Called to be a Faithful Companion of Jesus gives me a great sense of belonging to the Body of the Society. I have always drawn strength from this.

I have been captivated by Jesus through the inspiration and charism of Marie Madeleine.

I have been challenged, gently, strongly, consistently to struggle to become the empty vessel, ready and available for what ever the Lord wants.  I desire to thirst for the thirst of Jesus.

The call to the Magis keeps me a searching pilgrim experiencing the agony and the ecstasy.

In all this I am inspired  and encouraged by the strong bonds of companionship shared with those who follow this same call.

Jesus, my Companion, is for me Dieu de mon coeur.

Being an FCJ…

…is to be totally in love with God and with Jesus Christ, the living face of God

…is to want to spend my life in loving God, in loving for God, in loving with God
and in making God known to others

…is to discover my own longing to serve God in the longing of Marie Madeleine,
and to see my vision, my dreams in hers

…is to live and pray and serve with my FCJ sisters – wherever, whenever and with whoever needs us.

Being an FCJ is being Clare, is being alive, is my life
…my yesterdays, today and tomorrow—my always, my everything.

To be a Faithful Companion of Jesus means, to constantly renew and deepen my faith in God through daily Mass, to let the Holy Eucharist be the centre of my life as I carry on the mission entrusted by the Society. The words of Jesus in the last part of the consecration “Do this in memory of Me” ignite my heart to go out from my comfort zone, facing my outer world with courage, with deep conviction that the universe is my home and that everyone is interconnected and interdependent.

I develop a pattern of nurturing my personal relationship with God through my personal prayer, reflection, examination of conscience, recollections, and retreats, and also through uniting myself with Marie Madeleine’s experienced of the “I Thirst” of Jesus in my day to day life and valuing our Ignatian spirituality.

I receive countless blessings and I believe that the persons I come across in my ongoing journey as an FCJ are God’s gift because through them I am able to create companionship regardless of age, culture, race and colour of the skin.

Finally, to be a Faithful Companion of Jesus does not end in making vows of Chastity, Poverty and Obedience. Rather it is a continuous commitment of saying yes to God’s call to be on mission, to be a companion, to be a nurturer, and to believe that I am in that heart of God rather than God is in my heart. It is only in living my day to day yes to God that I can be part in the building of God’s Kingdom here on earth.