Daughters of the Church — Lay Women Consecrated to God — Hidden Leaven in the World
Founded in Vancouver, B.C. in 2001, the Daughters of the Church is a pious association of Catholic lay women each of whom has made a private vow of lifelong celibate chastity to express total consecration to God. We have discerned the call to be consecrated women living singly in the world.
We are in the process of forming a stable and continuing association in the Church. We are not a religious congregation or order, but a new form of consecrated life. We place ourselves under the authority of our Archbishop and spiritual director in order to grow with and in the Church in fidelity to the Magisterium. We are gradually evolving through reading spiritual and Church documents. We have published our foundational document which has been approved by the Archbishop.
Our charism is to love God and neighbour purely and single heartedly in the midst of the world and in the heart of the Church. We understand ourselves to be a “hidden leaven” of consecration and prayer life within the Church. Ordinarily we welcome women of 30 years or older (single, widowed or from an annulled marriage), and may consider younger applicants.
Currently we have a community of 17 women. One earlier member has become a cloistered oblate of St. Benedict in the Abbey of St. Walburga, Virginia Dale, Colorado. We maintain friendships with this religious community and have spiritual affiliation with St. Clare’s Monastery, Mission, B.C., the Teresian Carmelite Missionaries currently based in Mexico City; St. Joseph’s Carmelite Monastery, Armstrong, B.C. and the Marian Servants of Hope, White Rock, B.C.
Meetings:
Our community meets in person on the first Saturdays of each month from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and prays together via Zoom meetings each week.
St. Francis of Assisi Church
2025 Napier St. Vancouver, B.C. V5N 2N8
(604) 255-8855
4885 Saint John Paul II Way, Vancouver, BC V5Z 0G3
Phone: (604) 683-0281 | Fax: (604) 683-4288
4885 Saint John Paul II Way, Vancouver, BC V5Z 0G3
Phone: 604 683 0281
Fax: 604 683 4288