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…
On June 22, Sr. Simon Lee was re-elected as Prioress of Windhoek for a second term of three years. The election chapter was presided over by Sr. Lumen Gloria Dungca. Congratulations to Sr. Simon and the Windhoek Priory!
On June 3, the Preparatory Commission for the XIV General Chapter started its work in the Casa Santo Spirito in Rome. They were introduced to their task by M. Maoro Sye and Sr. Vania Maria Toscano,who will be for them the contact person to the Generalate. They are from left to right:Sr. Adelaida Ygrubay from Manila…
On June 16, Manila Priory in the person of Sr. Mary Thomas Prado, Prioress, turned over the stewardship of St. Peter’s College in Ormoc to the archdiocese in the person of Archbishop John Du. 94 years the sisters had served in providing Catholic quality education and formation based on Benedictine values. M. Mary Thomas thanked the Archbishop,…
“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.Didyma (Tereza) Pereira da Silva, OSB was called home to God on June 23, 2024 in Sorocaba, Brazil. She was born on February 16, 1930, in Crato, Brazil, Diocese of Crato. She offered…
