Sisters & Associates

"For everything there is a season..."

After much prayerful discernment, The Sisters are now in the process of consolidating our center of operations to Duxbury. For more information about our relocation to Duxbury, click here.

The Sisters of the Society of St. Margaret are called by God to follow our Lord Jesus Christ and to devote every faculty of body, mind and spirit to him. The Society of St. Margaret is guided by the principle, “Love first, Love midst, Love last,” and we take vows of poverty, celibate chastity, and obedience. Through the vows that we take, the living out of our daily life within a community setting, and our Rule of Life, we seek to live the Christian life in a specific way.

The vow of poverty enables the Sisters to give themselves – our talents, our time, all that we have and are – to God with complete generosity, set free from the spirit of ownership. In the vow of chastity, the Sisters promise a single-minded steadfast love, dedication their whole being to God, so that his love may flow through them to others. We are freed for this by a life of celibacy. The vow of obedience is taken with the desire to follow Jesus, who said, “I do always those things that please the Father.” Seeking only to live God’s will, the Sisters recognize that will in the circumstances of our lives, and especially in our Rule, in the voice of Chapter, and of superiors. This free choice of God’s will is a means of closer union with him.

Entering into Religious Life is an affirmation of the countercultural message of Jesus. According to the Conference of Anglican Religious Orders in the Americas (CAROA), “In a world disrupted by war, terrorism, and oppression, the call and challenge comes to Religious Communities to become instruments of peace, to partake in the ministry of reconciliation by prayer and service, both in the Church and throughout the world. The vowed life of poverty/simplicity, chastity/celibacy, and obedience frees us from the strictures of our culture: love of money and wealth, status, and power.” 

Contemporary culture maintains that the most important things in life are possessions, pleasure and power, the Religious lives a life of simplicity and sharing, celibate chastity, and listening for the voice of God in all circumstances.

Many people share in the life and work of the Sisters as more than simply visitors and friends. Associates of the Society of St. Margaret have a closer bond with the Sisters and share a relationship of mutual support, reciprocal prayer and shared values. More information about the Associates of St. Margaret can be found on the Associates page.