It was with great rejoicing that five women from Victoria made their first Consecration as Associates of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament on September 11, 2011.
Front row left to right: Director of Associates,Sister Emiliana;Joan Hairell, GayLynne Carson, and Theresa Anderson.
Back row left to right: IWBS Superior, Sister Evelyn Korenek; Bishop David Fellhauer, Robin Reinhold and Gilda Miller.
Below Left: New Associates are eager to process into the Chapel.
Below Right: New Associates receive their Manual of Prayers from Sister Evelyn and Sister Emiliana.

IWBS Associates Take the Incarnate Word into the World

We, Sisters of the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament, received a renewed approval from the Holy See on March 25, 1987, to reinstate an Associate Organization first begun by our foundress, Jeanne Chezard de Matel, in 17th century France. Believing it was the right time and place to give new life to her dream, we began a branch of Associates in Victoria in 1989.

Jeanne de Matel's special call was to institute an Order that would be a new introduction of the Incarnate Word in the world. She saw, in the Associate program, a way to share this gift with many more persons in their own particular way of life. In an effort to be faithful to our own call "to draw others to share in the graces of the Incarnate Word", we have been sharing our spirit with Associates over the past fifteen years. We have 140 Associates from more than 20 parishes.

This program is an effort to meet the needs of active Catholics who wish to deepen their spirituality and become more informed Catholics as they build community with others who have the same desires. It is open to Catholic men and women and is particularly beneficial to couples if they both feel called to it. Being an Associate includes monthly meetings, from August through May, of study and prayer that can help foster a deeper spiritual life, focusing on the Person of Jesus and living His Gospel of Love. In Advent and Lent, instead of the monthly meeting, Associates make a day of retreat.

2010 IWBS Associates Make Consecration

Left: Five women from Victoria made their first Consecration as Associates of the Incarnate Word on September 12, 2010. Front left to right: Debbie Escalante, Joyce Kubala and Sandy Hausman. Back row left to right: Superior, Sister Evelyn Korenek,Carmelia Guerra, Director of Associates,

Sister Emiliana Grafe, Valerie Jurica and Bishop David E. Fellhauer.

Right: The four making a perpetual commitment as Associates of the Incarnate Word are: front left to right: Carole J. Nowak, of Needville, Sophie Molina and Shirley Welker of Victoria; back left to right: Director of Associates, Sister Emiliana Grafe, Superior, Sister Evelyn Korenek, Benita Bordovsky of Hallettsville and Bishop David E. Fellhauer.

2009 IWBS Associates Make Consecration

(top left) Associates listed on Banner; (top center and right) Associates ready to register; (bottom left and center) New Associates make Consecration; (bottom right) 5 Year Associates make Consecration

Associates who have made Perpetual Consecration in 2009

Newly-Consecrated Associates are:
Evangeline Flores,Geraldine John Patricia Kromka, Susana Moya,Katherine Pennington, and Lilia Vianes

Perpetually-Consecrated Associates are:
Claudia Schoener, Janelle Barta, Barbara Respondek, Angelina Grigar, and Ofilia Gutierrez

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2008 IWBS Associates Make Consecration

(top left) Associates enter in procession; (top center) Associates renew commitment; (top right) Bishop Fellhauer blesses pins and books; (bottom left) Associates receive pins; (bottom center) Associates sign Consecration; (bottom right) Associates make Consecration

(above left) Associates who have made Perpetual Consecration;
(above right)Associates who have made their first Consecration

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Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament Associates crown Mary
and pray for her intercession during May.

For more information about the Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament Associates, please contact:
	Incarnate Word Convent 1101 NE Water Street Victoria, Texas 77901	Phone: (361) 575-7111 FAX: (361) 575-2165 E-mail Sister Emiliana!

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2011 IWBS Associates Make Consecration