Paulinian Echoes SPC Generalate Rome September 8, 2009 Dear

Paulinian Echoes
SPC Generalate
Rome
September 8, 2009
Dear Sisters,
In these days of September, the Church invites us to pray for the Holy
Father’s general and missionary intentions: “that the word of God may be better
known, welcomed and lived as the source of freedom and joy. That Christians in Laos,
Cambodia and Myanmar may not be discouraged from announcing the Gospel to
their brothers...”
We did our best to familiarize ourselves with this Word of God
throughout the Pauline Year, emphasizing on our listening disposition and the
importance of the Word in our life both of which are essential in our
relationship with God and others.
God’s Word is an everlasting spring whose life giving waters refresh and
uplift us, making our lives fruitful and deeply rooted in the Gospel. “The Gospel
is a reality which is almost personified in the sense that not only does it point
out what is to be done but also the content of the proclamation. The Gospel
proclaims the manifestation of Jesus’ work. The Gospel is the word of God
made flesh. It is Jesus Christ himself.”1
To be in communion with the Gospel means to hold fast to its dynamism,
being committed to make it known and believing that God, in his faithfulness,
will fully accomplish the work he has begun: God’s gifts and call are
irrevocable.2 God engenders, sustains and accompanies every vocation.
The duty of every emissary - as of every apostle of Christ- is to make his
Master known. This is the way that Paul defines his mission and his vocation:
“by vocation, an apostle; by the will of God an apostle of Jesus Christ to bring
God’s chosen ones to faith.”3 After his conversion Paul went out to preach in the
synagogues, proclaiming that Jesus is the Son of God.4 Following his example,
“ the Community united in charity announces Christ and arouses the desire to
know him.”5
The Apostle gives witness of his faith, his hope and his love by his
attachment to Christ, by suffering with him.
1
Enzio Bianchi, Vivre c’est le Christ.
Rom 11:29
3 Rom 1:1; Col. 1:1; Tit 1:1
4 Acts of the Apostles 9:20
5 Book of Life # 53
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“The Apostle, following in the footsteps of Christ, is
spurred on by charity and is ready to suffer all for him
who overcame death through the humiliation of the cross.
With steadfast faith and firm hope, she goes ahead in spite
of obstacles and never tires of announcing Jesus Christ.”6
The words of the Gospel are most effective when they bear the marks of
the Cross. When Paul was in prison, his Gospel proclamation rang with greater
intensity. This reminds us that “our Christocentric spirituality is lived in the
fullness of the Paschal Mystery after the example of our Patron Saint Paul.”7
How can we actualize the Gospel in our personal and community life
today? How can we transmit the Good News to all peoples with preferential
attention to the poor?
But sometimes, don’t we turn a deaf ear to the Gospel when we give all
sorts of excuses and justifications to go our own way? Don’t we reason out like
Moses , “ Who am I to go to Pharaoh?” or like Jeremiah “I do not know how to
speak.”?8 Some of us have even tried to run away like Jonas so as to avoid doing
the mission that the Lord wants to entrust us.
Let us therefore fix our gaze on Christ; “hold firm in the Lord.”9 Let us
remain steadfast in our faith in him, as we await his coming. Our sequela
Christi is not only a momentary act at a given time. It is a lifetime commitment
that demands perseverance and constancy.
Like Paul, let us allow ourselves to be led by that extraordinary power
which impels us to plunge ourselves with courage and daring to the service of
the Gospel, living a life worthy of the Gospel.10
Let us listen to what the Church says – this Church, “Christ loved her and
sacrificed himself for her… so that when he took the Church to himself, she
would be glorious with no speck nor wrinkle, but holy and faultless.”11
Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical letter “Charity in Truth” on integral
human development, makes us examine ourselves by giving us guidelines for
reflection on the stark realities of the present society.
The first factor of development is the announce of Christ 12 , with the
objective of helping peoples overcome their sufferings: hunger, sickness,
illiteracy, etc.
6
Book of Life # 52
Capitular Acts 2001 p. 13
8 Exodus 3:11; Jer 1:6
9 Philippians 4:1
10 Philippians 1:27
11 Eph 5:25-27
12 Pope Paul VI, Populorum Progressio # 1
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During these difficult times, we truly live the Gospel
when we have ears that hear the cry of the poor; when we
give them priority care the way Jesus did: “ How blessed
are you who are poor: the Kingdom of God is yours.”13
We live the Gospel when we faithfully carry out our mission of charity in
truth, with dynamism. This mission is indeed vast and daunting but the Word of
the Lord reassures us and guides our steps: “Cut off from me you can do
nothing; Behold, I am with you always; yes, to the end of time.”14
Armed with God’s Word etched in his heart- a heart burning with charity
for God and for his parishioners- our Founder transmitted this charity to his
daughters “I have no greater blessing than to know my daughters walk in the
truth.”(Father Louis Chauvet)
Let us make the intentions of the Church our own and let our prayers be
a sharing in the sufferings of our world. We likewise entrust to God our
forthcoming Council of Congregation. May this prayerful fraternal reflection
truly enhance our adaptation to the needs of the times “for better service of the
Gospel in the world.”15 The Philippine Province will host this gathering of the
General Council members, the Provincial, District and Regional Superiors from
February 4 to 24, 2010.
Dear Sisters, in Christ and with Christ, I remain deeply in communion
with you as I reiterate my sincere affection.
Superior General
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14
15
Luke 6:20
Jn 15:5; Mt 28: 20
Book of Life # 103
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SPC Mission in Brazil
The SPC Brazil was founded on October 15, 1965 by the Sisters of the
Province of Canada. Its apostolate has evolved through the years, starting with
nursing care in the Catholic Hospital of Valinhos, Sao Paolo the year they
arrived, to the pastoral work among the working class of Campinas, social
services as well as human and religious formation later.
In April 1999 Brazil, separated from the Province of Canada and became a
Region dependent on the Generalate in Rome.
In
2005, the Archbishop of Campinas, Dom Bruno GAMBERINI
entrusted to the Sisters of St Paul the Administration and the continuation of
the Mission work FIRMACASA, a day care Pre School started by Sr. Ruth, a
Brazilian religious who died.
Sœur Hélène GATIEN, Canadian is the present Regional Superior.
This year 2009 during our visit to the Region there are 12 missionary
Sisters and one young Brazilian Sister of Temporary Vows. All the Sisters are
actively involved in one of their many apostolates : Pastoral work, education,
Social services, Caritas International and the Basic Ecclesial Communities.
However, the missionaries are getting older and some are sick . For these
reasons, they would be obliged to return to their native countries sooner or
later. Some apostolic activities will probably stop with the diminished number
of Sisters.
Meanwhile, in FIRMACASA, the work that the Archbishop gave to the
Sisters continues to grow. At present, the Day Care pre School for the street
children takes care of 170 children from 3 to 6 years old. It has expanded its
services to include 72 elementary students from 7 to 14 years old. Sister
Whilma Catolos is the Administrator. Sister Josefa, the Brazilian Junior sister
and the two Vietnamese Sisters help in the various services in the School while
continuing their studies in the University. With the increased number of
children for whom they have to provide meals, the need for more missionary
personnel is strongly felt. FIRMACASA is a community apostolate in response
to the Archbishop’s appeal and in response to the need of the poor families of
Campinas. The Sisters deserve all the support of the Congregation.
In 2009 the Archbishop has once more appealed to the Congregation for
the Pastoral animation in the hospital of the diocese. The Congregation has
accepted the invitation and sent Sister Eleanor Paloma, Novice Directress, to be
in Charge of the Pastoral animation with a group of volunteers. Since then , the
Hospital administration has expressed appreciation for the fact that the
Pastoral team has succeeded in bringing to a realization one of the initial
objectives of the Hospital.
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Mission Challenges in Peru and Colombia
SPC Peru-Colombia was erected as a District on October 29, 2005,
twenty five years after the arrival of the Sisters in Lima in 1981. Today, under
the leadership of Sr. Maria Cecilia LORAYES, Filipina missionary, the District
has 5 houses, the 5th is in Colombia. Without counting the 4 Postulants who
entered in 2009, there are 20 Sisters : 1 Suisse, 12 Filipinas and 7 Peruvians
The SPC missionaries have adapted themselves well to the climate and
the culture of the people. All can speak the language fluently which facilitate
their integration in the life of the local people and effective in their apostolate.
It strikes the visitor to see the Sisters living a simple and austere life,
witnessing an evangelical poverty and a total self-giving in their service of the
poorest. They are administrators, teachers, catechists and helpers in the Jesuit
schools of Fe y Alegria in Chincha and Chimbote; they are reflexotherapists in
the Reflexology Center in Lima; they are pastoral workers in the Mother and
Child center in Curumani Colombia; they are also parish pastoral workers in
their neighborhood especially in the city slums.
The young Peruvian Sisters are starting to take on responsibilities in the
different communities most especially in Vocation Promotion and Formation.
The Bishops and parish priest have only high praises for the Sisters “ who are
religious of rich qualities” as one Bishop said.
Several parish priests are asking to have Sisters. But even as the Sisters
feel encouraged with these invitations, they are aware of their situation which
calls them to face big challenges as a District. The biggest challenge is how to
maintain 5 communities with a reduced number of religious personnel.
Missionaries will soon return to the home country due to old age and sickness.
Secondly, the age requirements of the law in the country leave little or no
options for the foreign Sisters working in education. Lastly, the Peruvian Sisters
are still young and inexperienced. Only new missionary volunteers to Peru and
Colombia could help bring the urgently needed assistance to the District which
is discerning about its future right now.
The bright side is that after a period of aridity in vocations, 4 ladies – 2
Peruvians and 2 Colombians have asked to enter in 2008 and are now
Postulants. Such sign from heaven lifts the hopes of the District especially the
Peruvian Sisters who are enthusiastic to give of themselves for the good of the
Church and the growth of the Congregation in the service of neighbor.
Superior General
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LAOS:Mother Myriam Visits her Former Mission
After her visit to the District of the
USA, Mother Myriam KITCHAROEN,
Superior General proceeds to the SPC
Mission in Vientiane, Laos in the first
week of September 2009. The
Community in Laos is under the
Province of Thailand and the Sisters
are continuing the work started in
1999 by Mother Myriam who was
then a missionary in Laos. The
Formation Center
endeavors to
provide vocational education to
handicapped young people. At
present it has 84 students. Mother
Myriam is accompanied by Sister
Saint Jean Tran. They return to
Rome on September 18 , 2009.
ROME Shirayuri Alumnae Visit SPC Generalate
A
group
of
former students of
Shirayuri Gakuen
Yatsushiro, Japan
visited the SPC
Generalate at 193
via della Vignaccia,
Rome on August
26, 2009. With Sr.
Marie-Cecile
Taniguchi, Directress of
the Graduate School as
guide, the Shirayuri
Alumnae came for a
pilgrimage in Rome.
They
attended the
audience with the Holy
Father Pope Benedict
XVI in the morning of
the same day.
BETHLEHEM University: Outstanding Employee
Sister Corazon HINLO,
payroll administrator in
Bethlehem
University,
was given the Employee
of the Year award for the year
2008-2009. Sr Corazon is an SPC
missionary in Bethlehem from the
Province of the Philippines.
NEW SPC WEBSITE : Starting September 2009
The General Council has set-up a
new website for the Congregation:
stpaulrome.com. All the Sisters of St.
Paul, Friends of St Paul, SPCstudents,
colleagues and friends are invited to
visit and discover the new website.
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GENERALATE : au revoir, Sr Marie
On June 20, 2009
the Sisters of the Generalate
community bade goodbye to Sr Marie
de la Croix Javelosa. After many years
of service helping the student Sisters
to improve their spoken and written
English; of being available for works
of translation as well as duty at the
information, Sr Marie returned to the
Philippines . She arrived in Manila in
time for her Diamond Jubilee,
celebrating 60 years of Religious life.
The Congregation will remember with
gratitude all the good she has done.
FRANCE: Annual Pilgrimage to Levesville
In keeping with a tradition started
many years back, the Sisters of St.
Paul in the Province of France made a
pilgrimage on Tuesday, August 18,
2009 from the village of Fresnayl’évêque to Levesville-la-Chenard,
“cradle” of the Congregation in the
Region of Beauce. The participants,
walked the 5 kilometer distance
singing hymns, praying the rosary or
praying in silence. This year, the
pilgrimage started from the church
where one of the first Sisters, Sr
Barbe Foucault , was baptized. After
the prayers at Levesville Church, the
participants had their picnic at the
new hall near the Rectory in
Levesville
.
SUPERIORS’ RETREAT: St Paul, the Mystic
From June 6 to 14, 2009 the
members of the General Council and
the newly-appointed Provincial and
District Superiors made a retreat
preached by the Rev. Father Lucian
Dinca, A.A. The theme of the Retreat
was Saint Paul, the mystic. The
meditations dwelt on the mystical
experience of Paul on the road to
Damascus where he encountered the
Risen Christ. The approach was
scripture-based but likewise strongly
theological and spiritual. Father
Dinca
helped
the
Sisters to
discover
in
the
Acts
of
the Apostles and in the Epistles
various text references dealing with
St Paul’s mystical experiences. This
retreat offered a uniquely new way of
looking at the Apostle of the Gentiles.
Father Romeo Ballan,
an Italian priest of the
Congregation of Saint
Daniel Comboni was
invited
by
the
Province of AntillesGuyane to give a
series of Conferences to the different
communities from June 5 to 15, 2009.
As part of the on-going formation, the
communities were gathered in two
places: in Martinique and in French
Guiana. Father Ballan spoke on the
topic of the “SPC as Missionnaries
under the Guidance and Power of the
Holy Spirit like St. Paul.”
ANTILLES-GUYANE: Seminar with Fr. Romeo Ballan
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ROME: Session on
The Provincial Superiors of AntillesGuyane, Daegu, Hong Kong, the
Philippines, the District Superior of
Cameroon and the members of the
General Council
had a five-day
seminar on Governance and Authority
According to St. Paul last June 1-5,
2009 at the Generalate in Rome. The
conferences were given by Father
Juan Manuel GRANADOS ROJAS,
S.J. professor of Exegesis and New
Testament Studies at the Pontifical
Bible Institute in Rome .
The theme of Governance and
Authority was divided into five
Governance and Authority
sub-topics:
Pauline Authority; Commitment;
Apostolic authority; Submission and
Obedience; Submission and Administration. The workshop included
studies of related literature, written
reflection lectio divina, group sharing.
INDONESIA: School Building Damaged by Fire
A fire destroyed part of the main building of Saint Paul School of Kuala
Kapuas in Central Kalimantan Indonesia last June 5, 2009. The school belongs
to the Congregation of the Sisters of St Paul of Chartres.
According to reports, the origin of the fire is an accident provoked by faulty
electrical wiring. The roof of the administrative building and the second floor of
the building were burned. A group of Sisters volunteered to guard the building
at night to discourage looting. Other damages included library books, a number
of computer units at the use of the students and some financial records.
KAZAKHSTAN Catechists’ speedy visit
On Aug. 26, five volunteer catechists from the
Diocese of Karaganda, Kazakhstan, accompanied by
their coordinator Father Peter Hans, shared a meal
with the Sisters in the Generalate and treated them to
a brief soiree of role play, songs and catechetical
animation that they do in Kazakhstan. They made the
Sisters discover how alive is evangelization in a
country where Muslims are majority in number.
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May You Grow Firm in Power in your Inner Self
Ephesians 3:14-19; 4: 14-15
This then is what I pray,
kneeling before the Father, from
whom every fatherhood in heaven
or on earth, takes its name. In the
abundance of his glory may he,
through his Spirit, enable you to
grow firm in power with regard to
your inner self, so that Christ may
live in your hearts through faith,
and then, planted in love and built
on love, with all God’s holy people
you will have the strength to grasp
the breadth and the length, the
height and the depth, so that,
knowing the love of Christ which is
beyond all knowledge, you may be
filled with the utter fullness of
God… .
Then we shall no longer be
children, or tossed one way or
another, and carried hither and
thither by every new gust of
teaching, at the mercy of all the
tricks people play and their
unscrupulousness
in
deliberate
deception, if we live in the truth and
in love, we shall grow completely
into Christ, who is the head.
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI
Homily On The Occasion Of The Closing Of The Pauline Year
The commemorative year for the birth of St
Paul ends this evening. We have gathered at the tomb
of the Apostle whose sarcophagus, preserved beneath
the papal altar, was recently the object of a careful
scientific analysis. A tiny hole was drilled in the
sarcophagus, which in so many centuries had never
been opened, in order to insert a special probe which
revealed traces of a precious purple-colored linen
fabric, with a design in gold leaf, and a blue fabric with
linen threads. Grains of red incense and protein and
chalk substances were also found. In addition, minute
fragments of bone were sent for carbon-14 testing by
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experts unaware of their provenance. The fragments proved to
belong to someone who had lived between the first and second
centuries. This would seem to confirm the unanimous and
undisputed tradition which claims that these are the mortal remains of the
Apostle Paul. All this fills our hearts with profound emotion. In recent months,
many people have followed the paths of the Apostle the exterior and especially
the interior paths on which he travelled in his lifetime: the road to Damascus
towards his encounter with the Risen One; the routes of the Mediterranean
world which he crossed with the torch of the Gospel, encountering contradiction
and adherence until his martyrdom, through which he belongs forever to the
Church of Rome. The Pauline Year is drawing to a close but what will remain a
part of Christian existence is the journey with Paul with him and thanks to him
getting to know Jesus, and, like him, being enlightened and transformed by the
Gospel. And always, going beyond the circle of believers, he remains the
"teacher of the Gentiles", who seeks to bring the message of the Risen One to
them all, because Christ has known and loved each one; he has died and risen
for them all. Therefore let us listen to him at this time as we solemnly begin the
Feast of the two
Apostles who were
bound
to
one
another by a close
bond.
It is part of the
structure of Paul's
Letters always in
reference to the
particular
place
and situation that
they first of all
explain
the
mystery of Christ,
they teach faith.
The second part
treats their application to our lives: what ensues from this faith? How does it
shape our existence, day by day? In the Second Letter to the Corinthians he
says: "if anyone is in Christ, he is in a new creation; the old has passed away,
behold, the new has come" (5: 17 In the course of the years, however, he also
saw that this process of renewal and transformation continues throughout life.
We become new if we let ourselves be grasped and shaped by the new Man,
Jesus Christ. He is the new Man par excellence. In him the new human
existence became reality and we can truly become new if we deliver ourselves
into his hands and let ourselves be molded by him. Paul makes this process of
"recasting" even clearer by saying that we become new if we transform our way
of thinking. Thus our reason must become new. This surprises us. We might
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have expected instead that this would have concerned some
attitude: what we should change in our behavior. But no:
renewal must go to the very core.
Our way of looking at the world, of understanding reality all our thought
must change from its foundations. The reasoning of the former person, the
common way of thinking is usually directed to possession, well-being, influence,
success, fame and so forth. Yet in this way its scope is too limited. Thus, in the
final analysis, one's "self" remains the centre of the world. We must learn to
think more profoundly. St Paul tells us what this means in the second part of the
sentence: it is necessary to learn to understand God's will, so that it may shape
our own will, desire what God
desires, the beautiful and the good.
It is therefore a question of a
turning point in our fundamental
spiritual orientation. God must
enter into the horizon of our
thought: what he wants and the
way in which he conceived of the
world and of me. We must learn to
share in the thinking and the will
of Jesus Christ. It is then that we
will be new people in whom a new
world emerges. Paul illustrates the
same idea of a necessary renewal
of our way of being human in two
passages of his Letter to the
Ephesians; let us therefore reflect
on them briefly. In the Letter's
fourth chapter, the Apostle tells us
that with Christ we must attain
adulthood, a mature faith. We can
no longer be "children, tossed to
and fro and carried about with
every wind of doctrine..." (4: 14).
Paul wants Christians to have a
"responsible" and "adult faith". The words "adult faith" in recent decades have
formed a widespread slogan. It is often meant in the sense of the attitude of
those who no longer listen to the Church and her Pastors but autonomously
choose what they want to believe and not to believe hence a do-it-yourself faith.
And it is presented as a "courageous" form of self-expression against the
Magisterium of the Church. In fact, however, no courage is needed for this
because one may always be certain of public applause. Rather, courage is
needed to adhere to the Church's faith, even if this contradicts the "logic" of the
contemporary world. This is the non-conformism of faith which Paul calls an
"adult faith”… Adult faith does not let itself be carried about here and there by
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any trend. It
opposes
the
winds
of
fashion.
It
knows
that
these winds are
not the breath
of the Holy
Spirit; it knows
that the Spirit
of
God
is
expressed and
manifested in
communion
with
Jesus
Christ.
However, here
too Paul does not stop at saying "no", but rather leads us to the great "yes". He
describes the mature, truly adult faith positively with the words: "speaking the
truth in love" (cf. Eph 4: 15). The new way of thinking, given to us by faith, is
first and foremost a turning towards the truth. The power of evil is falsehood.
The power of faith, the power of God, is the truth. The truth about the world and
about ourselves becomes visible when we look to God. And God makes himself
visible to us in the Face of Jesus Christ. In looking at Christ, we recognize
something else: truth and love are inseparable. In God both are inseparably one;
it is precisely this that is the essence of God. For Christians, therefore, truth and
love go together. Love is the test of truth. We should always measure ourselves
anew against this criterion, so that truth may become love and love may make
us truthful.
Another important thought appears in this verse of St Paul. The Apostle tells
us that by acting in accordance with truth in love, we help to ensure that all
things (ta pánta) the universe may grow, striving for Christ. On the basis of his
faith, Paul is not only concerned in our personal rectitude nor with the growth
of the Church alone. He is interested in the universe: ta pánta. The ultimate
purpose of Christ's work is the transformation of the universe, of the whole
human world, of all creation. Those who serve the truth in love together with
Christ contribute to the true progress of the world. Where the presence of Christ
increases, therein lies the true progress of the world. There, mankind becomes
new and thus the world is made new. Paul makes the same thing clear from yet
another different perspective. In chapter three of the Letter to the Ephesians he
speaks to us of the need to be "strengthened... in the inner man" (3: 16).The
inner person must be strengthened this is a very appropriate imperative for our
time, in which people all too often remain inwardly empty and must therefore
cling to promises and drugs, which then result in a further growth of the sense
of emptiness in their hearts.
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This interior void the weakness of the inner person is one of the
great problems of our time. Interiority must be reinforced the
perceptiveness of the heart; the capacity to see and to understand the world and
the person from within, with one's heart. We are in need of reason illuminated
by the heart in order to learn to act in accordance with truth in love. However,
this is not realized without an intimate relationship with God, without the life of
prayer. We need the encounter with God that is given to us in the sacraments.
And we cannot speak to God in prayer unless we let him speak first, unless we
listen to him in the words that he has given us. In this regard Paul says to us:
"Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and
grounded in love, may have power to comprehend with all the saints what is the
breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which
surpasses knowledge" (Eph 3: 17ff.). With these words Paul tells us that love
sees beyond simple reason. The mystery of Christ has a cosmic vastness; he did
not belong only to a specific group. The Crucified Christ embraces the entire
universe in all its dimensions. He takes the world in his hands and lifts it up
towards God. Starting with St Irenaeus of Lyons thus from the second century
the Fathers have seen in these words on the breadth, length and height and
depth of Christ's love an allusion to the Cross. In the Cross, Christ's love
embraced the lowest depths the night of death as well as the supreme heights,
the loftiness of God himself. And he took into his arms the breadth and the
vastness of humanity and of the world in all their distances. He always embraces
the universe, all of us.
Let us pray the Lord to help us to recognize something of the immensity of
his love. Let us pray him that his love and his truth may touch our hearts. Let us
ask that Christ dwell in our hearts and make us new men and women who act
according to truth in love. Amen!
.
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ALASKA
CANADA
USA
Our first foreign
mission in 1727 was
in the southern part
of the American Continent
in the French Guiana.
HAITI
ANTILLES
Colombia
French
Today, in the American Continent we
are present in 9 countries. This implies
Guiana
adaptation not only to 9 cultures and
PERU
languages but to many other cultural
ethnics in each country. The variety is largeBRAZIL
ly due to the period of colonization and the
ensuing slave trade and inter-marriages.
In this issue, we present as a special feature
the places in this continent where our Sisters
work and the photographs present an interestingstudy of the different paths of Evangelization
taken by the Congregation .
This issue coincides with Mother General’s
visit to some of the countries which appear in
the inside cover.
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Alaska




NORTH AMERICA
Founded in 1994 by Korean SPC missionaries
In the city of Anchorage, Alaska
Youth Ministry; parish Services in the Korean Parish, Anchorage
1 house; 3 Korean Sisters of the Province of Daegu
Canada
 Founded in 1930
 In the Province of Quebec, Canada
 Parish Services; catechesis; spiritual animation; Pastoral care of
the aged; Pastoral special children
 15 houses; 96 Sisters
USA
 Founded in 1963
 In the States of Michigan and Washington
 Nursing Home, Hospital Pastoral Ministry, Parish Services,
Catechesis
 3 houses; 16 Sisters
N.B. 4 other houses in the geographical territory of the United States do not belong
to the District but to other Provinces:
2008 Portland, State of Washington: 1 house; 2 sisters– Province of Daegu
2009 State of Virginia – 1 house; 2 sisters – Province of Seoul
2008 Honolulu, State of Hawaii – 1 house 6 sisters – Province of the Philippines
2006 Wyoming, Michigan 1 novitiate 1Sister - under the Generalate, Rome
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Haiti
CENTRAL AMERICA
 Founded in 1972
 In the West, South and Artibonite Provinces
 Primary , Secondary Education in 6 schools; dispensary;
catechesis; Pastoral; parish services
 7 houses; 29 Sisters
Antilles: Martinique and Guadeloupe
 Founded in 1818 – Martinique; 1820 – Guadeloupe
 In the islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe, (France)
 Parish Services, Catechesis, Education, Health care; Social and
Pastoral Services
 21 houses, 123 Sisters
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SOUTH AMERICA
Brazil
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Founded in 1965
In the states of Minas Gerais and Sao Paolo
Education; Pastoral in Hospital; Social Ministries
5 houses; 13 Sisters
Colombia
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
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Founded in 1997
In the town of Curumani, Province of Valledupar
Catechesis; Pastoral and Parish Services; Social Services
1 house 3 Sisters (the community is part of the Peru-Colombia
District)
Peru
 Founded in 1981
 In the City of Lima; in the Provinces of Ica and Chimbote
 Primary and Secondary Education; family catechesis; reflexology;
Pastoral and Parish Services
 4 houses; 17 Sisters
French Guiana
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

Founded in 1727
In the French Guiana -Overseas Territory of France
Education, Youth Ministry, Catechesis, Health Care, Parish
5 houses; 18 Sisters
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Mission in French Guiana Part II
Part I in Paulinian Echoes no. 162
Baptism seems to be perceived as a
protection in the same manner as the
rites and customs they submit
themselves to by tradition from the
time their ancestors. Marriage is not
part of their tradition. They simply
take a “man” or a “wife” without any
civil or church ceremony. The
partners may change anytime and
there are practices like polygamy. We
need to adapt our approach to the
new evangelization.
The Amérindians
They are the descendants of the
primitive peoples of America, the
indians .Today it is a people
experiencing a cultural conflict. The
clash
between
generations
is
inevitable with the youth adopting
western
ways.
The
American
prototype is gaining ground among
the young people who speak, dress
and dance like their American
counterparts. The village festivities
are losing their particular traditional
and cultural characteristics. Native
music and dances are being replaced
by the latest techno and pop music.
The elders are helpless in the face of
such cultural disintegration.
The youth wear the traditional
costume the Kalimbé only for
touristic purposes. The same is true
with their native drink the cachiri , a
native drink made from the sap of
fermented manioc which they drink
with a mixture of whisky, rum or
other alcoholic drinks. This results in
early alcoholism among the youth.
And it usually introduces them to
drugs thus calling for a great vigilance
on our part.
Parental authority among the
Amerindians is practically inexistent
thereby leaving them the freedom to
make their own choices. Having no
role models of hardwork among their
elders, majority depend on financial
assistance from the government.
Nothing prepares them for a
successful integration into civilization.
They are socially fragile and easily
fall prey to all dangers in society.
Among the girls, there are frequent
cases of sexually transmitted diseases
passed on to them by older sexual
partners who take advantage of their
naiveté. The girls are sometimes
abused by their own fathers. It is not
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rare that some young girls have
already had several abortions which
endanger their lives. Reports coming
from us are often unheeded because
local authorities fear that disciplinary
measures will provoke a series of
suicides among perpetrators of incest.
Indeed, men who
are used to live without
constraints and without
structures that make
them accountable for
their
deeds
would
prefer self-annihilation
rather than face the
consequences of their
crimes. It is no wonder that they
remain distrustful of strangers.
It is obviously a tremendous task
of evangelization which in our case
particularly concerns the ministry
among the youth.
To make them aware of the other
perspectives of life outside their circle,
we organized a summer camp so they
can meet other young people.
To initiate them to the spiritual
life we regularly hold evening prayer
celebrations, recollections and prayer
sharing; or sharing on the Word of
God, and on themes they like to
discuss. We have also introduced the
praying of the Rosary which they
appreciate and do even in the absence
of adults. They enjoy practicing with
the choir and willingly sing at Sunday
mass.
When we proposed the idea of
their participation at a Diocesan
youth assembly for the start of Lent,
they were instantly taken.
Even if these two groups – the
Alukus and the Amerindians – speak
French, they do have their own dialect
and easily switch to using it among
themselves to prevent others from
understanding what they say.
We do our best such that at the
Home they can mix well with one
another without problems. Once in a
while, we organize some activities to
develop a love of work in them. They
respond well to group projects and
have tried selling the products of their
baking and cooking efforts. These give
them a sense of accomplishment.
We do not forget to develop their
sense of responsibility and ask them
to start becoming accountable for
their good and bad actions. However,
this is a long-term job and we are
challenged never to give up.
The harvest is great but the
laborers are few. We pray the Lord
of the Harvest to send us workers…
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- The Sisters of Maripasoula
PROVINCE
OF
ANTILLES-GUYANE
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The Year of St. Paul: A Year of Grace
The Year of St. Paul was a
year of grace for us. The
Catholic Diocese of Hong
Kong designated three local
Churches to be centers of
the commemoration of the
bimillennium of St Paul’s
birth. The faithful can obtain
the Plenary Indulgence by
making a. pilgrimage to
these churches
Being Sisters of St. Paul
of Chartres, we rejoiced Christ the King Chapel, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
greatly when our Christ the
King Chapel at Causeway Bay was from young children to seniors,
designated as one of the pilgrimage coming from schools, parishes and
centres. We organized Eucharistic religious associations. They were all
Celebrations,
Bible
paraliturgy, happy to know our Congregation
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, better and admired the beautiful
film shows and talks introducing our architecture of Christ the King Chapel
history and life, and the life of St. Paul which is now a classified heritage.
to the pilgrims. All through the year,
To know and love St. Paul
there
were better and to follow him more closely
about seventy in imitating Christ, the Sisters,
groups
of together with the young people of our
pilgrims who Parish, organized a series of Prayer
came;
so, Nights at Christ the King Chapel. Ten
approximately themes were chosen, focusing on the
7,000 people life of St. Paul, from his conversion to
visited
our his
martyrdom,
depicting
his
Church
and enduring love for Christ. These Prayer
received
the Nights were open to the faithful who Lord’s blessing.
(continued on page 21)
They ranged
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“Put out into the Deep…”
Editorial translated from the French Diocesan Review Eglise de Lille
The WORD follows its own
course. For centuries, it has been
welcomed by generations: we have
come to consider Paul like one of our
contemporaries, and a contemporary
of many others, making him mix with
local history or with Jean Bart ; last
week we met him in Lourdes as we
followed the path of Bernadette.
In reality it was an extraordinary
effort that was proposed to us 45
years after Vatican II.
And the
occasion is the Pauline Year,
celebrating the bi-millennium of his
birth. Bible study groups have existed
for many years in different forms in
different groups in the Church. In our
Diocese, the Ministry of the Word of
God offers various methods of study
to these groups be it on the Gospel of
Mark for this year or on any biblical
theme. How many groups have
benefited from this help at their
disposition? They are so many that we
can no longer keep track of their
number. It seems that this year, St
Paul has captured your interest like
he did in the other Dioceses in France.
Here is someone who has rekindled
the desire for Christian renewal in our
faith and our life as a Church. At a
time when we often hear that the
Church is on the decline in our
country, it is surprising to note that
the Word of God reawakens us, as it
has always done in various moments
of history and of our personal life.
And we have experienced that love for
the Word is alive in other Christian
Churches too. (continued on page 23)
The Year of St. Paul: A Year of Grace…continued from page 20
found them helpful to their prayer
life.
Talks on St. Paul by various
speakers enriched our understanding
of him. Besides the Opening and
Closing Eucharistic Celebrations,
activities were organized for the
different members and staff of our
institutions that they may be imbued
with the spirit of St. Paul. Together
with the Sisters, they would also try to
be “All Things to All People”.
“As the rain and the snow come
down from heaven, and do not return
to it without watering the earth and
making it bud and flourish…” May
the grace received in this Pauline Year
yield a hundred-fold in our hearts and
life.
Sister Lily
HONG KONG PROVINCE
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The Year of St. Paul in the
District of Switzerland
On 25 January 2008, the majority
of the Sisters of the District gathered
in Porrentruy for the Eucharistic
celebration, followed by a joyful
festive meal. The assembly had a
particularly international flavor with
two sisters from Madagascar, a sister
from Canada, and two Sisters from
Vietnam who have become part of
our District. There was likewise the
presence of two Korean Sisters and a
Sister from the Central African
Republic who are transients in
Switzerland. On that occasion, the
area of our tent has therefore
expanded
to
a
representative
dimension of the Congregation.
During the Year of St. Paul, we
have focused on the Formation
towards a better knowledge of the life
of St. Paul and a deepening of his
letters. Two of our Sisters attended
the Spiritual Renewal held in Rome.
Several Sisters followed a week’s
Bible study on the Epistle to the
Galatians.
We also chose to conclude the
prayers of
Lauds and Vespers
throughout the year with blessings
from the letters of Saint Paul
prepared by Sr. Madeleine Audet of
Canada. In early April 2008, we had
a District Recollection guided by a
deacon who is a biblical scholar. He
used some passages from the Acts of
the Apostles.
Starting Lent 2008, we read and
prayed, chapter after chapter, the
book “Le Père immense” by Eloi
Leclerc, complemented by a reading
of the Letter to the Ephesians. All
these enriched our community
sharing during the monthly retreats
until March 2009.
We continued our reflection on
the Capitular Acts, shared on the
Apostolic Exhortation "The Service of
Authority and Obedience" and in
February 2009, a Seminar on "How
to live changes " was facilitated by Sr.
Madeleine Rioux of Canada.
This enriching year of St. Paul
has inspired our spiritual life, and we
are grateful to our Sisters of Korea
whose gift of a Pauline calendar to
each one will enable us to continue to
be in touch with Word of God in the
Letters of Saint Paul.
Sr. Anne-Marie Rebetez,
DISTRICT OF SWITZERLAND
Crossroads in SPC History- Sr. Jeanne Helene – from page 27
promulgated by the Holy Father for the
whole church.
As the Motu Proprio Ecclesiae Sanctae
says, Religious Institutes should promote
spiritual renewal in the first place – it is a
grace for us that our study falls on the
year of the 19th centennial of the
martyrdom of the holy Apostles Peter and
Paul, “Teachers of the Faith,” as they were
called by His Holiness Pope Paul VI during
the General Audience of July 5, 1967.
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“Put out into the Deep…” continued from page 21
What’s happening
is that God’s word has awakened a
hunger in us. We heard about that last
week during the Ordination rites
from the book of Ben Sirach “they
who eat me will hunger for more;
they who drink me will thirst for
more.” This is somewhat contrary to
what Jesus says: “No one who comes
to me will ever hunger; no one who
believes in me will ever thirst.” In
fact, one way or the other, this means
that it is truly good that we lose all
desire for other things. Yes, happy is
the Church who finds its happiness in
the Word of God.
Finally, I would like to tell you to
remain attentive to announce and
propose the faith to those who do not
know about it, those who have strayed
away or who have turned their back to
it. They may be people living near you
or in a distant country. Let me quote
the last Synod, “after the example of
St. Paul, of the apostles and the
numerous missionaries, this Synod
reaffirms the urgency of the mission
Ad Gentes ( translate: the non believers) even at the present age,
the announce must be explicit, not
only inside our Churches but
everywhere
and
should
be
accompanied by a witnessing of life.”
It is for this signification that we
have come here to Dunkerque. By the
sea, we will make a symbolic
experience of a missionary send-off to
a distant country. Some of us will
make the gesture of leaving the land,
and among us we will look for a
missionary from a distant country ;
likewise we will seek the missionaries
around us who are sent to be among
the youth, the families, the poor as
well as the leaders in our society and
the many who render service.
“Church of God in Lille, put out
into the deep and you can
count on Christ who confirms
you
in
the
mission
of
announcing the Good News in
word and in action!”
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“We are grateful to the Sisters of St. Paul
who attend to the needs of the native
people. They bridge the gap between the
country side and the city, up-lifting the
native people’s living standard.” These
were the words expressed by the
villagers of Fu Xing Village on the
Opening Day on June 10, 2009. The
Blessing Ceremony was presided by
Fr. Ba, an Italian priest who has
worked there for forty-six years, Sr.
Renee
Sam
and
six
other
representatives. A welcoming dance
was performed by the Native
Women’s League which gained the
applause of everyone.
Opening of the District Caring
Centre of Fu Xing Village
St. Paul’s Hospital set up a District
Caring Centre in Fu Xing village. It
has been the wish of Sr. Mary Ann
Huang – to let the native people help
the native people. The Hospital has
been supplying medical service,
education,
farm
produce
and
exchange of culture. Sr. Mary Ann is
herself a native of the Ami tribe. She
has been helping the Fu Xing villages
for a long time.
It takes two to three hours by car
to go there from Taoyuan. The work
started in 1993, caring for the health
of the villagers. In 2004, Sr.
Mary Ann began to stay there
overnight for three nights.
During day time, she visited
the sick and in the evening, she
organizes
gatherings
and
courses for the children and
the
elderly.
Special
celebrations are held on big
feasts like Christmas, Mother’s
Day, etc. Summer camps are
held for the children during the
summer holidays which are much
enjoyed by the participants. As
resources are limited, donations of
old clothes, toys and computers are
welcome. Incidents of fire, even beds,
blankets and food are carried up to
the mountain for the fire victims. It is
also Sr. Mary Ann’s wish that the
children can have access to the
computer. Then they can make websites to help them sell the crops and
produce of their family .Thus the
mother can have more time to take
care for the family, bringing greater
peace and joy.
Now Sr. Mary Ann’s dream has
come true with the support of the
Hospital and the chief of the village
who donates a piece of land for the
Centre. There are ten computers,
projectors and audio equipments for
teaching in the Centre. The children
can come here after school to have
extra learning. The women can have
cultural lessons like dancing and the
villagers will be very happy to have a
place for their meetings. Everyone in
the village is benefited, and love and
service
to
one
another
are
strengthened.
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- Huang Yuet
St. Paul’s Hospital, Taoyuan TAIWAN
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Sowing Gospel Seeds among the
Hill Tribes of North Thailand
Baan Din Khao is a
mountain village in the northern
area of Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Among these tribal people, there
are 45 catholic families. The
remote location of these hill
tribes is a factor that makes
them socially disadvantaged.
Distance and difficulty of travel
along mountainous dirt roads
deprive them of access to education,
communication, health care and other
social services. Visits of missionaries
in the past have gained conversions
but the follow-up visits were rare and
far-between to sustain the faith of a
fledgling Christian community.
This was the situation when
the first 2 SPC Sisters arrived in 2006
together with 2 volunteer teachers.
They met 44 pupils in the existing
village school, but there were no
regular teachers. Small wonder that
the children hardly knew how to read
and write. The Sisters chose to live
among these people in a dwelling
place similar to that of the villagers.
They also share the same conditions
of life as the villagers: fetching water
from the mountain spring, no
electricity except during a limited
time daily through the solar cell
provided by the government, no
telephones nor regular means of
transportation, doing the laundry and
cooking the traditional way.
With the volunteer teachers,
they started to work immediately:
classroom
teaching,
catechism,
visiting the families, helping local
farmers to organize themselves to
better market their goods and teach
them vocational skills for greater selfsufficiency as part of the King’s
development project; teaching them
basic hygiene, even building toilets
with them where there are
none.
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Since then, the results have
encouraged parents to send their
children to school. The number of
pupils swelled from 44 to 270.
Word has spread to other
neighboring mountain villages
that the children are learning
better, faster and even teaching
their families at home. The two
classrooms could no longer
accommodate the big number of
pupils. The need is urgent to
build a new, bigger school with
dormitories in response to the
situation. With the support and
encouragement of the Superiors
of the Congregation and that of
the government officials, the project
of a new school, St Joseph Mae
Chaem will soon be a reality.
With the awaited construction
of St Joseph Mae Chaem in the near
future,
several
Evangelization
objectives will hopefully be met:
providing accessible education for
life
and
local
community
development; promoting positive
tribal cultural values and practices
among the youth to preserve,
appreciate their own culture; raising
the level of their human condition
and spiritual life. By bringing the
school to the mountains, education
becomes available to all; families do
not need to send children to cities for
secondary studies thus avoiding
dispersion and at the same time
helping them to avoid the dangers of
social ills in the cities like drugs,
human trafficking, AIDS etc.
In their quiet way, the Sisters
and the 2 teachers are answering to
the hidden thirst of the traditionally
animist population – their thirst for
the Good News of Jesus Christ.
Indeed, “how beautiful upon the
mountains are the feet of those who
bring good news” – the Word of
God.
-Sisters of Baan Din Khao
Province of THAILAND
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Note: Sr. Jeanne Helene Sineau, our competent
and experienced archivist traces the history of
our Constitutions in a series of articles.
Part V: Our Constitutions after the Second Vatican Council
Attached to the above Circular were
nine papers of different colors. The first
one, in white, gave instructions on how to
proceed
The 3 green sheets were texts on the
Chapter on the Goals and Spirit of the
Congregation
The blue page was on Poverty and Work.
The pink sheet : on the Religious Life
The pale yellow was on Governance.
The bright yellow for the suggestions on
the forms of apostolate.
The beige for initial and continuous
formation
The reports were to be sent to the
Superior General in Rome before April 15,
1967. Each page should bear the name of
the community and the names of the
participants at the back.
I remember clearly the time when we
did this, I was in Dreux then. We finished
the job on time and with much enthusiasm.
But how do we measure the amount of
work accomplished by the General Council
upon receiving the reports of all the houses
in the Congregation?
Indeed, by June 1967 the preliminary
results of responses were published in the
23rd issue of the Paulinian Echoes.
The first page read:
First of all, thank you for responding
with generosity to our appeal because we
are aware how your responsibilities take
much of your time. Without mentioning
the novitiates which have submitted a very
interesting study, we received 3378
responses out of 3409 Sisters consulted;
Or a participation of 99.09%.
It is impossible for me to give all the
details given in this journal. We find a very
interesting 12-page analysis of the
responses given by each Province.
The # 24 Paulinian Echoes of August
1967 indicated the response for each
question classified according to the chosen
reference from scripture, Vat. Council
documents, messages of the Pope,
encyclicals,
and
the
Congregation
documents. Then followed an interesting
development of citations related to the
main questions:
Goal and spirit of the Congregation
Consecration lived in the practice of
charity
Spirit of simplicity
Missionary nature of the Congregation
The # 25 issue in October presented a
synthesis of the study on poverty in
particular, the giving up of inheritance
and the concrete forms of poverty.
The following document dated October
15, 1967 is the convocation to the special
General Chapter. It is the Reference A.
Here are the two first paragraphs:
My dear Sisters,
In accordance with the norms laid
down by the Church in the Motu Proprio
“Ecclesiae Sanctae” of August 8, 1966 concerning the process of the adaption of the
renewal of Religious Life, a special
General Chapter will be held at the
General House of the Congregation in
Rome, in 1968. The purpose of this chapter
is the study of the project of New
Constitutions. The opening date is
scheduled on October 15, 1968.
Let us prepare ourselves for this Chapter
by living fully the “Year of the Faith “
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Sr Zennie’s First Profession In Wyoming USA
Msgr. Hurley,and Mother Myriam with Sr Zennie and members of her family.
The parish Church near the Novitiate of Wyoming was the venue of the First
Profession Ceremony of Sr. Zennie Phung Lan TO on August 15, 2009. Sister
Saint Jean TRAN, Assistant General helped her to prepare for her Profession
day. The Wyoming community being directly under the Generalate, Mother
Myriam Kitcharoen, Superior General, was present to receive the Vows of Sr
Zennie. The Ceremony was presided by the Most Reverend Walter Hurley,
Bishop of Grand Rapids.
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Cameroon: Three Sisters Make First Vows
Three novices made their First
Profession on August 15 Solemnity
of the Assumption of the Blessed
Virgin Mary. The Ceremony held in
Obala, was attended by the families
of Sisters Thérèse TSOGO MVOGO,
Olive Mariette TIGA AMBOMO and
Elisabeth NGA ETOGO. Other
invited guests included Priests and
Religious, as well as friends and
benefactors of the Sisters of St. Paul.
Sr. Antoinette ONGUENE, District
Superior, received the Vows of the Sisters.
Perpetual Vows of Sister Olga and Sister
Mylene in Bangui, Central Africa
After two months of
spiritual
preparation
facilitated
by
Sister
Monique
GAUDRON,
Assistant General, Sr.
Olga Prisca POUTA and
Sr.
Esther
Mylene
BIACKOA made their
Perpetual Vows in Bangui
on August 15, 2009.
Sr. Catharina Lee and
the Sisters of the District
were joined in celebration
by a big
number of
guests , notably the families, relatives and friends of the two Sisters. Also
present was Sr.Maria Goretti LEE, Assistant General, who visited the District
together with Sr. Monique Gaudron.
Religious Profession In Madagascar
The Province of Madagascar celebrated the gift of vocations to the Religious
Life with several ceremonies: On August 15, 2009, seven Juniors made their
Perpetual Profession; 3 aspirants joined the SPC on August 27; the
Ceremony on August 28 celebrated the First Profession of 3 Sisters and the
Renewal of Temporary Vows of 23 Juniors. Lastly, 8 aspirants are
expected to enter the Postulancy on September 28, 2009.
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Madagascar
New Malagasy Juniors: Sr Chantal, Sr Florine and Sr Kolokedy Bernadette
Juniors prepare to enter the chapel before the Perpetual Profession Ceremony
in Madagascar on August 15, 2009
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FIRST PROFESSION
Cameroon : August 15, 2009
Sister Thérèse TSOGO MVOGO
Sister Olive Mariette TIGA AMBOMO
Sister Elisabeth NGA ETOGO
Wyoming, USA: August 15, 2009
Sister Zennie Phung Lan TO
Madagascar: August 28, 2009
Sister Chantal ODETTE
Sister Florine RAVOLOLONIAINA
Sister Kolokedy Bernadette HARITIANA
PERPETUAL PROFESSION
Madagascar: August 15, 2009
Sister Marie-Goretti RAZERIARIMANANA
Sister Pascaline-Marie RASOAMANANJARA
Sister Claire Marie-Anne RASOANIRINA
Sister Véronique-Bertrand VONENE
Sister Viviane RAZAFINDRAVAO
Sister Marguerite-Marie VONIMIARANTSOA
Sister Yvette-Ursula RASOAMANAMBINA
Central African Republic: August 15, 2009
Sister Esther Mylène BIACKOA
Sister Olga Prisca POUTA
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Going Home to the Father
A new season in eternity
ANTILLES GUYANE
August 18
Sr Eugenie du Sacré-Cœur MIDONET, 98
I am sure
Sr Marietta Thérèse FOURNIER, 80
that I will
Sr Claire de Jesus Yong-ou LEE, 76
see the
Sr Mary Albert BRADLEY, 89
goodness of
CANADA
June 16
DAEGU
August 29
FRANCE
August 25
JAPAN
May 2
May 15
July 25
August 5
Sr Maria Rosario MITSUYA, 81
Sr Hubert SATHO, 82
Sr Marie Rosalie SENGOKU, 74
Sr Maria Johanna HASHIMOTO,84
HONG KONG
Jan 22
June 21
Sr Jean Baptiste TONG, 90
Sr Jean de Jésus TANG, 89
the Lord in
the land of
the living.
MADAGASCAR
July 3
August 7
Sr Marie Madeleine RAMANENTENASOA, 62
Sr Gilbertine Ivola ZIKITINY, 58
PHILIPPINES
June 25
July 29
August 6
August 20
Sr Beatrice Michael FILLER, 94
Sr Mary Loretto MAÑALAC, 75
Sr Mary Bellarmine ARISTORENAS,71
Sr Marie Frances OCAMPO, 86
DANANG, VIETNAM
May 8
May 17
June 30
July 10
Sr Marie Lucie NGUYEN Thi Sau, 97
Sr Marie du St Esprit VU Thi Hoi, 82
Sr Marie Pauline NGUYEN Thi Gioi, 79
Sr Marie Martine VO Thi Bau,69
SAIGON, VIETNAM
May 26
Sr Bernardine de Marie LE Thi Tu, 79
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Psalm 27:13