Initial Phase: The State of the Congregation
Rome, 25 April 2019
Only four days have passed since the GC began, but they seem to be many more. The heart is already warming up and the rhythm becoming intense. And the secretaries of the reflection groups are known because they walk through the corridors well attached to their notebooks ...
Looking at Reality and how the Congregation is In This World
Rome, April 24, 2019
As in every morning, we started at 7:30 A.M. with the Eucharist presided by Osvaldo Vivar Martínez, O. de M.. At 8:45 A.M., the liturgy commission of the day invited us to invoke the Creator Spirit, the One that gives fecundity to life, who pushes history towards freedom that help us look at reality.
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GCXVIII ELECTIONS TO THE DIFFERENT OFFICES AND TEAMS
April 23, 2019
On April 23, Tuesday, after the Eucharist, the Congregation began with the contemplation of the icon of the Samaritan woman with Jesus in the well. The woman approaches the well with her life, and with a pitcher, and she encounters Jesus. He, tired and thirsty, says: "give me water to drink" ...
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OPENING REMARKS OF MOTHER GENERAL
AT THE OPENING OF THE GENERAL CONGREGATION XVIII
We are in Easter, sisters, very special days in which we celebrate the deepest joy: death has been defeated by Life.
Oh death, where is your victory?...
The Opening of the GCXVIII
A new light is projected into the past and animates the present in the life of Christians. The Resurrection, both for them and for us today, is to live again without fear, is to receive the strength of the Holy Spirit, open the doors and announce the Good News. It is having new eyes and knowing that HE is in our midst.
Easter Greetings From Japan
From Hayama, Tokyo, Joso we are united with you in the joy of Easter! That the Risen Jesus unite us in this very period - the 18th General Congregation!
The Sisters of Japan
Happy Easter!
Let us bask in the grace of the
Risen Lord,
and look towards the future with hope.
Sisters from Indico-Pacific
