News and Events

Bucaramanga (Colombia), 28/06/2018, Hna. Luz Karime Mancipe.- Sisters from five structures, Bogotá, Medellín, el Caribe, Santafé, Manizales and Bucaramanga attended the First Meeting on “Affective-sexual-integration in Consecrated Life” from June 27-July 3.

Asunción (Paraguay), 07/02/2018, Sr. Adelaida Alba.- The World Cup of Faith was experienced on June 23, 2018 at the Stadium General Pablo Rojas, in the city of Asuncion – Paraguay. There were over 75,000 Catholics to live the ceremony of Beatification of María de Jesús Sacramentado “Chiquitunga”, thus awakening the faith and love of Paraguayans gathered there from very early hours; one could see the joy in the faces of children, the young and the adults patiently waiting to be allowed in for the celebration.

Roma (Italy), 06/26/2018, Sr. Blanca Aurora Marín Hoyos.- In Rome, the General Assembly of the Pontifical Academy for Life met, from June 25 to 26, 2018. Some sisters of the general government participated. 

Bogotá (Colombia), 22/06/2018, Hna. Adriana Marcela Rojas Rodríguez.- On the evening of June 21, as part of the celebration of the 145th year of the Sisters presence in Colombia, the Provincial Government, the communities of the ‘Casa Central’ and some sisters from nearby communities got together for the blessing of the remodeled areas of the house.

Medellín (Colombia), 06/21/2018, Sr. Ana Cecilia Villegas Cadavid.- The Santa Inés Pastoral Center, in Medellín, hosted 30 Sisters on June 18th and 19th to hold a workshop on Social Media. Space that made it possible to develop some of our own objectives as preachers, that we live the mission in a world that is avid for words, gestures and manifestations.

Medellín (Colombia), 06/20/2018, Sr. Ana Cecilia Villegas Cadavid.- San José de la Marinilla, an Antioquia municipality located less than 47 km from the capital, Medellín, received in 1918, at the request of Father Emilio Botero Salazar, the Sisters Teresa María, Inés del Socorro, Isabel de la Cruz and Presentation, to assume the direction and welcome to the youth that was formed in the Giraldo Institute, dedicated to assist the girls of scarce resources.

Paris (France), 06/12/2018, Corref.- On Monday, June 11th, the Conference of men and women religious of France (Corref), organized a day of awareness and sharing on the theme: “Sexual abuse and pedophilia”. This day has been in the planning of Corref, which had been involved for many years with these questions. In the assembly: 120 men and women religious, responsible for their institutes of apostolic and monastic life.

Amman (Jordan), 04/17/2018, The Community of Amman, Italian Hospital.- On April 17th 2018, His Majesty King Abdullah II conferred upon the Italian Hospital in Amman the King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein Medal of Excellence of the First Order, in recognition of the accomplishments it has made since its establishment in 1928, as the hospital celebrates the 90th anniversary since establishment.

Ligua (Chile), 06/01/2018, Srs. delegation of Aconcagua.- In the Good Shepherd Church located in Quebrada del Pobre, La Ligua city, Chile, it was opened the first processing room of medicinal herbs whose name is Sister Esther Valencia Cárdenas.