The women of the Gospel of Mark (16:2), bearers of the hope of the Risen One, have been chosen as Inspirational Horizon 2022-2025 by the Latin American Confederation of Religious (CLAR).

With tenderness and courage, the Latin American Province of the Sisters of Charity met online on Sunday, August 20, 2023, to participate fully in this journey, together with the other religious families in the vast South American continent.

The Women of the Dawn are those women of the most radical boldness, those who sustain hope by clinging to the promise, those who walk in the night, and in a state of mission, open pathways for the Spirit to enter and fertilize everything.

The Religious Life on the continent is entering a new triennium, welcoming the Women of Dawn as the inspiring icon of their journey. Today more than ever we are convinced that true reform comes from encountering Jesus, in the echo of his Word, and in learning his attitudes and criteria. This is well known by the Women of Dawn, those who knew how to transform their own existence in their encounter with Jesus, those who, moved by love, set out on their journey.

May, through the contemplation of the Women of Dawn, space for the Spirit be opened and the Religious Life of the Continent be encouraged. May this inspiring Horizon place us in the place of bold hope.

May, through the contemplation of the Women of Dawn, be opened space for the Spirit and the Religious Life of the Continent be encouraged. May this inspiring Horizon place us in the place of daring hope.

Hymn: Women of the Dawn

Hope Begins To Dawn
We decided to go out in the middle of the night
facing the headwind,
the cold and fear in the dark.
At a steady pace women and men
we give ourselves courage to arrive,
our pupils have dilated
hearts accelerated
AND WE SEE HOW HOPE BEGINS TO DAWN
WITH TENDERNESS AND COURAGE
WITH THE WOMEN OF DAWN
WE SEEK OUR LORD,
JESUS WHO SAVES
We have fresh in our memory Your living Word
Your cross unveils and challenges us
Your love makes us remain.
Up to the place of the wound
we are moved by the pain of our brothers and sisters.
On our feet goes the prophecy
Of a thousand witnesses who are seed.
AND WE SEE HOW HOPE BEGINS TO DAWN
WITH TENDERNESS AND COURAGE
WITH THE WOMEN OF DAWN
WE SEEK OUR LORD,
JESUS WHO SAVES