International Congress for the Consecration of the C.I.V.C.S.V.A.

Consecratio et Consecratio per Evangelica Consilia. The Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Society of Apostolic Life (CIVCSVA), organized at the Pontifical University Antonianum in Rome, a  Seminar of reflection on Consecration for the consecrated persons from all over the world.  Our Superior General, Mother Victoria Valentino participated and the Vice-Postulator -  Sister Alba Arce. The conference was divided up  with various interventions of experts on the theme and their...
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Celebration of the Day of Consecrated Life in Jerusalem

"Anche voi andate nel mondo controcorrente: la vita del mondo facilmente rigetta la povertà, la castità e l’obbedienza. Ma, come quelle donne, andate avanti, nonostante le preoccupazioni per le pesanti pietre da rimuovere (cfr Mc 16,3). E come quelle donne, per primi incontrate il Signore risorto e vivo, lo stringete a voi (cfr Mt 28,9) e lo annunciate subito ai fratelli, con gli occhi che brillano di gioia grande (cfr v. 8). Siete così l’alba perenne della Chiesa: voi, consacrati e consacrate s...
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Mexico: A mission land still today

Una nostra consorella italiana, Suor Anna Lenti, ci racconta la sua esperienza missionaria nella bellissima terra messicana, dove ha trovato tanta gente stupenda e dove trascorre i suoi giorni nella fede in Dio, la sua donazione costante e la gioia di vivere per lui e per il popolo che Lui le ha affidato nella nostra comunità di Ayutla: Mi hai chiamato, eccomi, Signore! Quando tre anni fa ritornavo in Italia dall’esperienza apostolica vissuta in Messico, appena due mesi, nel cuore mi erano rim...
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On the way to the XIX General Chapter 2018

“Interpeladas por el Evangelio,  vivamos de manera profética el desafío del cambio” Oh Jesús, Verbo eterno del Padre, Luz de la gente e imagen visible de su amor; a Ti, único mediador entre Dios y los hombres, confiamos el XIX Capítulo general de nuestra familia religiosa de Hermanas del Sagrado Corazón del Verbo Encarnado. Infunde en nosotras la luz de tu Divina Inteligencia, para que, interpeladas por el Evangelio, y siguiendo las huellas de nuestra Venerable Fundador...
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Argentina: news from San Juan and from Chaco

Due grandi eventi hanno coinvolto le nostre sorelle di Chaco e San Juan il 14 dicembre 2017. San Juan ha celebrato la festa di fine d'anno, con un saggio dei piccoli dell'asilo infantile, che attraverso una varietà di colori, e con abilità e gioia, hanno manifestato la loro destrezza. Sono stati guidati dalle loro insegnanti e da Suor Aparecida e da Suor Ceferina, che anche hanno preparato per l'occasione un bellissimo momento ricreativo al quale hanno partecipato le famiglie dei bimbi e amic...
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Preparing for the Chritsmas for the little children of the hospital

El pasado domingo las hermanas de la comunidad de Belén acudieron al Hospital "Charitas Baby Hospital", una realidad muy especial en la zona, donde los niños son bienvenidos desde su nacimiento hasta los 6 años, con varias deficiencias, debido a la situación de este país. Desde hace algunos años, las hermanas franciscanas Elisabettinas, que están haciendo un valioso servicio allí, invitan a algunos amigos a embellecer el hospital para Navidad, este año también han invitado a nuestras hermanas...
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New “Youth Group” in San Lucido, Italy

Young Group Mater Verbi Dei This year Sr. Rosa Maria of the St. Lucido community in southern Italy, organized a meeting for a group of youth who came from various cities in the province of Cosenza. The youth 18 and over, will spend time over the next year (2018),  to reflect on the theme: "Lord who are you and who am I", towards discovering the Face of Christ, and knowing oneself. Even at the first meeting  many initiatives were agreed to like going out to people on the 'existential peripher...
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Our mission among the “indigenous” in Brazil

One our religious, Sister Janete de Azebedo, makes a very delicate mission among the indigenous people  in Rondonia, northwest of Brazil. The mission is to accompany, educate, fortify and defend the natives of that land that often remain groundless or exploited by the more powerful and richer of the place. A risky service in which our Congregation has long been engaged through our Brazilian sisters, coming from the south. To this mission were  also the general superior Madre Vittoria Valen...
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50th and 25th Consecration to God in Nazareth

The Sisters of our Congregation are enjoying days of great joy and thanksgiving to God for the recurrence of the 50th and 25th anniversary of consecration of our six sisters. For the occasion, Superior General Mother Vittoria Valentino came to the Holy Land to spend a great time of formation, prayer and visit to the holy places with the jubilants. On July 16, the feast of our Lady of Mount Carmel, the jubilant sisters with the Mother and the sisters of the community of Bethlehem, went to N...
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Vocational Meeting in Brazil

23 girls participated, during the last weekend, at a meeting about vocations in our community in Porto Belho, in Rondonia, Brazil. The young girls shared  with the sisters moments of prayer, play, formation, and discernment about the project  that God has for each of us. The committed sisters: Sister Carmelita, Sister Juliana and Sister Sydneia animated these days with a lot of fantasy and spirit of service.
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