the sick or the lonely but in others which have arisen in answer to new needs, arising chiefly from the shortage of priests. Because of this, the parishes in any given deanery have been grouped into sectors, each sector being served by a team of priests with the indispensable help of committed lay people who have  their say in the organisation of the ministries in their area. Our Sisters are members of the pastoral council; also of the liturgical team which prepares not only the ordinary Sunday liturgy but also Juilly's part in the great liturgical ceremonies of the Church's year.

Our Sister in Etampes is employed full-time in a parish planted in the midst of a very mixed immigrant community of many faiths. A secondary facet of her mandate is to be an informal presence of the Church among these people, especially the women, simply by sharing in their lives and concerns.