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Our General Superior, Sr Veronica Fuhrmann CJ, and the Vicar General, Sr Estela Clara Grignola CJ, had the opportunity to meet and speak with Pope Francis personally at the audience in St Peter's Square on Wednesday, 17 April 2024.

On 3rd of April, we held our last of three CJ/IBVM Joint online formation meetings.

Read the Easter letter of the General Superior. Blessed Easter to all our readers!

On the occasion of the Day of Missionary Martyrs 2024, the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Commission (JPIC) of the UISG – USG, in collaboration with the Laudato Si Movement, the office for Missionary Cooperation between the Churches of the Diocese of Rome and the association Terr e Missione organized the Missionary Way of the Cross “Martyrs of the Land”

18.2.2024 our sister Charlotte from the English province came to Banská Bystrica. Charlotte is a junior and took her first vows on 10.9.2023. The very first meeting with the community was full of joy and laughter.

On 6th March we had the second of the three CJ/IBVM Joint online meeting. The topic of the day was ‘IBVM Formation Guidelines/ CJ Formation Framework’. Sixty-one CJ/IBVM members participated in it.

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.

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.

On 12, 13 and 14 February, Sr Anna, Sr Pratima and Sr Helena participated in a formation course for general councils organised by the UISG. The theme of the meeting was 'The Art and Soul of Process Oriented Leadership', Yago Abeledo Madueño from the Missionaries of Africa congregation guided the participants to explore the different levels of conflict and to see how everything is interconnected.

From 28th January to 2nd February sisters Agnesa Jenčíková CJ and Archanjela CJ visited our Ukrainian communities. Read their report!

We are making every effort to promote the Cause of our Venerable Mary Ward. The latest initiative involves the use of technology to generate support for the Cause. With the help and expertise of Lauren Masterman, Director of Communications at The Bar Convent, York, we have put together a resource pack which includes the online petition.