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4worldlovers: The Poor Clare Missionary Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament have a high and sublime goal: to offer ourselves to God for the salvation of the world, willing to give our whole being in Christian and non-Christian countries, in every social environment and in any activity where we can bring the name of Jesus, always guided by the Gospel. We strongly believe that God wants all men to be saved.


The motto “Oportet Illum Regnare” (Christ must reign) expresses our mission as Poor Clare Missionary Sister of the Blessed Sacrament.


“…The new sister, whom the merciful love of Jesus has chosen her to be His spouse, like a delicate little plant, was transplanted to the garden of religious life. Growing under His care, she may produce beautiful flowers of holiness.”

The young woman that enters to this Contemplative and Missionary Congregation should be passionate about intimacy with Christ, a source of fruitful apostolate. Her soul must find God: “In the poor they help, in the ignorant they instruct”. If the consecrated life is in itself a journey that leads to a progressive assimilation of the feelings of Christ, formation cannot be limited to a specific period of time, but must last a lifetime and involve the person in all her dimensions. Since it is an integral and continuous process, the objectives of this formation involve the different dimensions of the consecrated person such as: human, spiritual, charismatic, fraternal, intellectual, and apostolic. Cfr. RF 49.

The candidate visits her closest Poor Clare Missionary Sister’s community and attends a vocational retreat. She will be invited to visit the Regional House; where she may have an interview with the regional superior or the Sister in charge of formation.

The regional council will study the application and evaluate it. They will as well communicate the results of acceptance or other recommendation to the candidate.

The Stages of Formation in the Congregation of the Poor Clare Missionary Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament

The Aspirancy in its two modalities: at home or in the convent, gives the young women the opportunity to lead the life that corresponds to their age and mentality. This stage initiates her into the way of life of the Poor Clare Missionary Sisters. Through a process of vocational discernment, the aspirant is helped to discover her strengths as well as the qualities required for a religious consecrated life. This process takes place exploring the dimensions of the consecrated person: human, spiritual, charismatic, fraternal and apostolic.

Aspirants may be at home or in a convent of the Congregation under the care and supervision of an assign Sister. After a certain time, if there is no obstacle from the aspirant, and if she is considered eligible, she may be accepted into the Postulancy.

An aspirant is a young lady who freely decided to live for a while with the community of sisters. She wants to see if she feels that God is calling her to the religious life on this particular Congregation in order to enter the Congregation to becoming a Poor Clare Missionary Sister.

This first stage period called Postulancy take from six months to two years. The Postulant must strive from the beginning, to assimilate the charism of her foundress, acquiring her spirit of joy, simplicity and trust.

The postulant is assigned to a community with apostolic activities, where she will be properly cared for humanly and spiritually, in order to continue her process of vocational discernment.

The novitiate is the school where one learns the science of love of God and neighbor. All other virtues must be saturated in this great science.

From the Novitiate, a young woman must fall in love with the contemplative life, trying not to go out of her inner self, because from this life of union with God, she will get all necessary graces to sanctify herself and to pray for the salvation of the souls.

The novice prepares herself for the practice of virtues by reading and meditating on the Holy Scriptures, especially in the holy Gospels, trying to grow in the love of God and acquiring His virtues. She will likewise, have the opportunity to be prepared in different studies, such as Theological Sciences, Catholic Doctrine, Dogmatic, Morals, Sacraments, Liturgy, History of the Church, Missiology, Catechetical Pedagogy, Anthropology, etc.

During the novitiate she will be formed in the missionary spirit, extending her prayers to all the world, living the spirituality of the congregation: MISSIONARY, MARIAN, PRIESTLY, EUCHARISTIC AND JOYFUL, and at its center is Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament.

4worldlovers:
Long Beach Sagely Monastery (LBSM) is a branch of Dharma Realm Buddhist Association (DRBA) founded by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua


DRBA ONLINE DHARMA via 1) Zoom meetings, 2) YouTube live streams & archives, and 3) GoToMeeting (used by 1 branch) :

City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (CTTB) and several of the Dharma Realm Buddhist Association (DRBA) branches are making their daily and weekly events available online. Please see below for details on links to Zoom meetings and YouTube channels.

Please see CTTB's English website homepage for the pdf file: “DRBA Online Schedule”. Please periodically refer back to that website for updates.

Please note the links to CTTB's Zoom meetings have been updated in New links for events

For many more Berkeley Buddhist Monastery's daily Zoom meetings, please pre-register at Berkeley Buddhist Monastery BBM Online

Archives of Gwan Yin Session, Earth Store Session & Great Compassion Repentance Ceremony 特別法會錄影存檔：觀音七、地藏七、大悲懺

Live streams & archives of daily & weekly events and lectures at Berkeley Buddhist Monastery. To download texts: Berkeley Buddhist Monastery BBM Online.

For announcements of upcoming special events at Berkeley Buddhist Monastery, please see its homepage: https://www.berkeleymonastery.org

- Friday night lectures with Dr. Martin Verhoeven 周五晚講座: (archives; currently on break, to resume in Spring 2021) 課程存檔（2021年春季復課）

- Meditation Class: Text "Wandering in a Dream" by Master Han Shan of late Ming dynasty 憨山大師夢遊集 The basics: 9-13-2013, 9-20-2013 & 9-27-2013

DHARMA REALM BUDDHIST UNIVERSITY (DRBU, founded by the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua in 1976; WSCUC accredited) offers EXTENSION CLASSES ONLINE. Please visit https://www.drbu.edu/events/weekly-classes to register.

In light of the public health risk posed by the novel coronavirus, it is advisable to avoid mass gatherings in order to curb its spread and exposure to participants of community events.

Long Beach Sagely Monastery therefore has canceled all our services and activities, and will remain closed to the public every day of the week. Once the outbreak is contained, we will announce new event schedules.

Meanwhile, we encourage all faithful to cultivate at home and to dedicate the meritorious virtue thus accrued from your cultivation to the world for an early end to this pandemic.

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