Rest Day and Thanksgiving…
Rome, 8 May 2019
Day of rest. Day to contemplate Nature. Day of visiting two beautiful Italian places: Bagnaina and Caprarola. A day of sharing. A day of thanksgiving. Everything is possible when there is something to celebrate. And every day we have many reasons to do it.
GCXVIII Reflection Groups
May 06 2019
We present the reflection groups that have been set up for this phase of Treatment of issues and in which we are doing the process of discernment:
GROUP 1: Teresa Li, Sonia María Soares, Sagrario de Andrés, Marlene Serrano, Rosa Espinosa, María del Mar Domínguez and Felisa Molina
We continue with the process of discernment…
Today we began, as every day, with the Eucharist at 7.30, accompanied by Juan Carlos Saavedra, Superior General of the Mercedarians. We have continued the process of discernment that we started on Saturday which is helping us to listen to God's will for us, the Hijas de Jesus, in today's world.
New phase of GC XVIII: Treatment of matters
May 5, 2019
Since yesterday, we have entered into a new phase of the GC: that of the Treatment of matters, although we are living a few days of discernment before properly entering into the treatment of matters, following a proposal that was made in the assembly.
Election for the Commission on the Treament of Matters and the Commission on Editing
The CTA is formed by Mª Inez Furtado de Mendonça, Dayse Agretti, Clara Echarte and Sofía Chang.
May 3, 2019
Today, most of us had a shorter day. In the morning, after the Eucharist, we met to elect the sisters who will be part of the Commission for the Treatment of Matters (CTA) and of the Editorial Commission.
Read more: Election for the Commission on the Treament of Matters and the Commission on Editing
The New General Government: Chronicle of the Elections
After two days of intense prayer, dialogues and an atmosphere of discernment, on Wednesday, May 1, a cold dawn on the outside but very hot inside. We had the Eucharist at 9:30 A.M. with Orlando Torres, SJ, who helped us with his words to start a special day.
Read more: The New General Government: Chronicle of the Elections
General Consultors of the Hijas de Jesús
Rome , May 2, 2019
With joy, we communicate to you the four sisters that the 18th General Congregation has chosen to collaborate with the General Superior. They will share the function and the responsibility of governing the Congregational Body in a way that would preserve and promote its well being and way of proceeding. They are the following:
