Institute of the Incarnate Word
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![Fr. Carlos Miguel Buela, IVE celebrates Mass for missionaries of the Institute of the Incarnate Word in Canada.](/Images/godic/202501/02/Institute-of-the-incarnate-word-fr.-carlos-buela0837.png")
![Priestly ordination of members of the Institute of the Incarnate Word at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.](/Images/godic/202501/02/Institute-of-the-incarnate-word-ordinations-priest0837.jpg")
![A priest of the Institute of the Incarnate Word makes a pastoral visit to a village in Papua New Guinea.](/Images/godic/202501/02/Institute-of-the-incarnate-word-missionary-priest-in-papua-new-guinea0837.jpg")
The Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) (Spanish:Instituto del Verbo Encarnado) is a Roman Catholic religious institute founded in Argentina by Fr. Carlos Miguel Buela on March 25, 1984. The Institute is a Clerical Institute of Consecrated Life of Diocesan Right which includes both priests and religious brothers of either apostolic or contemplative life. The Institute is the male branch of the Religious Family of the Incarnate Word: a union of religious institutes faithful to the Magisterium founded by Fr. Buela. The other two branches are the female religious community known as the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matará (SSVM) and the Secular Third Order.