Paris (France), 10/22/2017, Sr. Viviane Martinez.- We hope that the canonical visit will be an intense time of the Congregation, during which each Province, Community and Sister will experience in a special way « the bonds that unite them to the Congregation » as a whole. (Quote from the post visit letter from the General Council).
News and Events
Barcelona (Spain), 10/13/2017, Sr. Gemma Morató.- Tomorrow we celebrate the feast of our founder, Marie Poussepin. We wish you a happy feast, and we offer you a poster/postcard to be able to print and share.
Lima (Perú), Oscar Melanio Dávila Rojas, professor of "Fe y Alegría".- Can we serve others without expecting anything in return or, without pursuing some petty interests of our own? Perhaps, this was the question that Marie Poussepin answered through her example. She devoted her life and actions for the service of the neediest, the forgotten and the frail persons and those who expect very little or almost nothing from society and life.
La Turena (Bucaramanga), 10/04/2017, Sr. Luz Karime Mancipe Laguado.- Eighteen Sisters from the Province of Bucaramanga, who form part of the 1st Graduating Class of 2017 from the Parish School of Catechesis ESPAC, were granted the Diploma for Parish Catechesis during the ceremony which was held on October 4th in Madre Clara Josefina hall of La Turena.
Medellin (Colombia), 15/09/2017, Interprovincial Youth Vocation Ministry Team.- The Second Interprovincial Meeting of Presentation Youth, resulting from the work done by the Interprovincial Vocations Team of Youth Ministry, took place in Colombia the days of September 7 to 10, and within the spirit of the visit of Pope Francis. More than 150 Presentation Youth participated along with Sisters from the five Provinces of Colombia.
Port-au-Prince (Haiti), 14/09/2017, Sisters from Notre Dame de la Présentation Community.- If the passage of hurricanes like Matthew, Irma and many others have sown pain, destruction and poverty in Haiti, Marie Poussepin's passage through Haitian lands has sowed effective gestures of charity. The creative audacity that characterized our foundress is made present through the work of her daughters in the Commune of Croix-des-Bouquets, in Port-au-Prince, the capital of this country.
Lima (Peru), 09/05/2017, Sr. Amira Parra Ardila.- 50 years ago in the port of Callao, Lima-Perú, by initiative of the Marianists Brothers, was born and institution with the only goal of offering a Catholic Education. It started functioning as an elementary school for boys, Holy Cross School, in 1967. Father Charles Labus was the first director and Father Patrick Mc. Cannon, its promotor.
Medellín (Colombia), 09/08/2017, Sr. Ana Cecilia Villegas Cadavid.- The cold of the Capital was no obstacle to leave at dawn to wait for Pope Francisco. At first, they met to wait for him in the Square of Bolivar about 22.000 young people, but before, he had to be received like Head of State. The speeches were brief but forceful. The children always gave the original note and he expressed that this gesture made the protocol more human. He spoke as a head of state and then as pastor, to the bishops of Colombia.