Closure
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 08/08/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- Feast of Saint Dominic, a day of closure, of joy for what has been experienced and farewells to new and old friends.
News
Visit to the Archives and Thanks
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 08/07/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- Tomorrow the closure, it seems impossible, but in an organized manner, without great haste and with joy, we have reached the end.
Reaching the End
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 08/06/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- Every day it's a little harder to get up, the almost complete month starts to weigh, but we support each other.
Charismatic Plan
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 08/05/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- The Eucharist puts us in tune with the Word and the work that awaits us. The presiding Dominican, Fr. Christian-Marie Donney, affirms that we must take care of the heritage and memories...
Day of Texts
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 08/04/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- The moderator enthusiastically informs us that we begin Sunday by invoking the name of the Lord.
Encouragement
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 08/03/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- With smiles, we start the day encouraged by the moderator who tells us that “beauty is in the eyes of the beholder,” quoting Leonardo da Vinci.
Deepen and specify
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 08/02/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- Commissions and texts set the tone for the day; we must synthesize to start shaping the chapter document.
Dialogues and Excursion
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 08/01/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- Saint Alphonsus Maria de Liguori accompanies us on this first day of August, eight days before the closure.
Justice and Peace Day
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/31/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- The heat remains very present and we try to ensure it does not significantly affect the work entering its final week.
Video: Words of Sr. Mariamma Paul
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/30/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- Mariamma Paul Ollukaran, our new Superior General, addressed to the whole Congregation.
Transformation
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 30/07/2024, Sor Gemma Morató i Sendra y Sor Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- The Eucharist begins the day, meditating on the Gospel of the day in which we see that Jesus is the translator of God's love on earth.
Various and Diverse Works
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/29/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- After a more restful day yesterday, we started a day full of various tasks and a lot of heat.
Day of Celebration and Gathering
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/28/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- The day started later, thank God. A bit of rest during the chapter activities is as welcome as rain falling from the sky.
Thank you for so many messages
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/28/2024, Editorial staff - www.domipresen.com.- Dear Sisters, Laity and Friends: Receive our most sincere gratitude for your words of encouragement and for keeping us in your prayers. Knowing that you are united with us fills us with hope. We deeply appreciate your fraternity. May God bless you. Chapter Sisters.
The new government was born
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/27/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- The day looked to be a day of hard work and some patience, but in reality it was less than expected, and the new government was born.
General Government
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/27/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- With efficiency and order the General Chapter has elected the new government for the next five years.
Sister Mariamma Paul Ollukaran
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/26/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- As we have already shared, the 56th General Chapter has elected Hna. Mariamma Paul Ollukaran as the new Superior General. This is great news for the entire Congregation; let us thank the Lord.
New Superior General
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/26/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- Today is a big day and we are happy. The 56th General Chapter has elected Sr. MARIAMMA PAUL OLLUKARAN, as new Superior General. May the Lord accompany her and keep her to lead the Congregation along the paths He wants.
Stand Firm
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/25/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- On the feast of Saint James, our retreat ends, which has led us to delve into the modes of prayer of Saint Dominic. Our soul and heart have had the opportunity to rest in the Lord.
Let's pray for each other
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/24/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- The retreat continues in an atmosphere of silence and prayer. Sister Catherine Aubin continues her preaching on the ways of praying of Saint Dominic.
In Retreat
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 23/07/2024, Sor Gemma Morató i Sendra y Sor Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- Sister Catherine Aubin, whom we introduced yesterday, began her sermon by saying that in the midst of a chapter, having a retreat is telling the Lord: You are the Master of time.
What Government Do We Desire?
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/22/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- The question of the day was: What government do we desire?
Commissions Progress
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/21/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- The work continues; it cannot stop even on Sunday; in a chapter, every moment counts. Today, after Morning prayer, we gathered in the hall to organize and continue working in commissions.
“Our vulnerability is a space for grace”
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/20/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- The national holiday of Colombia does not exempt from work, but it marks a festive day for several sisters present here, who, united with everyone, remember the moment their country is living.
Pilgrimage to Sainville
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 19/07/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- At 8 in the morning, we set out for Sainville, our hearts in pilgrimage mode, so that this return to the sources may help and enlighten us.
Economic Report of the Congregation
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/18/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- And as is tradition, the day after the Report on the Life of the Congregation, the Economic Report is presented.
Report on the Life of the Congregation
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/17/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra and Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- Today is an important day for the Chapter that has been working for several days. Sister Maria Escayola, the Superior General, shared and read the Report on the Life of the Congregation 2019-2023, accompanied by the counselors.
The richness of the Congregation
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/16/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra / Photos: Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- Father Orlando Rueda, OP. presided over the Eucharist, as he did yesterday, and urged us in three languages to consider the challenges facing consecrated life today.
Listening to the Spirit
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/15/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra / Photos: Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- Lauds were prayed in the hall guided by Sister Rosmery Castañeda Montoya who accompanied the entire day of reflection.
July 14
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/014/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra / Photos: Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- July 14, national feast day of the French Republic, a great day, but a laboral day that began equally at 8:00 AM with Morning prayer and then we went directly to the chapter room to continue learning about the current life of the structures.
The work has already started
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/13/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra / Photos: Sr. Conchi García Fernández - www.domipresen.com.- The work has already begun, and the presentations of the structures continued: Europe and India in the morning, and the Andes and Medellin in the afternoon.
Opening of the Chapter Under the Guidance of the Holy Spirit
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/12/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra / Photos: Sr. Conchi García Fernández.- Today everything was ready for the opening of the 56th General Chapter and at 8:00 a.m. the day began with the opening Mass dedicated to the Holy Spirit.
A day to organize
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 07/11/2024, Sr. Gemma Morató i Sendra / Photos: Sr. Conchi García Fernández.- A chapter does not start immediately; it needs to oil and adjust all the gears, and today has been that day.
Ready to Start the 56th General Chapter
La Grande Bretèche (Tours), 10/07/2024, Sister Gemma Morató i Sendra.- La Grande Bretèche, throughout the history of the Congregation, has been in constant change and evolution. Now, on the eve of the 56th General Chapter, a new and rich stage begins.
Logo for the Chapter
Roma, (Italy), 11/06/2024, General Government.- Logo designed by Sister Lina María Quintero Ríos, from the Province of Medellín.
Announcement of the 56th General Chapter
Roma, (Italy), 05/06/2024, Sr. Maria Escayola Coris.- Wiht great trust in the Lord THE DOMINICAN SISTERS OF CHARITY OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN announce the celebration of our 56th General Chapter: TOGETHER TO TRANSFORM OUR LIFE AND MISSION.
Time of Synodality
Rome (Italy), 09/14/2023, Sr. Maria Escayola (Circular to the major Superiors).- We are living a meaningful moment in the history of the Church, with the celebration of the Synod on Synodality, which invites us to transform our participation in it and to walk, together with all the People of God.