September 2011

General Council Calendar

September - December 2011

          • September: Council in Rome
          • October 16 – 22: Terezinha on retreat in Rome
          • November 17 – 21: Terezinha and Marie France: Beziers for the meeting of "Assemblée Générale de  l’Association SOURCES SCM"
          • November 23 – 26: Rome: meeting with Chris Partisano and Jo Kennedy in preparation for the 2012 Enlarged General Council
          • December 6 – 10: Portugal: Terezinha and Marie France: Assemblies for Consultation Process for new Provincial
          • December 17 – 28: Beziers: Terezinha, Catherine and Marie France: Experience of Internationality for newer Members
          • December 29: Rome: Terezinha and Catherine
          • December 29 : Marie France visit to her parents

Emilia PelizWHY

     HAITI?

   The Spirit of God came upon me.  He      sent me . . . .”  (Lk 4.18-19)

It was this Gospel text that came to mind and heart when the plane landed in the airport in Haiti, August 11, 2011.   And it is this text that accompanies me, like a refrain, in each new step as it arises.

read more: Emília Peliz, RSCM

M France, Bernadette Crook, Archbishop Elias Chacour“Not everyone is allowed to paint or to write an Icon.  This act is a pastoral act.  It is a mission and a ministry to interpret God’s mysteries, the life of the church and ultimately creation.  Our Iconostasis has become the jewel in Galilee.”

Elias Chacour, Melkite Archbishop of Galilee, spoke these words about the icons of the Church of the Sermon on the Mount in Ibillin.  He was speaking of the work done by our Sr. Bernadette Crook (NEP) who undertook this immense project that took eight years, in this large village of 11,000 people (Palestinians, Muslims, and Christians) 45 minutes from Nazareth.

read more: Ibillin

TerezinhaI have experienced the presence of the Living God in my journey of 50 years of Consecrated Religious Life, “By day the LORD went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light...” Exodus 13: 21-22.

read more: Golden Jubilee

St. Patrick'sThe International Formation Commissio:
Maria Emilia Peliz, (POR) chair; Natividade Invilua (MOZ), Ellen Marie Keane (EAP), Catherine Patten, (General Council), Rosa da Lima Pereira (BR), and Catherine Gough (Novitiate) welcomed new members Florence Muuka (ZAM) and Joan Treacy (WAP) at their meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, July 24-30.  We met at St. Patrick Center, the former novitiate of the Kiltegan priests.  We began with personal sharing about our own experiences of formation and growth in religious life.  All agreed that this was time well-spent!

read more: IFC Lusaka

Rita PessoaThe Opus Prize: Sister Rita Pessoa, R.S.H.M., of The Association of Small Rural Producers of Jacaré, Bahia, Brasil received the 2011 Opus Prize of $100,000

read more: http://www.lmu.edu/resources/opus.htm
http://www.lmu.edu/resources/opus/pessoa.htm

Judith Lupo, RSCMFaith-Based Social Services in Brazil
Sister Judith Lupo, RSCM

 "I think the first, first thing is to love people. They need money also to survive, but it’s not just to get money or to learn things, it’s to learn in a way that it’s with love."

read more:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/episodes/november-4-2011/faith-based-social-services-in-brazil/9859/