An Eye on the Constitutions Today all our attention is focused on the Constitutions, our rule of life, the beacon that illuminates our path, an “embrace” that always brings us back home. To cast light on our questions, we have with us Fr. Gianfranco Ghirlanda, sj. The specific purpose of his input is to furnish […]
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Ariccia, 27 September 2019 “The Wisdom of Starting Afresh” Dear Sisters, Here we are at last to share with you the “surprises” of this week, which were particularly relevant for the journey of our General Chapter. On 19 September we “got in tune” with one another through moments of communion and convergence. Our prayerful reflection, […]
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27 September Information Flash
Thank You! Thank you! This is what we want to say to you today, especially on behalf of the sisters on the editorial team. Yesterday we asked you to pray abundantly for their labors and we are certain that this united you even more closely to us and to the work we are doing. Many […]
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26 September Information Flash
A Request! Here we are, today too! We know that a lot of sisters are following the work of the Chapter and that you look forward to these daily information flashes. Our heartfelt thanks to all of you! Today we have a very important request to make. We want to ask all of you, in […]
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25 September Information flash
Music Transformed into Prayer Yesterday evening was an extraordinary gift to us: a time of intense spirituality animated by the choir of the Diocese of Rome, directed by Fr. Marco Frisina…IN PERSON! Fr. Frisina’s songs gave rhythm and depth to the itinerary of the evening, enabling us to touch the beauty of God, and his […]
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24 September Information flash
To Choose, Ponder, Formulate… This morning in chapel, where we live our times of community prayer and the Eucharistic Celebration, we found at the foot of the altar a marvelous wave of small origami birds fashioned in different colors by our Japanese sisters. In Japan, the bird is a symbol of both peace and suffering […]
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23 September Information Flash
The Work Instrument At this moment, we have one and one thing only in our hands: the Work Instrument and a series of worksheets with which to pinpoint and summarize its important elements. Today we are doing this work personally, but beginning tomorrow we will be comparing ideas, followed by a discernment and choices on […]
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22 September Information flash
The Half-Way Point We have reached the “half-way point” of the Chapter, by which we mean that the time at our disposal to determine, in the light of God and under the prompting of the Spirit, the guidelines for our Congregation’s journey over the next six-year period is already more than half-over. Nevertheless, today we […]
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21 September Information flash
Pausing…To Listen to the World Listening to the world: that is what we did today with the help of Lidia Maggi (a biblical scholar and Baptist pastor), Giambattista Brunori (a journalist and author, whose books the FSP have published) and Fr. Rossano Sala (a Salesian priest appointed by Pope Francis as Special Secretary for the […]
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20 September Information flash
Have Trust…Leave Space Today we began doing serious things! No, wait! I started off wrong. We’ve been doing serious things here from day one. So let me backtrack and express myself more correctly. Today we took in hand our Work Instrument, up to now the fruit of the journey and sharing of all the sisters […]
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