On 28th February we had the first of the three CJ/IBVM Joint online meetings. The topic of the day was ‘Vocation Animation’. Sixty members from all over the world participated in it. It was open to all those interested and desire to walk together to reflect on different topics related to Formation. The majority of
The new edition of our “House of prayer” for March and April 2024 has been published. It invites us to pray with the Church, with the Mary Ward family and with the world. You can find the new edition in our prayer section: https://www.congregatiojesu.org/prayer-category/house-of-prayer/
Preparation “Oh, Win, what a harvest you will then have, when all things are to be gathered. I will join with you and ask this grace for you because it seems to me a goodly thing, and that who hath this hath a great deal and wants but little.” Mary Ward At my prayer place,
24 February 2024 marks two years since the beginning of the military aggression against Ukraine. That same day, as an expression of our sympathy for the severely tried Ukrainian people, the Slovak Province CJ will have a day of prayer for peace in Ukraine and for protection for our sisters in our Ukrainian communities. Join
On 12, 13 and 14 February I participated in a formation course for general councils organised by the UISG (International Union of Superiors General). About thirty sisters were present at the UISG headquarters, with me was also Sister Pratima CJ, Sister Helena CJ attended on-line with about 200 other sisters from all over the world.
“I had a short imperfect sight of a soul wholly God’s” Mary Ward noted during her spiritual exercises in 1619. The Lenten journey offers a time of spiritual growth. To help us on the journey Rachel McLoughlin ibvm and Susan Daily ibvm have prepared contemporary spiritual exercises written for five consecutive Sundays in Lent 2024.
As we enter this season of Lent, we are called to “conversion.” This invitation can also be understood as a call to learn to “number our days, that we may find wisdom of heart” (Psalm 90). We are placed in a particular situation, we live in particular circumstances and we are called to recognize the
The 10. World Day of Prayer and Reflection against human trafficking will take place on the 8 February 2024. Telepace Roma took the opportunity and interviewed Sr Adina Bălan CJ, coordinator for Europe of Talitha Kum, the international network against trafficking which, together with other realities, has organised a week of mobilisation to mark this
Enormous forest fires have led to a catastrophe in Chile. On Sunday, the forestry authority registered 188 fires across the country, covering an area totalling almost 29,000 hectares – roughly the size of Bremen. Thousands of houses have been damaged or destroyed, with more than 3,000 in the Valparaíso region alone, said Interior Minister Carolina
Our General Superior, Sr Veronica Fuhrmann CJ, and our Vicar General, Sr Estela Clara Grignola, participate in the Province Assembly of the Amerindian Province in Brazil that takes place from 7 to 10 February in the “Casa de Espiritualidade Mary Ward” in São Paulo. Here are some photos of the first day: And in this
Dear Companions, from 28th January to 2nd February sr. Archanjela CJ and me visited our Ukrainian communities. On Sunday 28. 1. afternoon we celebrated Mary Ward week together with the community Uzghorod-Seredne sharing the spiritual joy and common table. Our meeting was an enrichment to us. Next day, on Monday 29.1. we travelled to Kiev
In 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II instituted a day of prayer for women and men in consecrated life. This celebration is attached to the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord on February 2nd. This Feast is also known as Candlemas Day; the day on which candles are blessed symbolizing Christ who is the light of
Today, 1st February 2024, we welcome our new General Bursar, Sr Anna Schenck CJ from Germany, Middleeuropean Province. Sr Anna was born in Augsburg in 1976. and studied religious studies with a focus on Islam and the relation between religion and politics. Soon after her graduation she discovered her talents in management and economics. “So
