Sr. Luzia (Sook Ho) Lee, OSB

  “Do not be afraid,  for I have redeemed you, I have called you by your name, you are mine.” Is 43,1 Our dear Sr. Luzia (Sook Ho) Lee,  OSB   was called home to God on June 3, 2023 in Daegu. She was born on December 18, 1934 in Hamchang in the Diocese of An Dong.  She…

Pentecost Sunday “RECEIVE HOLY SPIRIT”

 On Pentecost the Church celebrates its own birthday with the sending of the Holy Spirit. Besides the Eucharistic celebration and the liturgy of the hours, we in the Casa community follow an old tradition to distribute on this day the gifts and fruits of the Holy Spirit. Every sisters receives a small card in form of a dove with one…

IWE 2023 “Gratitude for 36 blessed days in Rome”

Different yet one… The way of Jesus …to walk united with our differences… was the theme of our last General Chapter. Through this International Weeks of Encounter it became our experience. https://youtu.be/Aw_yrNd2udo We were strangers to each other, when we met first… and became friends bridging barriers of language, culture, backgrounds, while we walked together…

Pray for First Profession in Manila

 With deep gratitudeMother Mary Thomas Prado, OSB Prioress and theMissionary Benedictine Sisters of TutzingManila Priory cordially invite you to a  Eucharistic Celebrationwith theRite of First Profession of Vows ofNovice Anna Margaretha M. FondevillaandNovice Kathleen Mac L. de Guzman Saturday, 24 June 2023Solemnity of the Birth of Saint John the Baptist9:00 a.m. St. Scholastica’s Formation House27 Magallanes Drive, Silang Crossing WestTagaytay…

Rogation Procession 2023

It is an old, even pre-Christian tradition to go around the fields to ask God’s blessing. The Christians replaced the pagan custom by doing procession in the days before Ascension praying the Litany of the Saints.  We sisters in Rome, Casa Community and participants of the International Weeks of Encounter, followed this ancient tradition. On Thursday,…