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The meeting of the Animators and Ambassadors in view of planning phase II of the process of “Getting to know” the members of both the Mary Ward Congregations took place on 7th January on zoom.
The meeting was a very happy and friendly experience for all participants. Read more in our news.

To share the anticipation of Mary Ward Week with all Mary Ward friends, Manuela Ferrari from Rovereto has put together a countdown. Every day until the beginning of Mary Ward Week, there is a special motif that invites us to reflect that you will find in our blog

Venerable Mary Wards pray for us and give us your spirit.

Very happy Christmas from the two General Leadership teams – CJ and IBVM

On 24th December , 400 years ago Mary Ward made her first journey to Rome. We know that “Mary and her companions took a 300 km diversion from the customary route to visit the holy house of Loreto in the north Italian States. Here she prayed full of faith and trust in God; it was made known to her in prayer that she would suffer much”.

As on every 23rd of each month, we pray for the cause of our foundress, the venerable Mary Ward.

The CJ community in Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic,began in September 2021, all three of us arrived on September 4, 2021. After the initial period of living in the parish house and the gradual furnishing of the house, we have now settled in our home with everything we need. The house at 589 Havlíčkova Street was blessed by Bishop of Litoměřice Ján Baxant on Saturday, December 11, 2021.

“To love the poor, to persevere in this love, to live, die and rise with them”

With this quote from Mary Ward, Sr. Patricia Rediu CJ, of the Latin European Province, begins her article in which she tells us about the new mission to which she has been sent. We thank Sr. Patricia for sharing this new mission experience with the whole CJ Body.

Advent, a time of waiting, a time during which we prepare for the birth of Jesus, Our Lord.
This year we thought we would like to live Advent together, even if virtually, to share how the Mary Ward Family around the world prepares for the coming of the Saviour.

On 18 November 12.30 pm Rome time, our extended leadership team met online. This was the first ELM meeting after GC Part 1, which was truly historic and unprecedented because of the mode of meeting this time, as well being in two parts and being more inclusive than ever before.

Pray with us! On the 23 of every month, we pray for the cause of our foundress Mary Ward. Here is a video with one of her inspiring quotes ...

We are delighted to present you with the new logo of the General Congregation 2021-22. We felt the need to adapt and update the logo that has accompanied us from 2019 until now, to reflect the fact that Part 1 of the GC took place online in July and August 2021, and Part 2 will take place, we hope in person, during the period from 21 August to 12 September 2022 in Nemi, outside Rome, originally planned as location of the entire GC.

The On Pilgrimage with Mary Ward App has been updated and is now available on both Android and Apple phones. The exciting new features are translations into German and Spanish

Osgodby is the village about 14 miles away from York, where Mary Ward spent six formative years of her life, aged 15-21, with the Babthorpe family, relatives on her mother’s side. It was a deeply Catholic household, in which Mary’s personal faith, spirituality and sense of vocation developed greatly.

November marks the 335th birthday of the Bar Convent in York. When the first ten members moved into the house 335 years ago, it was probably known as ‘Mrs. Long’s house.’ So, we can ask several questions: Who was Mrs. Long, and why did she hide her real name? Why did the community hide its religious identity for over 100 years? What was daily life like for the ladies and their pupils, and how were they received by their neighbours in York?

Today we keep the memory of Mary Ward’s first step out of Liège on the pilgrim path across the Alps for her first visit to Rome on 21 October 1621. She undertook this journey to petition the Pope for approval of her hoped-for new congregation. You can read more about this important and historic journey in an article written by Sr. Ursula Dirmeier of the Middle European Province. And especially today, 400 years after such a significant event, we want to be united by praying “Venerable Mary Ward pray for us and give us your spirit”

On Tuesday 28th September 2021, the statue of Mary Ward made by the artist Maurizio Frisinghelli from Rovereto was officially presented to the school garden in Vicenza. These are his words: "...Mary Ward is a person on the way,...a person who moves, who journeys....

Pope Francis‘ visit to Slovakia lasted from 12th to 15th September 2021. He began his visit in Bratislava.

During his visit to Hungary on the occasion of the World Eucharistic Congress, Pope Francis also paid special tribute to the sisters of the Congregatio Jesu.

This year, at the end of the Laudato Si’ Special Year (May 2020-May 2021), our Mary Ward Family (IBVM/CJ) launched the Laudato Si’ Action Plan: Mary Ward Family Living Laudato Si’ Action Plan.

Ignatius 500 is the Ignatian Year that we celebrate to commemorate the 500th anniversary of an experience that transformed Ignatius of Loyola forever ...