A life given to God

Witness to My Life in the Institute of the Incarnate of the Sacred Heart  By Sister Maria Pierina Guido   I was just 7 years old when I met our first Sisters who came to my city of Cosenza, Italy. Sister Dorothy and Sister Maria Cristina, prepared the children in their convent to receive the Sacrament of the Eucharist. I went immediately to join them because I too was to make my First Holy Communion. In fact I was soon prepared and accompanied numerous girls at the altar to receive Jesus wh...
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Celebrating the Carnival

Carnival 2017 has come and in some of our communities has been celebrated with the children and the catechists. Such is the case of the community of Switzerland where Sister  Aparecida and Sister Cristina dressed to the nines with children, here are some pictures that we received: Also in the community of San Lucido, Italy, Sister Rosa Maria has delighted with the little ones and the catechists in the Carnival party:
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IV Provincial Chapter in Italy

Provincia Maria Santissima dell'Annunciazione Dal 3 al 10 febbraio, si è celebrato in Sicilia, il IV Capitolo Provinciale, presieduto dalla superiora Generale Madre Vittoria Valentino. Le capitolari hanno condiviso pareri e fatto delle scelte che illumineranno il cammino della provincia per i prossimi 4 anni. Suor Maria Romana è stata confermata Superiora provinciale per un altro quadriennio, e sarà collaborata dal nuovo consiglio formato da: Suor M. Rosalba Pirrone, 1° Consiglier...
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Meeting with the teachers of religion

February 1, at the General House in Rome, we had a meeting of prayer with some teachers of religion of the Vicariate of Rome, who came to visit us. The teachers have known some of us in our community of Bethlehem, where they were in January on a pilgrimage with our chaplain Father Filippo Morlacchi. By friendship has arisen, it has been proposed to have prayer meetings in the light of God's Word and they were really happy for the time lived in simplicity and fraternity. They have brough...
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Anniversary of the approval of the Institute

Today, January 27th, the Congregation of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart of the Incarnate Word, commemorates the papal approval anniversary, which took place in 1930. Our Superior General, sent us a wish for the occasion, very sensitive and full of meaning for our reality in today's religious family who lives in the Church and the whole world. Here are the words of Mother Vittoria Valentino: I do the sentiments of our Venerable Mother Foundress, which certainly 87 years ago, in receiving the ...
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Anniversary of the death of Mother Carmela

"My last breath will be love." Today daughters of the Venerable Mother Carmela Prestigiacomo, commemorating her birth into heaven, which took place 68 years ago. Her fruitful and long life has been marked by love, an ardent love for the Sacred Heart of the Incarnate Word, who later revealed, in her love for her sisters and to all those she met, especially in childhood and the youth. Love has become the breath of her soul to the end, and it was just as well: in fact, having been ill for some ...
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Missionary Rosary with the kids

In our Woodbridge Community, Canada, our sisters organized with the kids of the nursery school, a missionary rosary. For the occasion, the little ones are dressed in typical characters and Sister Zilda with Sister Fliornenza, the superior, animated the rosary, adapting it to the children, with songs and scenes. The children were happy to live this experience which involved of course their teachers. Congratulations again !!
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New Provincial Government in Brazil

Our dear sisters of the Province Mother Carmela of Jesus, in Brazil, are celebrating the VI Provincial Chapter. An event of much grace for the province and for the whole congregation who walks in the footsteps of the Foundress Mother Carmela Prestigiacomo. A highlight of the Chapter was the choice of the new provincial government. And Sister Maria Doralice Pereira was elected new Provincial Superior, Sister of great experience, with a great love to the whole Congregation and dedication to all...
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Advent starts in San Lucido

In our Community of San Lucido, in Southern Italy, Sister Rosa Maria Aluia organized the beginning of Advent and the lighting of the first candle of the Advent wreath with the boys from the oratory. They were happy to sing and pray in preparation for the Nativity of the Lord; after that Sister Rosa Maria explained to them the meaning and importance of this liturgical season that the Church offers us.
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