“I am the Lord’s servant. May it be done unto me according to your word.” Luke 1:38 We are invited to pray for Novice Lucia Mpejiwa and Novice Lamberta Nakamba, who will celebrate their first profession on August 6, 2024 at 10 am in the Priory House Chapel of the St. Scholastica Priory in Peramiho. Novice Lucia Mpejiwa Novice…
Presently, the Casa community is undergoing structural changes to transform the energy system to renewable energy. The work started in May after signing the contract with the firm and the architect. As first step in May the so-called lifeline and then the 225 solar panels were fixed on all roofs facing South. The second step…
On July 14, Sr. M. Paulina Kleinsteuber made her final profession in Tutzing.The holy mass was presided over by Abbot Johannes Eckert of the Abbey St. Boniface in Munich,the gospel read and interpreted by Military Dean Petra Reitz. While the assembled sisters and guests were singing the litany of the Saints,Sr. M. Paulina was…
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.
Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of July, and invites Christians to pray that the Church might show God’s closeness to people enduring illness. “Let us pray that the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick grant the Lord’s strength to those who receive it and to their loved ones, and that…
“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. Notburga (Maria Elisabeth) Aschner, OSB was called home to God on July 2, 2024 in Tutzing, Germany. She was born on December 4, 1931 in Ottobeuren, Germany, Diocese of Augsburg. She offered…
