Formal Approval of The New Community
The Constitution Committee led the congregation through the various stages of writing. Every Sister contributed her insights to shaping the content of the Constitutions. The final text, written by Annamarie Cook, was sent to Rome. On August 6, 1992, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, Cardinal of the Chicago Archdiocese, presented the Sisters of the Living Word their document of final approval as a religious community in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. During the Liturgy, each Sister received her copy of the Constitutions and renewed her vows as a member of the newly approved Community. The day was a culmination of seventeen years of sharing vision and values, shaping a new way of reading the signs of the times, a new way of reflecting and affirming the Word.
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