Are American Handmaids ever missioned beyond the United States?
Yes, American Handmaids have been missioned in Asia, Europe, Central America and South America. Indeed, our stance before our world is one of concern about how to evangelize, using the resources of our charism. Our international dimension is key to a Handmaid vocation. Its source is twofold. Our Constitutions invite the Handmaid to be available for “any part of the world where there is hope of God’s greater glory”; And Saint Raphaela Mary dreamed that we would be “universal like the church”.
