On May 3, Sr. Alda from Torres Novas Priory / Angola renewed her vows in the Casa community in Rome. She is in Rome participating in the IJP Program 2022. We rejoice with Sr. Alda and thank God for her vocation. May He, who is faithful, continue to guide her!
With a garden party the Casa community congratulated Sr. Antoinette for her 80th birthday and thanked her for her faithful service to the community and each sister. After supper with barbecue, the different groups of sisters presented some numbers for entertainment. We are happy that some employees with family members could be with us.It truly was…
On Easter Tuesday we had the joy to welcome Mons. Thulani Victor Mbuyisa in our community for midday prayer and lunch! We know him since many years, when he stayed in Rome near our community as General Councillor and then as General Superior of the Mariannhill Missionaries. Together with his confreres he served as celebrant…
O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures for ever! Alleluia!
During this year’s Monastic Formators’ Programme three formators of our Congregation are participating: form left to right: Sr. Marie-Therese Brodmann, junior directress of Tutzing Priory, Sr. Lusina Ng’eny, junior directress of Nairobi Priory and Sr. Karla Mirella do Nascimento, novice directress of Olinda Priory On Easter Monday, April 18, they came to visit us in…
This is the night of keeping vigil for the Lord (Ex 12: 42), in which the faithful, carrying lighted lamps in their hands, should be like those looking for the Lord when he returns, so that at his coming he may find them awake and have them sit at his table. We make a fire…
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…
