Augustinian Sister of the Conversion

Augustinian Sister of the Conversion –  Hermana Dulce María, Delight of the Trinity, O.S.A. Comunidad de Conversión Agustina

☩ established in response to the urgency of Man’s return to God ☩

Foundress: Mother (Madre) Prado González

Place: Sotillo de la Adrada, (Ávila) Spain

Year: 2000 A.D.

Her Charism: With a creative fidelity to Augustinian tradition, this “tiny shoot” – a contemplative cloistered Sister – constantly focuses on contemplation and the “interior life” through prayer, silence, and spiritual retreats. She fixes her gaze to discover God through this interiority, wonder, and contemplation of creation through immersion in art and music (part of the Augustinian ethos). This is a joyous contemporary approach to traditional cloistered life. Freed from the tyranny of time and the noise of the world, she gazes upon God Who loves her without limits or conditions and Who always waits for her. Hers is a pilgrimage toward eternity and forgiveness. She lives an experience of grace in poverty, solitude, humble and silent prayer and in-depth study of theology and philosophy. Her monastery is a place of evangelization, apostolic brotherhood, conversion and communion in the midst of the world. COMMUNION and CONVERSION….. these words gave this Sister her origin: “that all may be one so that the world may believe.” It is her aim, therefore, to live here on this earth the Communion of Heaven and to make her way of life luminous and fruitful. Communion chases away loneliness, egoism and greed. She also lives the spirituality of continuous Conversion so that love and unity might triumph over differences and distances. This Sister has a passionate and restless desire for God’s divine love and wants the same for all mankind. In addition to her “interior life” of prayer and spiritual retreats, her primary mission is accompanying pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago (Way of St. James de Compostela) and offering retreats at her monastery which features the “Observatory of the Invisible” – a space for art and spirituality and a “return to the heart” and to find God through inner reflection and beauty. For her, Communion is the pilgrim’s return to God. It reflects the beauty and brilliance of the Face of God, and gains access to Truth, Beauty, Goodness, Unity, and God Himself.