INSTITUTE OF OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL

Institute of Our Lady of Good Counsel –  Sister Carmela of the Immaculate Heart                                                       Instituto das Irmãs de Nossa Senhora do Bom Conselho                                                                                                “A para-ray for all priests”                                                                                                                      “For them I consecrate myself.”

Founders:  Maria Magdalene de Figueiredo  (Mother Maria Bernadette of Jesus)                                               Cardinal Jaime de Barros Câmara  (spiritual father)

Place:  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Year:  1963 A.D.

Her Charism:  With Our Lady, this Sister lives the “priesthood” of Love.  She entrusts her life and her works to the maternal heart of Our Lady of Good Counsel and consecrates herself to the Church.  Always beside the Lamb and marked by the Ignatian spirituality (God is active in our lives, personal and present to us in our world), she offers her existence for the sanctification of priests and consecrated souls as Jesus offered Himself to His Heavenly Father for all humanity.  In everything, she loves and serves others for the greater glory of God and consumes herself like a lighted candle through her service.