Santa Maria de la Vid Priory is at its heart a community of compassion. Since our primary ministry is to be a community, we bring a sense of community to all of our ministries. When we prevail as a loving community, those whom we touch experience a pattern that they too can model. As Christ models for us, we model for others the way the loving and compassionate community.
Unlike many religious orders, our community does not provide a specific type of ministry rooted in a charism or tradition. Rather, we build upon our charism of communio, or community, and in turn provide the needed ministries to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe as our time and talents allow. This has led us into parish work, ministries through retreats and spiritual direction, education at both the high school and secondary levels, hospital chaplaincy, work in ecumenism and inter-religious dialogue, ministry through art and ministry to the local immigrant community.
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