From February 2 to 15, the junior Adorers Sisters Mimose, Sofía, Marcela, Isis, and Yeraldine (Province of America) organized in Argentina the meeting of the Juniors of America 2026, days marked by fraternal encounter, formation, and Spiritual Exercises.

A welcome that enlarges the heart

The junior sisters arrived at the house of Villa Progreso, where the community offered a warm and family-like welcome. At the beginning, Sr. Ángela Altagracias, Provincial Vicar, welcomed them and encouraged them to enter deeply into this formative stage.

Accompanied by the Provincial, Sr. Teresa Valenzuela, the juniors deepened their understanding of the beauty of the vows, not as abstract concepts but as a self-giving embodied in daily life.

Eight days of Spiritual Exercises: a vocational journey

At the house of General Rodríguez, the juniors lived the silence and depth of the Spiritual Exercises, led by Fr. Martín Melo, following the methodology of Saint Ignatius. Over eight days, they walked the “Path of the Adoraers Vocation”, with stages that gradually illuminated the heart and the mission.

The journey was structured around several key themes:

• Identity and Dignity, from grateful remembrance and contemplation of Jesus who restores dignity through His method: seeing, calling, touching, liberating, and praising.
• Undivided heart, deepening chastity, poverty, and obedience, with the Our Father as a compass to reorder affections.
• Fraternity and compassion, learning to move “from the Tabernacle to the streets,” so that compassion transforms indignation into a “concrete caress.
•  Remaining and Liberating, with the Virgin Mary at the foot of so many present-day crosses.
•  Roadmap, with a concrete and verifiable life project so that Easter may become “operative peace.”
•  Emmaus, recognizing that Adoration makes the Sisters Adorers “broken bread” for today’s new “prisons and Egypts.”

Pilgrimage to Luján: placing vocation under Mary’s mantle

The Exercises concluded with a visit to the Shrine of Luján, where vocation was placed under Mary’s mantle, carrying in a special way the faces of the women accompanied in the mission. There, the commitment was renewed to be guardians of the heart and artisans of hope.

Formation to sustain the journey

After the Exercises, the meeting continued with formation sessions: reflection on the juniorate (based on an article by Sr. Gemma Morató), the General Formation Plan (GFP) and its proposals, economics from a Gospel perspective, and guidance on confidentiality, care of personal history, and responsible communication.

A word that sums it up: hope

Among the testimonies shared, one word emerged as a summary: hope. Not as an abstract concept, but as an experienced certainty.

“The word would be hope, strengthened by Mary’s ‘rejoice, for the Lord is with you.’ Because the joy of the God who loves me, calls me, and accompanies me is made present in the Adorers’ charism, which invites us to live with others.” (Sr. Yeraldine)

Sr. Sofía highlighted, during these days of prayer and formation, the cry of hopelessness resonated strongly, especially in the suffering of many women who migrate without knowing how to face their future. That cry became a call to be a sign of God’s merciful love.

“Living in hope is the cry I want to proclaim every day!” (Sr. Sofía)

Walking with sisters in the same stage

The juniorate, as a stage of vocational maturation, was experienced as a gift built in fraternity. The testimonies emphasize that walking together helps one recognize oneself in the same Spirit, like a “shared score.”

“For me, walking with other sisters in the juniorate means recognizing that the Spirit does not write an individual story, but a shared score.” (Sr. Marcela)

Three accents emerged: mirror of Grace, co-responsibility in the Charism, and prophecy of Fraternity.

A word for those who are afraid

The testimonies also speak to young women who may feel fear about responding to their vocation: God does not ask the impossible, but an open heart willing to take one more step.

“God does not expect you to have everything clear at first; He only asks that you dare to take one more step, to draw near to Him without fear or shame.” (Sr. Mimose)

The joy of being young and consecrated today

Another conviction shared by Sr. Isis is that consecration lived in youth remains a free commitment of love and gratitude to God—who “continues to stake His life on humanity”—and to a society that longs for people who live their faith coherently and simply for others.

Ultimately, it is Jesus’ invitation “to live one’s vocation with others in community, following Him, placing Him at the center of existence, allowing oneself to be transformed by Him, and making His Kingdom possible today.”

“This is undoubtedly not only worthwhile—it is worth life itself!” (Sr. Isis)

Returning with the paten full of names

At the conclusion, the junior sisters of the Province of America returned to their communities with gratitude, with the desire to remain, and with the paten of prayer full of names. In this horizon, the words of Saint Maria Micaela resound:

“I renew my vows each day; God wants me to serve Him as He wills… I no longer have a will; I gave it to Him.”

And as a final synthesis:

“We are alive, we are an offering, and we walk together!”.