46. Mother Agnes Mary Donovan, S.V. - 2015 Pro Fidelitate et Virtute Award Recipient

Started in 1986, the Pro Fidelitate et Virtue Award is conferred each year at the Institute on Religious Life’s National Meeting to someone who has been outstanding in the support and promotion of authentic religious life. Today's episode is honoring our 2015 award recipient, Mother Agnes Mary Donovan, S.V. Mother Agnes Mary, S.V. was among the first group of women to respond to John Cardinal O’Connor’s inspiration to found the Sisters of Life, a religious community dedicated to the protection and enhancement of the sacredness of human life. Founded in 1991, the Sisters of Life are a contemplative/apostolic community whose primary work is prayer on behalf of vulnerable human life. Their apostolic works include a “Holy Respite” - where pregnant guests are welcomed to live in the spiritual environment of a religious house and a “Visitation Mission” to offer hope and provide practical resources to women for whom their pregnancy creates a crisis. The Sisters also host a variety of retreats to uphold the Culture of Life and to invite those who have suffered from abortion back to the Lord’s merciful love. Mother Agnes Mary is the Superior General of the community.  Today, we will be listening to her banquet address titled, “Waking Up the World: Consecrated Life as an Encounter with Christ” Thank you for listening and we hope you enjoy!