From September 15 to 17, 2022, I attended the second annual UNANIMA’s meeting, which took place at Thomas Berry Place, Queens, NYC. It was a special time together after 2 years of online meetings. All Sisters representatives were very excited to meet one another and sharing all that has happened during this long time. Besides…
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St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, known more simply as “Mother Cabrini,” was proclaimed Heavenly Patroness of Emigrants by Pope Pius XII on Sept. 8, 1950, for her extraordinary apostolic activity on behalf of Italian Emigrants with the Apostolic Brief “Superiore iam aetate” on Sept. 8, 1950. This is the text in Latin https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/la/briefs/documents/hf_p-xii_apl_19500907_superiore-iam-aetate.html Two years later,…
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Why not? Why not stay in religious life! I have been nurtured, grown, and benefited from it and come to know intimately our Lord Jesus Christ in these 57 years since I entered the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The Cabrinian charism of being “bearers of the love of Christ in the…
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Certificate in care and protection of children, adolescents and vulnerable persons in Bogota I am sharing with you the first month of the course in Colombia. We are 23 students from 6 Latin American countries. We have already made progress studying: Childhood and Human Rights and Psycho-affective development and abuse situations. It has been a…
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The 21st Annual Gala is not only a celebration of St. Frances Cabrini herself, but of the people who continue to make the Shrine the unique and special place that it is today. Please join us on September 16 for a joyous evening filled with fun and celebration! Can’t attend but still want to help?…
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The video you are about to see was made by Cabrini Guatemala during the health day and is in Spanish. A day dedicated to nutrition and held at the San Jose Dispensary. This awareness of proper nutrition and exercise is deepened especially during this day but sees the daily work and support of universities, associations…
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PrayerPrepare your hearts well,I beg you, to receive the baby Jesus in your souls.Prepare yourselves in such a way as to bringto the motherhouse and to the Institutethe greatest graces of sanctification. (Cfr. Lett. 294) Mary teaches us well how prepare our hearts.May She grant us her virtues to create in us a warm shelterwhere…
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The Word of God that we heard on the feast of St. Mary Magdalene is like a light that helps us project the work that you have just concluded in the General Chapter but also in our life of faith. The apostles except John, come the time almost as a figure of what Mary of…
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Last Saturday was a very special day for the St. Philip’s parish youth, they had a day of retreat. More than sixty young people were able to attend, some came from outstations and others from St. Ignatius parish. God blessed us abundantly. Fr. Dlamini has thought us as Catholic teachers doing touching lessons for young people. Br. Mkhonta reflected on how to keep…
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Thursday, July 21, was a very busy day. After a time dedicated to discernment and personal prayer, the new General Council was elected. The newly elected Sisters are: Sr. Patricia Godoy, Sr. Gilda Mendoza and Sr. Stella Maris Elena, former General Councilor. Together with the General Superior, Sr. Maria Eliane Azevedo Da Silva, they will…
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During the last week of the General Chapter, we were busy with the revision and approval of the Mandates and Recommendations for the areas of Vocation, Formation, Government, Constitutions and Statutes. Once this phase of work was completed, on Monday, July 18, we proceeded to begin the discernment that would lead to the election of…
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