In preparation for Jubilee 2025, the Dicastery for Evangelization met last week. Here is a brief summary of that discussion: Sr. Maria Eliane Azevedo da Silva, General Superior of the MSC and member of the Dicastery for Evangelization, took part in the Dicastery’s Plenary Assembly from March 14 to 16, 2024. This was an important…
Read More50 years of Educational Service
Technical Institute “La Inmaculada” – Managua, Nicaragua As an Institution we have reached our 50 years of educational service rooted in the wound of the Heart of Christ, and we are preparing to celebrate this history reflecting on what we have built as memory, as Church, as People of God accompanied by the presence of…
Read MoreThanksgiving for 25 Years of Life Given in Ethiopian land
Our “soul sings the greatness of the Lord” who has done and is doing wonders through mission in Ethiopia.On Jan. 27, we celebrated the Mass of Thanksgiving for 25 Years of Life Given in this land of blessing, Ethiopian land, where the people manifest their faith in God who is the Lord of all things.We…
Read MoreThe Sisters Get a Grilling
Jan 27, 2024 Trouble Descends on the Sisters Five commissioners and their stenographers descended upon the orphanage in Dobbs Ferry, New York, early in the morning. It was a surprise visit. The Advisory Committee to the New York Commissioner of Public Charities, John Kingsbury, had been tasked with investigating child care institutions, and it had…
Read MoreIII Day
Third day of triduum in preparation for the 25th anniversary of MSCs’ missionary presence in Ethiopia. Here are the songs, prayers and testimonies of this day. Below is the final song and prayer. ~~~~~~~~~~ Tercer día del triduo de preparación del 25 aniversario de la presencia misionera del MSC en Etiopía. He aquí los cantos,…
Read MoreIntroduction to Triduum Booklet
Here is the introduction by Sister Lina Colombina, General Superior Emerita and Founder of the mission in Ethiopia.
Read MorePilgrims of the Month: Servants of the Lord
Missionaries on Pilgrimage to the Shrine If we’d seen them come in on their bicycles, the three religious who visited at around noon yesterday might have been our pilgrims of the month. But it was only as they departed, helmets strapped over their veils, that we realized how they’d arrived. The octave of Christmas is…
Read MorePreschool Literacy Program at Cabrini Immigrant Services at Dobbs Ferry
Cabrini Immigrant Services (CIS), Dobbs Ferry, has been offering a Preschool Literacy Program for toddlers and their parent/caregiver. It has been very rewarding watching the children achieve many of the goals of the program. Dr. Elizabeth Smith teaches the program. One of the stories that the children learned about was El Perro con Sombrero by…
Read MorePalma di Montechiaro, i missionari laici in prima linea con anziani rumeni e migranti
PALMA DI MONTECHIARO Come ogni anno, in prossimità delle feste natalizie, i missionari laici della associazione Santa Francesca Cabrini, la patrona universale dei migranti, presieduta da Antonietta Scopelliti, sono stati in prima linea con la loro generosità ed affetto nei confronti degli anziani della comunità rumena e degli extracomunitari che dimorano nella loro Casa di…
Read MoreMessage for Holy Christmas 2023 from the General Council
It’s the Lord’s Christmas. Here is a wish for a Holy Christmas and a peaceful New Year from our Superior General Sister Eliane. A message of light and serenity to all Cabrinian sisters and lay people. The video translated into the various languages is available on our cabriniworld.org Youtube channel. It is now Christmas Eve….
Read MoreThird Sunday of Advent
“In meditation, the faithful soul receives joy, light and the crown of glory.” Journal of a Trusting Heart, p. 197 For this third Sunday of Advent, we light the candle of joy. We hope, as Mother Cabrini said “because a radiant light each moment renders everything more beautiful” To the ends of the earth, p.74…
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