Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Usambara was formed to invite women to experience the love of our Lord Jesus in private setting. To see him closely in a private way, contemplate him and send him to those who do not know him or believe in him. To enkindle the fire of trust and love to the faithful ones through our ministry.
As women of faith, we have come together to fulfil his calling to serve him. To witness him as our Lord and savior. We are his disciples who have come so see him and stay to serve him “come and see for yourself” John 1:46.
This signifies powerful invitation to experience Jesus at first hand; it’s an invitation to personal investigation of faith in a private life and invite others to experience Jesus in their faith. For those who are called to the life of service to Jesus, are given a good amount of time to listen to Jesus calling them again and again. Candidates are guided to establish close relationship with Jesus and to know who Jesus is to them; the rules and charism of our congregation guide them to meet Jesus in their day-to-day life through “prayer and work”. And therefore, work is considered as part of prayer. To work is to “pray”.
We need to submit ourselves to Christ and allow him to dwell in our “inner self”, in such relationship Jesus will finalize his calling for one to stay and dwell with him. It’s not the kind of meet and greet relationship, but the kind where we live together with Jesus, serve with him, journey with him, wrestle through doubts and questions with him and learn to love each other in the community. In this unique kind of relationship that needs to be nurtured with the individual sister for her to feel the presence of Jesus in her life and within the community. This is where formators needs to emphasis real meaning of community life.
In order for candidates to achieve the goal and for them to discover and feel the presence of Jesus in their spiritual life, strong formation is necessary. The formators should teach how to cultivate a deep personal relationship with God. Focusing on interior life, prayer and discernment to align their lives with Jesus Christ to whom they are committing their lives.  This should be based on teaching them how to grow though spiritual theology, self-awareness, character, formation and disciplined to spiritual practices. This will guide candidates, postulants and novices to feel the presence of the Lord and discover their path to religious life.
As a community of the Sisters of Our Lady of Usambara we need to invest our formation to prepare the sisters who are dedicated to serve our Lord Jesus and not the service of the “world” while leaving Jesus behind.
It’s true that there are all kinds of temptations in the world we live in. And since we live in it, we can never run away from the temptation within it. We must use our strong spiritual inner part to conquer it and serve those who have been immersed in it. Our founders have chosen Mary our Mother to be the patron of our Congregation, we need to follow her life, like Mary our mother we are called to never abandon our Lord Jesus “but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his sister” John 19: 25. A woman/sister who have given their life to serve Jesus need to offer full self-commitment to offer true sacrifice to Jesus. We invite those who are called to join our community to commit their lives to be true servant of our Lord Jesus and bring him to the world through our mission.
 
“Sell your possession and give to the poor. Then come and follow me” Mathew 19: 21