Vocations

Responding to the Heart of the King

It's hard work, but very good work that bears much fruit."Each Vocation is a Mystery" ~ Bishop Flavin

Stages of Formation
The formation program of the School Sisters of Christ the King begins even before a young woman enters the doors of the Motherhouse to begin living the common life of the Sisters. A life of prayer, virtue, and desire to grow in union with Christ are the basis of the formation program. Once a young woman, in consultation with the Directress of Vocations, decides to enter the School Sisters of Christ the King, she decides to embark upon a journey of love with Christ that will never end.

The main stages of the formation program after entrance into the community are as follows. A brief description of each is included.

Stages of Formation

Postulants

Candidate: Pre-entrance program provides opportunities to become more acquainted with the prayer, spirit and work for the Sisters.

Postulant: The first 11 months are spent at the Motherhouse deepening a life of prayer and service while learning about the life of the Sisters.

Novices

Novice: A 2-year program; the novice receives the habit of the community and a religious name, studies the constitutions and customs of the community, deepens a life of prayer and love for God, and becomes more deeply a contemplative; the first year is spent at the Motherhouse while the second year consists of integrating the contemplative dimension of the lives of the Sisters with the apostolic zeal that is manifest in their apostolate of Catholic education.

First Vows

Sister in First Vows: Normally the 5 years after the first profession of the vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience that are renewed yearly; the Sister continues her education and is assigned an apostolic mission in the Catholic schools when her education is complete; monthly formation programs occur to continue the formation begun in the novitiate.

Perpetually Professed Sister: the stage of on-going formation which begins after perpetual profession and continues until death; the Sister continues to strive to incorporate her contemplative mission with her apostolic zeal while deepening her love for and commitment to the community.

Perpetually Professed Sister

Events

1st Profession / Final Profession, 2011
This fall Sister Mary Guadalupe will teach fourth grade at St. Vincent de Paul School in Seward. North American Martyrs Parish hosted Sister Mary Guadalupe’s Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday, August 7, 2011.

Sister Mary Jacinta of the School Sisters of Christ the King made her First Profession of Vows in Our Lady of the Coronation Chapel at Villa Regina Motherhouse on July 30, 2011. Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz was the main celebrant of the Mass during which she made her first commitment to the Lord, receiving the blue veil of the professed Sisters and a ring, signifying her spousal relationship with Christ the King. Monsignor John Folda, rector of Saint Gregory the Great Seminary and vicar for Religious, delivered the homily. Sister Mary Jacinta is the daughter of David and Joanne Gordon of St. John LaLande Parish in Blue Springs, Missouri. She is a 2007 graduate of St. Mary High School. Sister spent a year after high school discerning religious life. A letter from Bishop Robert Finn to all seniors was a catalyst for her deeper discernment. This fall Sister Mary Jacinta will begin her studies in elementary education at Benedictine College and reside at St. James House of Studies in St. Joseph, Missouri.

The School Sisters of Christ the King rejoiced as Sister Mary Guadalupe professed her perpetual vows, consecrating herself to Christ, during a Mass celebrated by Bishop Fabian W. Bruskewitz on Sunday, July 31, 2011, at the Cathedral of the Risen Christ in Lincoln. Sister Mary Guadalupe is the daughter of Eugene and Susan Trausch of North American Martyrs Parish in Lincoln. She attended St. Mary grade school and graduated from St. Pius X High School in 2000. She attended University of Nebraska at Kearney for two years where she played softball for the college and was involved in the Wojtyla Project. This fall Sister Mary Guadalupe will teach fourth grade at St. Vincent de Paul School in Seward. North American Martyrs Parish hosted Sister Mary Guadalupe’s Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday, August 7, 2011.