Tell us a bit about yourself: My name is Sr. Elfinesh Zergena, and I was born and raised in Afama Adil, Boloso Sore Woreda, Wolayta Zone, in southern Ethiopia. I have been with the Missionary Sisters since 2003 when I began my formation journey; before that, I was a High School student. In 2016, I…
Read MoreThe Italian town of Pecetto naming street after Mother Cabrini
Last Sunday Pecetto experienced an event well worthy of being transcribed in the annals of the town’s history. In the Church of the Holy Trinity, the memory of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini was celebrated with appropriate solemnity, for whom the street facing the artistic sacred building, a jewel of Piedmontese baroque, was named. Attended by…
Read MoreWhat happened in October in the Colegio Cabrini in Madrid
“With Jesus, united, we build our common home”. November has arrived, and with it a month full of emotions. October left us full of beautiful things, the beginning of the school year, new classes, classmates, reunions, new challenges. In the school of Madrid, from 3rd grade to high school, we lived in the house of…
Read MoreWe did it together!
Thanks to God, with the intercession of Mother Cabrini, and our Mother of Guadalupe, we finished with joy another missionary year as a school.The Technical Institute “La Inmaculada” crowned this school year with a general academic performance of 95%. We have delivered to the Nicaraguan society: Sixty-six technical graduates Seventy-five students completing their primary studies…
Read MoreMay you rest in peace, Pope Benedict XVI
The Institute of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, founded by Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, joins all in this moment of sorrow for the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and recognizes that his life of holiness and fidelity was a great gift to the Church. May he rest in peace. AMEN.
Read MoreA year-long thank you!
A year-long thank you! This short video collects some of the highlights of this 2022 that is coming to an end. Thanks to those who have been part of it and those who will be part of it, building and enriching step by step the present memory and future history of our Congregation! Long live…
Read MoreCabrinian November and December Christmas
We began the month of November remembering our Saints, and through their cooperative efforts, the primary students have worked on different Saints. The technique of the broken template has allowed us to record everything we have learned about the values and virtues of men and women like us, who were chosen by God, and called…
Read More56th WORLD DAY OF PEACE
No one can be saved alone.Combatting Covid-19 together, embarking together on paths of peace “Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything written to you. For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night” (First Letter…
Read MoreOn Mother Cabrini’s relics
On December 22, 1917, Mother Cabrini died. Today in celebrating this important anniversary, we want to make a tour among the most important relics of our Saint.But first, let us begin by discovering what lies behind the term “relic” from an historical point of view.When the memory of a saint is meant to be honored,…
Read MoreMeeting of six Group of Women on the Refugees Settlement, Uganda
On December 9, 2022, a big celebration took place at the St. Maria Assunta Community, in Pagirinya Refugee Settlement, in northern Uganda. Since July, a committee had started to think about and plan the celebration, in order that everything would happen in the best way. Finally, on December 9, five groups of women from Pagirinya and one from…
Read MoreNews from New York Novitiate
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8 was a great day for the Sacred Heart International Novitiate in New York, as Bezunesh Elias Tadiso, a young woman from Ethiopia, began her Novitiate in New York. We had the joy of celebrating her entrance into the MSC Novitiate together with Bezunesh. Sr Diane Olmstead, Provincial Superior of the…
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