The Institute of the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus – Sisters and Lay collaborators – sadly received the news of the death of Mrs. Maria Aparecida Azevedo, mother of the MSC General Superior, Sr Maria Eliane Azevedo Da Silva, which occurred on April 14, at 11pm Brazilian time. We gather around Sr….
Read More37th Spiritual Direction Seminar
From April 11 to 14, Sr. Assunta Scopelliti and Sr. Tatiana Avdokushina are participating in the 37th Spiritual Direction Seminar at Domus Pacis in Assisi, Italy.This year’s seminar offered by the CEI to those involved in pastoral work in the field of vocations is entitled “Let everything be open to God” (from Gaudete te exsultate…
Read MoreRetracing Mother Cabrini’s Footsteps
On February 20th, the President’s Holiday in the USA, we visited Sacred Hearts and St. Stephen’s Church in Brooklyn. It was initially established for Italian immigrants in the Diocese of Brooklyn and is where Mother Cabrini and our MSC Congregation taught in the school and worked in the parish. It is so beautiful and has…
Read MoreReflections for Easter Triduum and Easter Resurrection
Holy Thursday– “All my hope is in your Passion.” Holy Friday- “Jesus, carve your Heart in mine. Within this divine seal, I contemplate all the bitter sorrows and wounds of your Holy Passion. Apply all the fruits of your Passion to me each time I renew my vow of dedicating all my tenderness to you,…
Read MoreA Reflection for Palm Sunday from Matthew 26: 14-27
“We look forward to a time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then our world will know the blessings of peace.” ~ William Gladstone Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on a donkey was a continuation of his peaceful campaign to teach the power of love over the love of power. It…
Read MoreThe MSC General Council Visits Radnor, PA
On Thursday, March 23rd, Sr. Diane Olmstead, MSC, Provincial, Guadalupe Province, accompanied the MSC General Councilors on a visit to Radnor, PA, where they spent time at Cabrini University touring the campus and paying a visit to the Provincial Offices in The MSC Cottage.Enjoying their visit are: Front Row L-R: Sr. Amarech Herego LeFamo, MSC;…
Read More“HAIL, FULL OF GRACE! THE LORD IS WITH YOU.”
When we repeat the words of the angel by praying the Hail Mary, the Word of God germinates in our soul.We, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, are immensely happy to communicate that we have five new Candidates to Missionary Religious Life, desiring to follow Jesus in the Cabrinian Charism. The celebration of…
Read More1st April – Uganda and United States
A new program for refugee women is being developed in the Pagirinya Settlement. Several projects started with training in 2022 are gaining strength and better structure this year, thanks to the financial support received. The eight women’s groups will begin a new phase of production and sales starting in early April. The goal is to…
Read MoreThe General Council at National Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini Shrine in Chicago
During their visit to the United States, the MSC General Superior and General Councilors had the opportunity to also visit the National Shrine of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini of Chicago. The staff of the Shrine welcomed them on Monday March 20th. They shared a prayerful, inspirational, and delightful evening together with Shrine Board Members, staff,…
Read MorePope Leo XIII pointed Mother to the West instead of the East
Today, after 134 years, we recall Mother Cabrini’s departure for her first mission to the United States.Pope Leo XIII pointed Mother to the West instead of the East, and she promptly obeyed, and only a month after this decision, that is, on March 19, 1889 in the convent of Codogno, Mother Frances Xavier, almost forty…
Read MoreSr. Eliane with General Council visiting MSC places in New York
General Superior Sister Eliane along with the Councilors left on Saturday, March 11 to attend the Guadalupe Provincial Assembly. With the occasion, once the meetings for the Assembly were over, the Council made several important stops in the Big Apple. These photos, for example, were taken at the Dobbs Ferry Nursing Home on St. Patrick’s…
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