On September 10 it was two years that our beloved Sr. Leoni Joseph Manimala passed on to eternity. The sisters in Punalur community remembered their former superior with Holy Mass in the convent chapel and a blessing at the cemetery. May she rest in peace and intercede for our sisters in India!
September 1 was the World Day of Care for Creation and, also, the feast day of our dear Mother Ruth Bartonico, OSB. We, first of all, thank God for the good health of M. Ruth whose feastday we couldn’t celebrate the previous year because she got seriously ill with COVID. The day was special for…
From Sep 8 – 11, the CIB – Communio Internationalis Benedictinarum – meets in our house in Rome, using the big hall as venue for the hybrid meeting, partly presential, partly online. During the liturgy of the hours and holy mass, CIB participants are united with the Casa community. During the liturgy of the hours and…
Our summer camp this year started with a 5 day music program conducted by Sr. Franziska Lehmann from Tutzing Priory. The music program was to begin on the 30th of August but already on the 29th of August Sr. Franziska, who had just arrived the same day early in the morning, was ready to meet…
On September 1, Sr. Eva-Maria Zierl ended her term as General Mission Procurator after 7 years of office. She handed over the work to Sr. Mirjam Schweiger. In a small celebration Sr. Martha Baumeister, Superior of Haus St. Benedikt, on behalf of M. Maoro Sye, handed over the appointment document to Sr. Mirjam and thanked Sr. Eva-Maria,…
Together with the churches all over the globe, also we in the Casa Santo Spirito / Rome celebrated the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. During Holy Mass we offered the fruits from our garden, bringing them in dancing to the altar.|They will be then given to the poor as our small contribution to justice,…
In his prayer intention for September, Pope Francis calls on all people of good will “to mobilize for the abolition of the death penalty throughout the world.” https://youtu.be/j7n3tbprV-4 “in the light of the Gospel, the death penalty is unacceptable, because the commandment ‘Thou shalt not kill’ refers to both the innocent and the guilty.”
In Luanda, our Oblates had their retreat and renewal of their Oblation. They participated in the Holy Mass in the new Kikolo Community Chapel, which is still being finished. Sr. Lugarda took these photos to mark the First Holy Mass, Praise God!
By the providence of God, the help of Korean benefactors, the Priory and the effort and dedication of our Sisters, we could realise another dream and need; that is the construction of the Chapel in the Kikolo/Luanda Community. The construction is not yet completed, the interior part still needs to be finished, but we are…
The On-going Formation Team of the Manila Priory organized an online Basic Flower Arrangement Workshop last August 19-20, 2022 from 2:30 – 5:30 in the afternoon. because of COVID infection, this time among men, women employees and three Sisters in the Priory House, but fortunately it pushed through on the scheduled dates. The facilitator, Ms…
