• Women who are not married, former members of the community and sisters transferring from another community.

• Typically women entering religious communities today have completed college and/or have some years of work experience.   

• They might even have been married and have children (or grandchildren!) but are now widowed and able to make new life decisions for themselves.   

• Potential members should be emotionally mature and psychologically well balanced. Membership is not for the complacent or those seeking to escape progress and change.  

• They should also have overall good health.

• The most common age is between 25 and 55, although there may be exceptions.

But most importantly,

• At her deepest core, a woman must be a spiritual seeker, to feel called ... drawn by God ... to devote her life and her unique personality, gifts and talents to

• searching for life’s essential meaning and
• serving others, especially the poor and those in need.

• And  there must be a reciprocal resonance with the spirit of humility as well as the spiritual culture, corporate priorities and future goals of the Congregation of the Humility of Mary.  

“The sisters’ distinguishing characteristic – and may God keep it so – is Christian simplicity,  which embodies straightforwardness, candor, and the absence of all affectation.”   (1948 Constitution)