CONGREGATION’S INITIALS: I.W.B.S.

CHARISM:  To adore and proclaim Jesus, the Incarnate Word,
through our prayer, community life and ministry

SPIRITUALITY:  Centered on Jesus, the Incarnate Word:  We delight in a personal intimacy with Jesus and seek to make him visible in the world through a life lived in the spirit of the Beatitudes.  We experience Him in the Eucharist, adore Him in the Blessed Sacrament, reverence Him present in all of creation, and serve Him in our neighbor.

MINISTRY:  Focused on forms of education, we serve in Catholic schools, parish catechetics and adult faith formation, hospital chaplaincy, and ministry to the homeless and imprisoned.

MOTHERHOUSE:  Corpus Christi, TX, USA

WEBSITE: www.iwbscc.org

REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION:
Catholic women between the ages of 21 and 50.
Completed high school education.
Interested in contemplative/apostolic community life.

RESIDENCE:
Incarnate Word Convent:
5201 Lipes Blvd.
Corpus Christi, TX 78413-5501
Phone: (361) 882-5413
Fax: (361) 880-4152

Rockport Residence Mailing Address:
114 North Church Street
Rockport, TX 78382
Phone: (361) 729-9135

SISTERS:
Sister Annette Wagner, IWBS (Superior General)
Sister Rose Miriam Gansle, IWBS (General Secretary)
Sister Mary Lelia Aguilar, IWBS
Sister Dorothy Anhaiser, IWBS
Sister M. Christina Bradley, IWBS
Sister Marian Bradley, IWBS
Sister Mary Catherine Brehony, IWBS
Sister Colette Brehony, IWBS
Sister Maria Elizabeth Brehony, IWBS
Sister Elizabeth Close, IWBS
Sister Anna Marie Espinosa, IWBS
Sister Mary Patrice Floyd, IWBS
Sister M. Caroline Fritter, IWBS
Sister Mary Lucy Garcia, IWBS
Sister Mary Camelia Herlihy, IWBS
Sister Lou Ella Hickman, IWBS
Sister Mary Paul Hon, IWBS
Sister M. Ann Korczynski, IWBS
Sister Jude Janecek, IWBS
Sister Mary Juliane Kuntscher, IWBS
Sister Michelle Marie Kuntscher, IWBS
Sister Rosemary Lichnovsky, IWBS
Sister Kathleen McDonagh, IWBS
Sister Barbara Netek, IWBS
Sister Raquel Newman, IWBS
Sister M. Martha O’Gara, IWBS
Sister Rosa Maria Ortiz, IWBS
Sister Agueda Oviedo, IWBS
Sister Mary Anne Pagano, IWBS
Sister Jo Ann Saenz, IWBS
Sister Judith Marie Saenz, IWBS
Sister Anne Brigid Schlegel, IWBS
Sister Martha Ann Snapka, IWBS
Sister Marilyn Springs, IWBS
Sister Agnes Marie Tengler, IWBS
Sister Brenda Thompson, IWBS

CONTACT US

  Sister Annette Wagner, IWBS (Superior General)   [email protected]
  Sister Rose Miriam Gansle, IWBS (General Secretary)  [email protected]

  (361) 882-541 / (361) 887-6308
  (361) 880-4152

Incarnate Word Ranch
  (361) 387-7397
  (361) 880-4152

Casa de Matel Residence
 (361) 356-6998
  (361) 883-2185