We propose an article written some years ago by Sister Maria Barbagallo, MSC Former General Superior, about the Beatification of Mother Cabrini, November 13th 1938. Below you can find some initiatives organised in our Cabrinian World for this important Feast day. On 13th November 1938 Francesca Saverio Cabrini was proclaimed Blessedby Sister Maria Barbagallo In…
Read MoreA poem by an Afghan refugee
After the new wave of emergency and suffering in Afghanistan, many were forced to make drastic decisions to seek safety and protect their families. In this poem, a young refugee shares the joys of her past, the sorrows of her present, and the uncertainty of her future. I wish to go back to the past,…
Read MoreCabrini Lay Missionaries Africa
On 16 October, a second meeting was held for prospective CLMs in Africa. Five people were in person in Dubbo – Kidane, Birkinesh, Teresa, and Tilahun and his wife Maria; this was the first meeting that Maria (photo) was able to attend. Linder, from Cameroon, was also able to join the meeting via Zoom.We started…
Read MorePope Francis tells COP26 to show ‘political will,’ not defer action on climate change
On October 31st the United Nations climate change summit, COP26, was held in Glasgow, Scotland.The two-week (10/31 – 11/12) has long been billed as a critical checkpoint in the global effort to limit theplanet’s warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times – a key threshold to avoid the mostdevastating impacts of climate change.Scientists have…
Read MoreSharing Experience – Uganda Mission Visit
Recently, I was asked to visit our sisters in the mission of Uganda; to be a support for the community as Sr. Albertina and Sr. Gloria were both in Brazil at the time. Sr. Addise remained in Dzaipi with Sr. Joseane and Sr. Martha who were both relatively new to the country & mission.This was…
Read MoreSecond formation meeting in Curia on Saint Joseph and Dante Alighieri
On October 21 the second formation meeting dedicated to St. Joseph was held at the Curia in Rome.Sister Maria Regina Canale MSC General Assistant, accompanied us on an ever deeper and more surprising discovery of the patron saint of the Universal Church. In the history of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, St….
Read MoreBorghetto Lodigiano on October 15 and 16
On October 15 and 16, Sister Maria Regina, Assistant General, participated in two important days for our Institute in Borghetto Lodigiano.On the first day there was a Eucharistic celebration in the parish of Borghetto, the church of San Bartolomeo, in the presence of the mayor Dr. Giovanna Gargioni, the civil authorities and the director of…
Read MoreWE CANNOT DISCARD WHAT WE HAVE “SEEN AND HEARD”
We MISSIONARIES are the presence of God among the people; we are, therefore, the creators of the “ever greater WE” of which Pope Francis speaks in his Message for the 107th World Migrants and Refugees Day 2021. Christ died and rose again so that all may be ONE (cf. Jn 17:21). In the present time when we are in the…
Read MoreSeeking positive social outcomes through financial investing
For this installment, we’re reintroducing a few key concepts about how the Institute’s investments are managed. Our primary responsibility is to manage investment risk and return to meet the Institute’s current and future financial needs. These include retirement and ministry support, formation, and Generalate operations, among others. We seek to broadly align the Institute’s core…
Read MoreThe Essence of Love – the Cabrini Charism lived out in Australia
Jenny Nicholson – Acting Group Director Mission and Identity, Cabrini Australia All our patients, their families, staff and doctors, volunteers, asylum seekers and refugees that we love and care for, need our visible attentiveness and nurturing of heart and soul at this time of the global pandemic. It is vital that we continue to be inspired…
Read MoreYoung experiences across Ethiopia and Brazil
At the end of August, Sr. Alemenesh MSC, accompanied the Vocation Group of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Dubbo, for an excursion to Hawassa, the Regional Capital of the Southern Nations, Nationalities & Peoples Regional State(SNPPRS), to mark the end of the Ethiopian year. This past September 11, Ethiopia began the year 2014! �The photo…
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