“There is no dentist as blessed as I am!”: A Christmas Story from Washington, DC
Every year the sisters at the Juniorate keep the tradition of offering a new set of clothes to the Baby Jesus at Christmas. In particular, we choose an outfit for Him of some mission we especially want to pray for or from among the new missions of the Religious Family. For example, in the past, we have dressed Him as a boy from Guyana, Iceland, Mexico, and even a pilgrim of Santiago de Compostela. This year by unanimous consent we decided to pray for the Church in Egypt...
The Religious family of the Incarnate word is composed of a male brach (Institute of the Incarnate Word, IVE), a female branch (Institute Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará, SSVM) and a Third Order Secular.
