A Reflection on my Experience in Bangladesh
“I will go to the uttermost part of the world in search for souls.”
(Mother Candida). These words of our dear Mother Foundress echoed in my heart 2 weeks after I arrived in Bangladesh together with Sr. Eufemia Solleza for our new assignment as missionaries.
Life’s Direction Session in Stella Maris, Davao City
Stella Maris Academy of Davao held a Life’s Direction Session last July 15, 2017 in the morning at the School Chapel. Thirteen (13) young ladies participated. Some of them are our school’s teacher aides and canteen personnel while others came from Lasang.
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Meeting of the Local Superiors,RCAs, Treasurers, Principals, etc.
Manresa Retreat House was full this weekend. We had the Asian Jesuit Formators having their sessions, some Sisters of the Little Sisters for the Abandoned Elderly, and the Religious of the Conception of Mary on retreat, and the meeting of the Local Superiors, RCAs, Principals, Treasurers and members of the Ad Hoc Commission all here at the same time
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THE CELEBRATION OF THE FEAST OF MOTHER FOUNDRESS IN NAIC, CAVITE
The celebration of the Feast of Saint Candida Maria de Jesus, the Foundress of the Hijas de Jesus Congregation in Ciudad Nuevo, Naic, Cavite was not only a memorable event but above all a very significant and soul-lifting experience of her tangible presence in this particular place. It was the first time that her Feast was celebrated in Ciudad Nuevo and the newly made statue was brought in procession around the place.
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AUGUST EVENTS AT SMAD #1 & 2
August 4, 2017 (Friday) - The SMAD Educative community celebrated the First Friday Mass. In this Eucharistic Celebration, the feast day of Saint Candida Maria de Jesus was also commemorated by the students. The mass was presided by Fr. Cris Alcayde.
SMAD AUGUST EVENTS # 3 & 4
Spiritual Formation session with Sister Catherine Cheong, F.I.
As part of the August events of SMAD, there was a Spiritual Formation session prepared by the F.I. Sisters for the faculty and staff at 1'o clock in the afternoon. It was declared no class for the students on that particular afternoon to pave way to the success of this activity.
“The Saints are the Mirror of Divine Charity”
105 years ago, Candida Maria de Jesus, FI passed away on August 9 at the age of 67, leaving behind 149 Daughters of Jesus in 13 communities in Spain and Brazil, and a life that shone with a singular love of God, for whose greater glory and in whose faithful service she had tried to spend her whole life and each instant of it.
