On July 11, Abbot Primate Gregory Polan came to the Casa Community to celebrate the solemn mass and have breakfast with us. His homily reflected on the gospel Mt 19: 27-29 and ended with the promising words:And so, “What will there be for us?” In the mysteries we celebrate here, around the table of the word and the…
On Sunday July 7, the Casa Community said good bye to Sr. Eun Hye Cha, who after 4 years in Rome went back to her home priory Daegu. She looked so beautiful with the blue khanga and necklace. Many single sisters … and groups expressed their gratitude for the presence and service of Sr. Eun…
On June 30, the Tanzania Mission Renwal Program started with 23 participants from all 12 priories.The theme for the program is:In the Footsteps of our Pioneers;Reclaiming our Missionary Zeal They met in the center of the Tanzanian Episcopal Conference in Dar es Salaam,where they received the online opening conference by M. Maoro Sye from Rome,followed…
On July 9, the “Instrumentum Laboris” was released by the Holy See Press Office. The text will guide the work of the second session of the XVI Ordinary General Assemblu of the Synod in October. You can find the whole text here
July. God of Creation, as we honor St. Benedict, the bringer of civilization and Pax Benedictina to Europe, help us to continue his legacy of caring for mother earth and in reinvigorating our Congregation as a source of sustenance and relief for pilgrims and the marginalized of our society. This we ask through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Argentina was originally an attractive and liveable country, but for around 20 years it has been suffering from a massive economic and institutional decline, which has had a very negative impact on the standard of living and education and has furthered the loss of values in society. Half of the population lives below the official…
The Chesongoch Mission Hospital in Kenya, Elgeyo Marakwet district, Kerio Valley, is run by our sisters. The Kerio Valley is one of the most remote regions of the country, which is growing very slowly due to the insecure situation. For many years, the region has been plagued by tribal conflicts and insecurity due to cattle…
Grain prices are rising due to the war in Ukraine, and the effects of higher prices are also being felt in Kenya and Tanzania. In addition, there have been massive rainfalls in recent months and devastating floods as well as the destruction of arable land. Our sisters in Tanzania, especially Sr. Consolata Mey OSB, visit…
“Minibus for Peramiho”: The sisters urgently need a minibus for the St. Scholastica girls’ school and for the use of the sisters in training in their pastoral work, so that they can get to the outstations of the parish and to the projects. For our novices, the experience of pastoral and social work among the…
Education project to train our own sisters” for our schools and hospitals, etc. Our African and Indian sisters usually join our communities after finishing secondary school, but need a sound education to become teachers, nurses, doctors, medical specialists for laboratories, pharmacy and administration. In Uganda, Angola and Tanzania, our priories urgently need support. Annual tuition…
