During noon prayer, there was a short rite to thank Sr. Antoinettefor seven years of faithful service as Casa Coordinatorand handing over the official document to Sr. Lugarda Pak, the newly appointed coordinator. With a song and outstretched arms the sisters blessed Sr. Lugarda for her new assignment. In the refectory during lunch all sisters…
In May Vincenza Re, who is working at the parlour of our Casa and assisting us in many things, married Pierluigi. It was the wish of both of them to have the marriage blessed in our chapel and to celebrate with our community. After the liturgical celebration in our chapel with the participation of…
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…
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,…
On August 27, M. Maoro and the Casa community welcomed officially Sr. Rapahela Liu as new member. All prayed together that the time in Rome will be a time of blessing for Sr. Raphaela. Afterwards, M. Maoro blessed M. Maoro Sr. Raphaela with holy water. Thank you, Sr. Raphaela for your readiness to come and…
In July and August, the Casa community could welcome two new members. In July Sr. Lugarda Pak arrived from Torres Novas / Angola. The welcome rite was led by Sr. Lumen Gloria Dungca, as M. Maoro was still on visitation in Sorocaba / Brazil. In August we could welcome Sr. Eveline Nekongo from Windhoek Priory. The…
In our daily life we seek balance between prayer and work, ora et labora. Only then are they real monks when they live by the work of their hands” (RB 48). In community we are happy to harvest fruits from our own garden. All help together in the evening to process the fruits… and then conclude the day together with prayer.
Happy Feast Day of St. Benedict! We celebrated the Solemnity of St. Benedict on Monday, July 11 Life of St. Benedict Life of St. Benedict according to the dialogues St. Gregory, with tapestry images made by our Sr. Liobgitha Weis, OSB ⅠBenedict receives the monastic habit.ⅡThe devil breaks the bell rope.ⅢBenedict gives back to the Goth the sickle…
Come Holy Spirit! On the 50th day of the Easter season we celebrated the coming of the Holy Spirit and the birthday of the Church. During vigil we listened to the sending of the Holy Spirit in Acts 2 and the gospel of John 14 Jesus promising the sending of the Holy Spirit, both sung in Latin.…
Rogation and Ascension Traditionally, rogation processions are held in the days preceding the feast of Ascension to ask for a good harvest and blessing on the fields. We in the Casa community had our rogation procession on May 10 between lauds and Holy Mass. While singing the litany of the saints and following the cross…
