Joyce Rushinga

I am Joyce Rushinga, born in Mutare-Zimbabwe. I am from the Zambezi Region. I lived in multi-cultural communities in both Zambia (3 years) and Zimbabwe (1 year) during my candidacy and pre-novitiate programs. I lived with Irish, Zambians, North Americans and an English sister. I am happy to be in the International Novitiate in spite of the challenges and difficulties we encounter in an international community. My little time and experience of novitiate life seems fruitful and enjoyable. The Holy Spirit is working in me and in us all.

Rosellen Boog

My name is Rosellen Boog. I am from Southern California, USA, a multicultural/multinational state. I first came into contact with the RSHM through Sr. Mary Milligan and the SHMEF. As a pre-novice, I lived with a diverse group of women from various cultures at all stages and ages of life. Spending time with the older sisters at Casa Guadulupe and teaching arts and crafts at Good Shepherd Center for women and children, I witnessed the living out of the RSHM charism. As a novice, I am continuing to grow deeper in my vocation and understanding of what it means to be an RSHM in a global context.

Claudenice Barreto Gomes

I am a Brazilian from the city of Janaúba – Minas Gerais. My first contact with the RSCM was in 2001, when they arrived in my city to begin a new community. The simple life and the mission in defence of life helped me to understand the call of God resonating very strongly inside me. In 2005 I started Aspirancy in Belo Horizonte. The experience of Novitiate has been very profound, at every moment I feel myself challenged to enlarge my vision of the Institute and my belonging to an International Institute especially being in my own country. But the important thing is that the grace of God never disappears!!!

Iranete Lucas

I am Iranete Lucas Santana of Moçambique, Quelimane, Província da Zambezia. I knew the RSCM in 2001 in Quelimane, in the Cathedral Parish. In 2003 I lived in the RSCM Hostel. In 2004 I started Aspirancy in Quelimane, and in 2006 I started the Pre-novitiate in the SHM community, in the community of the novitiate. In 2007 I went to the Regional House in Maputo .

Feliciana António de Campos

I am from Moçambique, born in province of Maputo and I knew the sisters in the Province Sofala-Beira in 1999, in Dondo. My experience of the Aspirancy and Postulancy was beautiful because I lived with the Sisters and came to know the life of Institute. This year of 2008 is the year of beginning Internationality as a novice.

Marie Celma Bartolomeu

I knew the RSCM in 1997 when I was a little child and in a very simple climate of inculturation, the charism of Fr. Gailhac captured me - a loving mission of humility and dedication. I felt a desire to know more closely the sisters and over 4 years I started formation by living with the sisters. My experience in the International Novitiate is very good where I deepen my knowledge of the RSCM in their mission of “KNOWING GOD AND MAKING GOD KNOWN, LOVING GOD AND MAKING GOD LOVED” in a globalized world.

My challenges are: intercultural living, internationality and the language. However, internationality, despite being a challenge, is a gift because it enriches us.