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August 2016 News, including a mention of the Marist Sisters:
Coming to the Aid of Cyclone Victims in Fiji
When Cyclone Winston struck the islands of Fiji last March, Archbishop of Suva Peter Loy Chong was quick to get his flock mobilised. From the outset our Sisters joined others in offering practical help and emotional support to those worst affected. Sr Mariana, as Director of the Commission of Justice and Development, was sent by the Archbishop to the badly damaged island of Koro. She was part of a team who spent a week offering support to the traumatised and organising relief aid. The pictures tell the story...
We Marist Sisters belong to UNANIMA International: Bringing the "Feminine Soul" to the UN
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A Young Marist Sister Prays for The Gambia
Our mission country the Gambia has been declared an Islamic State. Following this statement many are wondering about the future of Christianity in this country. On Saturday, 05 March 2016, all Christians: Catholics and non-Catholics gathered at the "Independence stadium", with a common intention: PEACE and UNITY in GAMBIA.
The leaders of the Gambian Christian Council (Roman Catholic, Anglican and Methodist) invited their faithful Christians to answer massively to this appeal. The faithful Christians entrusted their dear homeland to the Creative God, Only King, through prayers, praises, meditations on biblical verses and thanksgiving.
All together as one body, they implore the God's protection and care on The Gambia. The Assembly of God let ring the following words: peace, unity, justice, truth, wisdom, love, courage etc.…
Marist Response to Laudato Si
We Marists (four General Councils), representing the one Tree with its several branches, gathered from 14 -16 January this year to study the encyclical Laudato Sí with a view to discerning how we might respond to Pope Francis’ compelling words.
Full statement...
Lenten Challenge
In response to Laudato Si' you might like to consider the actions suggested in the Lenten Calendar below and adapt them to your local conditions.
(PDF document available in Reflection Corner)
Mercy and faithfulness have met, justice and peace have embraced. Psalm 85
In our Marist Charism
...be always humble…
love work and the hidden life.
Simplicity, the very greatest simplicity,
should be your only ornament...
A Marist Sister’s sole desire should be
to resemble the little family at Nazareth
—there she will find the perfect models of
poverty, simplicity and love.
Mother St Joseph (foundress) RMJ 108,2
Mary’s presence today
Awake to new possibilities
Responding in love
Inspired by the Gospel
Sisters, simply sharing life and gifts
Tending and caring, protecting and nurturing!
... Creation can only be understood as a gift
from the outstretched hand of the Father of all,
and as a reality illuminated by the love
which calls us together into universal communion.
Laudato Si, 76
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Aqui: RMJ 280:60 “They were seen only in church and in the homes of the poor and the sick.”
Senegal
Aqui: Constitutions #33 Convinced that the Good News of salvation is for all, we must work actively to announce the Gospel wherever our superiors send us. Whatever our task, our lives have no meaning if they do not proclaim Jesus Christ, present in the world , transforming and saving it.
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Mexico
Aqui: RMJ 107:2 "O my child, love prayer, love prayer again, love to converse with God, talk with Our Lord..." -
Canada
RMJ 108:3 "Always be a bond of union between your sisters so that all may have but one heart and one soul ...
Fiji
Constitutions # 49 We discover in the mystery of the Blessed Trinity ...
Australia
CMJ 65.1 Be all very united. support each other in the little troubles of life.
Italy
Our Lord alone can satisfy our hearts which must live and yearn for him alone. CMJ 85:1