On Holy Friday at 3 pm we meet in the empty chapel without the Blessed Sacrament, without flowers and other decorations to remember the Lord’s suffering and death. We do this not to mourn over his death, but in great awe and gratitude, for his love and mercy for us knows no end. O God, who by the Passion…
Evening Mass of the Lord’s Last Supper We should glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ,in whom is our salvation, life and resurrection, through whom we are saved and delivered. Brothers and sisters:I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed…
Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel. Hosanna in the highest. As the people 2000 years ago, who welcomed Jesus as the Son of David and King of Israel, held branches in their hands, so also we held branches in our…
We are walking the path of the cross following the suffering of the people in Ukraine. It is a prayer for peace and for their rescue. The Stations of the Cross are taken from interviews with Ukrainians.Their stories are real stories. Stations of the Cross for Ukraine: God of Peace, rescue your children. Unite our…
On March 19, the solemnity of St. Joseph, four junior sisters were welcomed in the Casa community with a short rite during noon prayer. The four new junior sisters are from left to right Sr. Hildegard Shayo from Ndanda Priory, Sr. Alda Valentina Menezes from Torres Novas / Angola, Sr. Mary Celestine Ngesheya from Windhoek…
On Ash Wednesday, we received a cross of ashes on our forehead (made from the ashes of burnt palms from the previous year’s Palm Sunday). The Observance of Lent The life of a monk ought to be a continuous Lent. Since few, however, have the strength for this, we urge the entire community during these…
“Arise, make haste, my love, my dove, my beautiful one, and come. For winter is now past, the rain is over and gone.” With this introitus we opened the festive celebration of St. Scholastica and the thanksgiving for 40 years of faithfulness of M. Maoro Sye, Prioress General and 60 years of faithfulness of Sr. Aquinata…
On the 40th day after Christmas we together with the Church in the whole world celebrate Christ, the light for revelation to the gentiles (Lk 2: 32). According to tradition the candles are blessed, which will be used in the chapel throughout the year. By procession we walked towards the chapel We are called to be people…
On the eve of February 2, the Casa community celebrated the feast day of Sr. Lumen Gloria Dungca, Vicaress General. Juniors and final professed sisters alike showed their different talents. Challenging each other to perform in another culture’s dance or song created much laughter. We thanked Sr. Lumen for her presence among us, her tireless…
On January 26 and 27 the Casa Community took time to review the last year and to look ahead to the year 2022 already started. We began with prayer and reflection of the Word of God as presented to us on that very day. Through a Powerpoint Presentation we were reminded of all that happened…
