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DIVINE GRACE MEDICAL MISSIONARIES
Divine Grace Medical Missionaries, is a Public Association of Christ's Faithful, non-profit, and charitable, dedicated to Empowering, Helping and Educating women, girls, and professionals to develop and deepen their spiritual life. The Congregation is founded in Houston, Texas in 2012 by Rev. Sr. Mary Edith Aguh. We desire and strive to grow in holiness, compassionating to the sick, the poor, less-priviledged, and to train women/Girls from all ages to deepen their vocation, and serve God through the sick, poor, and medical services. By incorporating the attentive presence of the Holy Spirit, which labors within us to have every aspect of our lives, our whole being, centered entirely on the Mercy of God, and who is ever at work within our soul, teaching us how to live, and help in the spirit of service, sacrifice and love.
OUR GOAL
DGMM aim at educating, training and supporting all women, girls and disadvantaged families residing in the City where we do our services and around the World by empowering them through service to the poor, needy, and the less-priviledged. We are committed to be part of health care education, Nutrition/Wellness, leadership and professional training so they may acquire skills to enhance their life and to respond to the complex transformations taking place in the world. We seek to be authentic witnesses to Jesus Christ and to have as our highest priority to make God visible in the world and to manifest without fear the signs of faith, so that the light of Christ shines in the world in which we live.
Divine Grace Medical Missionaries is working toward the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by 2023:
• Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
• Achieve universal primary education
• Promote gender equality and empower women
• Reduce child mortality
• Improve maternal health
• Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
• Ensure environmental sustainability
• Develop a global partnership for development
OUR SPIRITUALITY: Spiritual and Physical Healing
Our Spirituality is seeking God, knowing God, and letting Him in us as a community.
OUR VISION
Divine Grace Medical Missionaries strives for excellency that promotes Spiritual and Physical Healing, Medical Services, Professional Development, Vocational Training, and community services among all people.
OUR GOAL
DGMM aim at educating, training and supporting all women, girls and disadvantaged families residing in the City where we do our services and around the World by empowering them through service to the poor, needy, and the less-priviledged. We are committed to be part of health care education, Nutrition/Wellness, leadership and professional training so they may acquire skills to enhance their life and to respond to the complex transformations taking place in the world. We seek to be authentic witnesses to Jesus Christ and to have as our highest priority to make God visible in the world and to manifest without fear the signs of faith, so that the light of Christ shines in the world in which we live.
Divine Grace Medical Missionaries is working toward the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals by 2023:
• Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
• Achieve universal primary education
• Promote gender equality and empower women
• Reduce child mortality
• Improve maternal health
• Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
• Ensure environmental sustainability
• Develop a global partnership for development
OUR SPIRITUALITY: Spiritual and Physical Healing
Our Spirituality is seeking God, knowing God, and letting Him in us as a community.
OUR VISION
Divine Grace Medical Missionaries strives for excellency that promotes Spiritual and Physical Healing, Medical Services, Professional Development, Vocational Training, and community services among all people.
MEET OUR SISTER
To serve and not to be served, and To Love with all my being as Jesus.
sr. Mary Edith |
Brief History of Mother Mary Edith
Since childhood, it gradually became evident that God had begun to prepare Sr. Mary Edith for an important role in the Catholic Church and her challenging task of founding a religious congregations. She started from little age listening and reading the bible, formed prayer groups, formed Alter girls, feeding the children, visiting the elderly people, and been a voice for the helpless. At tender age, she moved to Rome to get ready for what God prepared for her. She started right from her entrance into the Congregation to be prayerful, Simple, Humble, obedient, and very Creativity. Sr. Mary Edith creativity and hard work is from our creation, Gen: 1. God’s creation. Sr. Mary Edith had her Profession and served in several hospitals before he was assigned to mission in Nigeria 1999. It did not take long for Sr. Mary Edith to become aware of the great need in the communities: Lack of medicines, cure, care, Spiritual healing to hard-to reach villages, and to educate the poor children in the community who had no opportunity of receiving an education. During one of her Mid-afternoon, prayers, Jesus the Divine Mercy appear to her, and told her to get ready for the mission she has been assigned to do: To serve the sick, lonely, afflicted, and humanity. At the time, she found joy of spirit in carrying out God’s will, and realized the ministry of health, and education was her calling, serving the students, her companions, and the people of the town with humility and compassion. Her gifts were noted by all, and many sought her counsel. Mother Mary Edith chose a deep spiritual life as the foundation for the community, and in 2008, wrote the Rule of Life for the DGMM, norms that directed and intended to make the small new community a “union of authentic souls, separated from the world, loving only Jesus Crucified, imitating him in poverty, mortification, and charity, seeking only to have loving conversation with their Divine Spouse, and to hear His loving voice in solitude and recollection of spirit, where He has promised to lead His brides to talk to their hearts.” God gave Sr. Mary Edith a very important duty: that of being his faithful witness, to the poor, sick, less privileged, be that small seed that, thrown on the ground, will die and bring forth fruit. She lived her mission on as “doing something, departing for faraway lands, or doing heroic actions in the eyes of men”; she was an instrument in God’s hand, she let Him guide her, and she was attentive to the real needs of the place where God called her to work. God and God’s glory, we her only means and strength for her apostolic work. It was Sr. Mary Edith’s relationship with Jesus and Mary, Our Lady of Divine Grace that enabled her to live a life full of hope and faith. She remained open to Christ her Spouse and ever responsive to His Love in others. She gave all out of love and glory for God. From the foundation of our Congregation, her spirit and virtue continue to lead us on as we continue to weave our history to make the gift of God present to all. |