
Consecrated sisters
Consecration
The sisters of the Community pronounce vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience. They commit to a personal and deep intimacy with Jesus Christ their Bridegroom as well as to a love of neighbor, that they may love one another with Christ’s very own love.
Contemplation
The celebration of the Holy Eucharist is the source and summit of each day. Her intimacy with Christ also grows daily with an hour of silent personal prayer before the Blessed Sacrament, the Liturgy of the Hours, Lectio Divina, and a devotion to the Virgin Mary expressed through a consecration and the Rosary. The sisters also seek to live in a disposition of continual prayer, listening to the Holy Spirit in all circumstances.
Communion
Contemplation leads to a joyous and luminous fraternal communion and “considering others better than ourselves” (Ph. 2:3). The sisters seek are rooted in and grow in love. They deepen their relationships and share times such as meals and outings with the Community. In their relationships, they aim for simplicity, forgetting themselves as they seek the good of others through dialogue, forgiveness, and reconciliation.
The sisters also strive for an authentic fraternal communion with the brothers and the lay members of the Community.
Mission
The sisters’ consecrated life is their first and foremost testimony. Apostolic works have their source in this union with God, and they are rooted in the spirituality of the Beatitudes. These various missions include hospitality, medical mission, compassion ministries, evangelization, catechesis, chaplaincy, and other requests of the local Church. The sisters collaborate with the members of the Brothers’ Branch and the Lay Branch in a spirit of communion and zeal. Each sister offers her respective competencies and gifts, such as leadership, teaching, accounting, cooking, music, etc.
The Religious Habit
Wearing a religious habit is a powerful sign that manifests the sisters’ witness to the world. The habit can have a striking effect and is intended to express the coming of the Kingdom which the sisters proclaim.
“I renounce the world, its life, its standards; I renounce myself to follow only You, the one Treasure and the only hope of my sojourn here on earth…”
Stages of Membership
One becomes a member of the Community through steps that vary according to one’s present or eventual state of life. Lay members follow a track that takes at least five years to arrive at lifetime commitments; persons discerning consecrated life have a path that takes at least eight years.
Discerning a Vocation
Would you like to meet the community or even discern a call? Come and see! Come spend a few days in one of our houses to discover the charism of the Community and to take a step towards God’s will for your life.
FIrst, write to the nearest house, explaining your desire to get to know the community and to meet its members. See “Where to find us”.
If you have already stayed with the Community, email us to ask how you might move forward.

Sr. Emilie
My name is Sr Emilie of the Heart of Jesus and Mary. I am originally…
My name is Sr Emilie of the Heart of Jesus and Mary. I am originally from Ardèche and it is after obtaining a bachelor’s degree in history that I entered the Community.
As an adolescent, during a pilgrimage to Medjugorje, I had a strong experience of the presence of God in my life. Oh, I wasn’t overjoyed to be there : my parents where the ones who took me there. Indeed God had little place in my life at that time. A few months later I perceived a calling to consecrated life : when I read a prayer intention for consecrated souls I heard this question resound in my heart : “and why not you?” , which for me was a source of great joy… Almost in the same period I discovered the Community of the Beatitudes who had come to carry out a mission in my parish. What joy could be seen on the faces of the brothers and sisters ! I wanted to know more, to have a closer look at this. I asked to stay in one of the houses for a week. I was so challenged by what I saw : a life of prayer, adoration, the beauty of the liturgy, a fraternal life, the communion of states of life, and a concern for evangelization. Of course, I was still too young. I continued my education followed by my studies. During the latter, I discovered other communities, but I always returned to this first calling to the Community of the Beatitudes. For me it was evident the Lord was waiting for me there. From the beginning of my life in community, the importance of a heart-to-heart with God in adoration, in contact with his Word, has been anchored in me. that’s where I can come and get everything I need to answer his call. I crossed the threshold and a whole adventure began: the Lord is full of surprises! And this adventure does not end with perpetual vows. Every new day is a sign of this, there is always a “yes” to give, and this assurance that God is there, that He is faithful wherever He leads us.
« The favors of the Lord are not exhausted, his mercies are not spent ; they are renewed each morning, so great is his faithfulness ! » (Lm 3, 22). So … « duc in altum »,
« Put out into deep water… » (Lk 5, 4)
Sr. Emilie du Cœur de Jésus et de Marie

Sr. Klara Misericordia
I was born in Kazakhstan. Surely it isn’t often one comes across a text in…
I was born in Kazakhstan. Surely it isn’t often one comes across a text in French about someone coming from so far away.
My family wasn’t a practising one.It was a difficult situation, for my mother was Orthodox and my father Muslim. However, at the age of seven, I was baptized in the Orthodox Church. Nevertheless, we never spoke about God at home.It is the dramatic event of my brother’s death (I was 16 at the time) which started my family along the path of faith. The thought of an eternal life to come was a consolation to us.
My godfather, a Catholic, encouraged us to join him in church. The priests had formed a team of young people to whom they entrusted little missions. Very quickly I spent most of my free time in church whilst still continuing my accountancy studies. I experienced great joy when participating in all those activities (at Mass, catechism, evangelization, etc.)
In 1999 the Community of the Beatitudes launched their first Youth Festival in Kazakhstan. During a prayer vigil I felt Jesus was calling me to consecrated life, although I had plans of getting married ! The sister who prayed with me expressed in her prayer exactly what was in my heart ! However, I told her : “Just for today” !
I asked to spend some time with other friends in the house that had just opened in Kokchetav. I felt at home ! It is during adoration in the Community chapel that I ENCOUNTERED Jesus and felt the great love He had for me.
Today, after seventeen years of life in community, I give thanks to the Lord for having called me and I discover every day the beauty of a consecrated life within the Community of the Beatitudes. Life with Jesus is a daily adventure, full of unexpected events, surprises, happiness and I give thanks to the Lord for all that He is continually doing in my life.
If doubt fills your heart; don’t hesitate, don’t be afraid, Jesus will fulfil your expectations and give you a hundredfold !
Sr. Klara Misericordia

Sr. Clare of Assisi
I’m a New-Zealander of English origin. I was sixteen months old when we left England…
I’m a New-Zealander of English origin. I was sixteen months old when we left England for New Zealand, a country my father fell in love with in the course of his maritime journeys.
In my youth my aspirations were more of an artistic nature with an attraction to the fine arts. For different reasons this dream never came true.I went through different types of training which allowed me to work whilst seeking my vocation. At the time I was already thinking of a consecrated life… but where ?
I had to wait for God’s hour! This time of somewhat painful waiting proved necessary to learn not to turn away when confronted with God’s silences. After a 6-year search I received the answer I was waiting for. In a prayer group a video on a ”new community” in France was making the rounds. A German/New Zealand couple in touch with “that community” in Germany desired the Community to be known in NZ I discovered young people experiencing an intense life of prayer and what’s more there were consecrated artists present ! That is how I discovered the “Community of the Beatitudes”.
It needed something strong and somewhat out of the ordinary to convince a rather timid soul to leave everything/ family, work, country, culture and language to follow the call received in her heart and set sail toward the unknown.
Today my heart is full of gratitude. In Him I have learned to live a new, ample, free life : the life of the Kingdom. I have become a citizen of that Kingdom searching the way in my heart that I may live ever more deeply in that Kingdom and communicate it to all around me.
The advice I would give is to always listen to our heart’s aspirations : they are the desires God implants in us, and He can do all things for He is with us and on our side !
Sr. Clare of Assisi

Sr. Claire Sandrine
Born in Grenoble, I entered the Community aged 23. When I was confirmed at the…
Born in Grenoble, I entered the Community aged 23.
When I was confirmed at the age of 16 I experienced a true outpouring of the Holy Spirit which changed my life. In a mysterious way I heard God say to me: “Sandrine I trust you to proclaim me to others!” This was serious .I felt great peace and joy, an inner conviction that I had to commit myself to God and his Church.
I started studying in Paris: philosophy followed by secretarial training. During that time I joined a missionary fraternity: a prayer group of young people with whom I had the joy of sharing my faith and participating in evangelization missions. I experienced God’s power in my daily life.
Two unforgettable experiences deepened within me the desire to give my life as a religious :
– a humanitarian experience with “rag men” in a Cairo slum in Egypt with Sr. Emmanuelle whose testimony impressed me so much : give everything for others !
– and a second experience during an incredible week of prayer and sharing with thousands of young people from the whole world during the Youth Festival in Medjugorje. At the end, I was no longer the same ; it was as if the Lord was telling me: “If you follow me I will fulfil you.” I knew I could count on His Faithfulness, so I said “Yes” to Him. Having decided, immense was my joy !
Two years before, during a Holy Week retreat with the Community of the Beatitudes at Nouan-le-Fuzelier, I remembered saying “Lord, if one day you should call me to consecrate my life to you, it is here I shall enter !”
My calling to the Community of the Beatitudes was so strong that one year later I asked to enter and that was twenty six years ago ! So much for God’s sense of humour !
To love in giving and giving with love !
Jesus fulfils the heart of those who give Him everything. As for the hope within me, I have not been disappointed !
Sr. Claire Sandrine

Sr Eva of Jésus
I’m Austrian and have been in the Community of the Beatitudes for 22 years. Before…
I’m Austrian and have been in the Community of the Beatitudes for 22 years. Before following the Lord’s calling I was a law student intending to train as a diplomate. The Lord made good use of my attraction for different countries and cultures by calling me as His ambassador to… Peru, to proclaim His love as a missionary.
How did it come about ? My path toward consecrated life started with a Mass celebrated by the Community of the Beatitudes in Lisieux. Touched by the beauty of the liturgy, by the joy of its consecrated members singing and dancing before God, I immediately knew that Jesus was inviting me to join in that joy.
A consecrated sister gave me a booklet on the Community’s mission in Peru. It must be said that I had been looking for quite some time for a location to experience a missionary activity. That is when my adventure with Jesus started.
After working as a « volunteer » I decided to join the Community in Peru. Having worked on several evangelization projects in different countries, I am now back in Peru. I can only admire God’s faithfulness, His love for me which sustains me and the joy of having given my life to Jesus.
I can see every day the marvels God achieves in the lives of the poor who cry out to Him. Jesus is present : He consoles the afflicted, He strengthens the weak, He heals the broken-hearted, where there is despondency He gives hope. My joy is to be His little instrument, a witness of His mercy and of the joy experienced when giving one’s life to Jesus !
Sr Eva of Jésus

Sr Thérèse of the Holy Face
My name is Sr, Thérèse of the Holy Face (a reference to the face of…
My name is Sr, Thérèse of the Holy Face (a reference to the face of Christ for the uninitiated). I am a French national from Guadeloupe (West Indies). I have been a member of the Community for 20 years. Jesus came and plucked me from university in Paris where I was studying mathematics.
From early childhood I received a basic religious education. When I left my island for mainland France I entered, at every level, into a phase of autonomy to which my faith was not imune: what sort of a Christian was I? Who was Christ for me? What importance did the Eucharist have in my life? Was it simply a tradition I had to carry on with?
With all these questions going through my mind, I came across a prayer group which became the channel of a significant spiritual experience. I discovered a living God not at all distant from my life. I can share two elements of that experience: in front of Jesus exposed in the Blessed Sacrament I tasted God’s infinite love for me, I had met Someone who loved me in a unique way. Furthermore, when a few members of the prayer group prayed for me, I saw my whole life in an instant and was made aware of God’s faithfulness at various moments of my life. I had touched something of God, something great and beautiful that nothing and nobody could rob me of. Not only was I convinced of God’s existence but I knew from within that He was in me and with me.
Faced with such Love a calling to religious life (first experienced at about 12 years of age) resurfaced in my heart: a desire to give my whole life to God in order to love Him and make His Love known.
During the time of discernment that followed I providentially met a person at the Faculty who was going on a retreat with the Community. I decided to go on that same retreat as well to find out God’s will for me. I have not been disappointed!
I was struck by the liturgy, the fervent praise expressed in this community, the quality of fraternal life, the beauty of God emanating from the very simple quality of life, as well as its evangelisation outreach. I, therefore, chose the Community because it was apparent to me that my great desire to give myself to God could find its full expression in a life where contemplation and mission intermingled so strongly.
Religious life for me is a means to love to the full. It is a way that shows that God exists and that it is worthwhile to consecrate one’s whole life to Him. Every day I learn to surrender and let myself be enlightened by God and to become ever more available and ready to make Him known and loved. “The wind blows where it will. You hear the sound it makes but you do not know where it comes from, or where it goes. So it is with everyone begotten of the Spirit (Jn 3,8). To follow Christ is an adventure : letting God constantly surprise us and remaining open to renewal in the Spirit…
Sr Thérèse of the Holy Face

Sr. Emilie
My name is Sr Emilie of the Heart of Jesus and Mary. I am originally…
My name is Sr Emilie of the Heart of Jesus and Mary. I am originally from Ardèche and it is after obtaining a bachelor’s degree in history that I entered the Community.
As an adolescent, during a pilgrimage to Medjugorje, I had a strong experience of the presence of God in my life. Oh, I wasn’t overjoyed to be there : my parents where the ones who took me there. Indeed God had little place in my life at that time. A few months later I perceived a calling to consecrated life : when I read a prayer intention for consecrated souls I heard this question resound in my heart : “and why not you?” , which for me was a source of great joy… Almost in the same period I discovered the Community of the Beatitudes who had come to carry out a mission in my parish. What joy could be seen on the faces of the brothers and sisters ! I wanted to know more, to have a closer look at this. I asked to stay in one of the houses for a week. I was so challenged by what I saw : a life of prayer, adoration, the beauty of the liturgy, a fraternal life, the communion of states of life, and a concern for evangelization. Of course, I was still too young. I continued my education followed by my studies. During the latter, I discovered other communities, but I always returned to this first calling to the Community of the Beatitudes. For me it was evident the Lord was waiting for me there. From the beginning of my life in community, the importance of a heart-to-heart with God in adoration, in contact with his Word, has been anchored in me. that’s where I can come and get everything I need to answer his call. I crossed the threshold and a whole adventure began: the Lord is full of surprises! And this adventure does not end with perpetual vows. Every new day is a sign of this, there is always a “yes” to give, and this assurance that God is there, that He is faithful wherever He leads us.
« The favors of the Lord are not exhausted, his mercies are not spent ; they are renewed each morning, so great is his faithfulness ! » (Lm 3, 22). So … « duc in altum »,
« Put out into deep water… » (Lk 5, 4)
Sr. Emilie du Cœur de Jésus et de Marie

Sr. Klara Misericordia
I was born in Kazakhstan. Surely it isn’t often one comes across a text in…
I was born in Kazakhstan. Surely it isn’t often one comes across a text in French about someone coming from so far away.
My family wasn’t a practising one.It was a difficult situation, for my mother was Orthodox and my father Muslim. However, at the age of seven, I was baptized in the Orthodox Church. Nevertheless, we never spoke about God at home.It is the dramatic event of my brother’s death (I was 16 at the time) which started my family along the path of faith. The thought of an eternal life to come was a consolation to us.
My godfather, a Catholic, encouraged us to join him in church. The priests had formed a team of young people to whom they entrusted little missions. Very quickly I spent most of my free time in church whilst still continuing my accountancy studies. I experienced great joy when participating in all those activities (at Mass, catechism, evangelization, etc.)
In 1999 the Community of the Beatitudes launched their first Youth Festival in Kazakhstan. During a prayer vigil I felt Jesus was calling me to consecrated life, although I had plans of getting married ! The sister who prayed with me expressed in her prayer exactly what was in my heart ! However, I told her : “Just for today” !
I asked to spend some time with other friends in the house that had just opened in Kokchetav. I felt at home ! It is during adoration in the Community chapel that I ENCOUNTERED Jesus and felt the great love He had for me.
Today, after seventeen years of life in community, I give thanks to the Lord for having called me and I discover every day the beauty of a consecrated life within the Community of the Beatitudes. Life with Jesus is a daily adventure, full of unexpected events, surprises, happiness and I give thanks to the Lord for all that He is continually doing in my life.
If doubt fills your heart; don’t hesitate, don’t be afraid, Jesus will fulfil your expectations and give you a hundredfold !
Sr. Klara Misericordia

Sr. Clare of Assisi
I’m a New-Zealander of English origin. I was sixteen months old when we left England…
I’m a New-Zealander of English origin. I was sixteen months old when we left England for New Zealand, a country my father fell in love with in the course of his maritime journeys.
In my youth my aspirations were more of an artistic nature with an attraction to the fine arts. For different reasons this dream never came true.I went through different types of training which allowed me to work whilst seeking my vocation. At the time I was already thinking of a consecrated life… but where ?
I had to wait for God’s hour! This time of somewhat painful waiting proved necessary to learn not to turn away when confronted with God’s silences. After a 6-year search I received the answer I was waiting for. In a prayer group a video on a ”new community” in France was making the rounds. A German/New Zealand couple in touch with “that community” in Germany desired the Community to be known in NZ I discovered young people experiencing an intense life of prayer and what’s more there were consecrated artists present ! That is how I discovered the “Community of the Beatitudes”.
It needed something strong and somewhat out of the ordinary to convince a rather timid soul to leave everything/ family, work, country, culture and language to follow the call received in her heart and set sail toward the unknown.
Today my heart is full of gratitude. In Him I have learned to live a new, ample, free life : the life of the Kingdom. I have become a citizen of that Kingdom searching the way in my heart that I may live ever more deeply in that Kingdom and communicate it to all around me.
The advice I would give is to always listen to our heart’s aspirations : they are the desires God implants in us, and He can do all things for He is with us and on our side !
Sr. Clare of Assisi

Sr. Claire Sandrine
Born in Grenoble, I entered the Community aged 23. When I was confirmed at the…
Born in Grenoble, I entered the Community aged 23.
When I was confirmed at the age of 16 I experienced a true outpouring of the Holy Spirit which changed my life. In a mysterious way I heard God say to me: “Sandrine I trust you to proclaim me to others!” This was serious .I felt great peace and joy, an inner conviction that I had to commit myself to God and his Church.
I started studying in Paris: philosophy followed by secretarial training. During that time I joined a missionary fraternity: a prayer group of young people with whom I had the joy of sharing my faith and participating in evangelization missions. I experienced God’s power in my daily life.
Two unforgettable experiences deepened within me the desire to give my life as a religious :
– a humanitarian experience with “rag men” in a Cairo slum in Egypt with Sr. Emmanuelle whose testimony impressed me so much : give everything for others !
– and a second experience during an incredible week of prayer and sharing with thousands of young people from the whole world during the Youth Festival in Medjugorje. At the end, I was no longer the same ; it was as if the Lord was telling me: “If you follow me I will fulfil you.” I knew I could count on His Faithfulness, so I said “Yes” to Him. Having decided, immense was my joy !
Two years before, during a Holy Week retreat with the Community of the Beatitudes at Nouan-le-Fuzelier, I remembered saying “Lord, if one day you should call me to consecrate my life to you, it is here I shall enter !”
My calling to the Community of the Beatitudes was so strong that one year later I asked to enter and that was twenty six years ago ! So much for God’s sense of humour !
To love in giving and giving with love !
Jesus fulfils the heart of those who give Him everything. As for the hope within me, I have not been disappointed !
Sr. Claire Sandrine

Sr Eva of Jésus
I’m Austrian and have been in the Community of the Beatitudes for 22 years. Before…
I’m Austrian and have been in the Community of the Beatitudes for 22 years. Before following the Lord’s calling I was a law student intending to train as a diplomate. The Lord made good use of my attraction for different countries and cultures by calling me as His ambassador to… Peru, to proclaim His love as a missionary.
How did it come about ? My path toward consecrated life started with a Mass celebrated by the Community of the Beatitudes in Lisieux. Touched by the beauty of the liturgy, by the joy of its consecrated members singing and dancing before God, I immediately knew that Jesus was inviting me to join in that joy.
A consecrated sister gave me a booklet on the Community’s mission in Peru. It must be said that I had been looking for quite some time for a location to experience a missionary activity. That is when my adventure with Jesus started.
After working as a « volunteer » I decided to join the Community in Peru. Having worked on several evangelization projects in different countries, I am now back in Peru. I can only admire God’s faithfulness, His love for me which sustains me and the joy of having given my life to Jesus.
I can see every day the marvels God achieves in the lives of the poor who cry out to Him. Jesus is present : He consoles the afflicted, He strengthens the weak, He heals the broken-hearted, where there is despondency He gives hope. My joy is to be His little instrument, a witness of His mercy and of the joy experienced when giving one’s life to Jesus !
Sr Eva of Jésus

Sr Thérèse of the Holy Face
My name is Sr, Thérèse of the Holy Face (a reference to the face of…
My name is Sr, Thérèse of the Holy Face (a reference to the face of Christ for the uninitiated). I am a French national from Guadeloupe (West Indies). I have been a member of the Community for 20 years. Jesus came and plucked me from university in Paris where I was studying mathematics.
From early childhood I received a basic religious education. When I left my island for mainland France I entered, at every level, into a phase of autonomy to which my faith was not imune: what sort of a Christian was I? Who was Christ for me? What importance did the Eucharist have in my life? Was it simply a tradition I had to carry on with?
With all these questions going through my mind, I came across a prayer group which became the channel of a significant spiritual experience. I discovered a living God not at all distant from my life. I can share two elements of that experience: in front of Jesus exposed in the Blessed Sacrament I tasted God’s infinite love for me, I had met Someone who loved me in a unique way. Furthermore, when a few members of the prayer group prayed for me, I saw my whole life in an instant and was made aware of God’s faithfulness at various moments of my life. I had touched something of God, something great and beautiful that nothing and nobody could rob me of. Not only was I convinced of God’s existence but I knew from within that He was in me and with me.
Faced with such Love a calling to religious life (first experienced at about 12 years of age) resurfaced in my heart: a desire to give my whole life to God in order to love Him and make His Love known.
During the time of discernment that followed I providentially met a person at the Faculty who was going on a retreat with the Community. I decided to go on that same retreat as well to find out God’s will for me. I have not been disappointed!
I was struck by the liturgy, the fervent praise expressed in this community, the quality of fraternal life, the beauty of God emanating from the very simple quality of life, as well as its evangelisation outreach. I, therefore, chose the Community because it was apparent to me that my great desire to give myself to God could find its full expression in a life where contemplation and mission intermingled so strongly.
Religious life for me is a means to love to the full. It is a way that shows that God exists and that it is worthwhile to consecrate one’s whole life to Him. Every day I learn to surrender and let myself be enlightened by God and to become ever more available and ready to make Him known and loved. “The wind blows where it will. You hear the sound it makes but you do not know where it comes from, or where it goes. So it is with everyone begotten of the Spirit (Jn 3,8). To follow Christ is an adventure : letting God constantly surprise us and remaining open to renewal in the Spirit…
Sr Thérèse of the Holy Face