ROME, MAY 15, 2007, Zenit.org - The superiors-general of women religious communities completed their plenary assembly meeting in Rome with a statement that underlines their role in building up God's kingdom.
The May 6-10 meeting of the International Union of Superiors-General included an audience with Benedict XVI.
Some 800 superiors-general gathered to address challenges and established new directives.
The final declaration stated: "Our passion for Jesus Christ, for humanity and for creation urges us to become weavers of hope and life. … The awareness of the link between all the forms of religious life invites us to deepen our understanding of consecrated life today."
The superiors-general called for "constant dialogue with the word of God and with life, the heart of our task as women religious in following Christ."
"Like Mary," they said, "we will become weavers of the reign of God. Let us be provoked, converting our hearts and our mentalities. ... Let us weave, untiringly, a spirituality of communion from which will flow hope and life for humanity and for all of creation."
Some 1,996 religious communities belong to UISG, representing more than 800,000 women religious in the world.
Code: ZE07051515
Date: 2007-05-15