07.02.2015First International Day Against Human Trafficking
Josephine Bakhita was born in Darfur in Sudan in 1869. At the age of nine she was sold into slavery. The trauma made her forget her name. Her kidnappers called her Bakhita, meaning ‘fortunate’.
She was sold and resold again and again, before being given as...
07.02.2015† Fr. Owen Frederick GOODWIN sscc (USA)
06.02.2015Canonical visit to the Delegation of Belgium (sisters)
The General Councillors, Alicia Mamani and Mary McCloskey were in Belgium from the 25th January until the 4th February for the Canonical Visit to the Delegation. The Belgium Delegation is composed of 3 communities; those sisters who live in the Vogelzang Home, those who l...
06.02.2015Provincial Assembly of Indonesia (brothers)
The province of Indonesia held its annual assembly. It took place from February 3 to 5 at the house "Wisma Syantikara", in Yogyakarta. 48 brothers participated, also including the ones living in Singapore.
The assembly began with a time to share about how br...
05.02.2015Celebration of the Presentation of the Lord in the Vice Province of Colombia (brothers)
On February 2 we celebrated the feast of the Presentation of the Lord and of Religious Life at the Viceprovincial House, with a Eucharistic and a shared lunch with the brothers of the communities “San Damián” of El Diamante (Mosquera), “Bruno Benati&rd...
04.02.2015Assembly of the Province of Chile in Punta de Tralca (brothers)
According to tradition, the Chilean Province met during the last week of January for its annual assembly in Punta de Tralca, gathering this time almost all the brothers and the novices as well.
They were days of fraternal encounter, days to rest and to share the chall...