{"id":56546,"date":"2026-09-24T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hijasdejesus.org\/from-forever-to-a-journey-back-to-the-roots\/"},"modified":"2026-09-24T15:00:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T13:00:41","slug":"from-forever-to-a-journey-back-to-the-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hijasdejesus.org\/en\/from-forever-to-a-journey-back-to-the-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"From “forever” to a journey back to the roots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Every September 24, we, the Daughters of Jesus, commemorate the day when Candida Mar\u00eda de Jes\u00fas and a first group of 42 sisters sealed their \u201cforever\u201d commitment to fidelity with their perpetual vows. That gesture, born of a profound experience of feeling like daughters loved by God, gave rise to a way of life that has spanned entire generations of the Congregation. <\/p>\n\n

On this very day, more than a century later, that \u201cforever\u201d inspires us to take a decisive step today: we are embarking on a congregational journey to deepen our sense of belonging<\/strong>\u2014the aspect of our charism that the 19th General Congregation identified as central, based on the discernment of all the communities and Provincial Congregations.<\/p>\n\n

A path that arises from the discernment of all<\/h2>\n\n

The Resolution of the 19th General Chapter<\/a> invited the Daughters of Jesus to renew their very being, first and foremost, in their deepest identity: to feel and know themselves as daughters. From this arose the desire to embark on a shared journey to draw closer to the filial experience of our Foundress and, through that, to feel God as our Father even today. <\/p>\n\n

At the request of the Superior General, Graciela Mirta Francovig FI, a commission composed of Daughters of Jesus of various ages and cultures has devoted months of reading, prayer, and discernment to preparing this journey: the Commission to Deepen the Meaning of Filiation, composed of M\u00aa del Pilar Linde Cirujano, FI; M\u00aa Dolores Gim\u00e9nez, FI; M\u00aa Cecilia Mart\u00ednez, FI; and M\u00aa Teresa Hu, FI. The fruit of their work is the document On the Path to the Roots of Our Vocation: To Be Daughters<\/em><\/strong>, a journey conceived not as just another study, but as an authentic communal pilgrimage to, in the commission\u2019s own words, \u201cexperience the experience.\u201d <\/p>\n\n

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Twelve Roadmaps to Follow Together<\/h2>\n\n

The itinerary unfolds across twelve Roadmaps, each with two complementary dimensions: Mother Candida\u2019s spiritual experience\u2014the landscape\u2014and the traces that experience has left along the Congregation\u2019s journey. Between these two extremes, the journey invites us to contemplate who God is and who Jesus is for our Foundress, ultimately leading to the filial attitudes that spring from this: trust, fidelity, love, strength, and generosity… <\/p>\n\n

Each community will carry out this process with the freedom and creativity called for by the diversity of the Congregation\u2014which is present in 17 countries and on four continents\u2014always through dialogue in the Spirit and under the protection of Mary, today honored under the title of Our Lady of Mercy.<\/p>\n\n

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An Invitation to Walk Together<\/h2>\n\n

This journey is, above all, a gift for our communities. But we also want to share it with our charismatic family: those who feel a close connection to the spirit of Mother Candida are invited to join us in prayer, to accompany us on this journey from wherever they are, and to gradually learn how it is being lived out in each community. We will share this experience as it unfolds, in the hope that others in the charismatic family may also embark on their own journey back to this same root. <\/p>\n\n

This is a journey that seeks to have our membership \u201ctransform the way we live and serve.\u201d May Our Lady of Mercy, together with our Foundress and the many Daughters of Jesus who have gone before us, accompany us on these first steps. <\/p>\n\n

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Let’s pray together!<\/h2>\n\n
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