Going against the tide

“No one can face life in isolation… We need a community that supports and helps us, in which we can help one another to keep looking ahead. How important it is to dream together…” (Fratelli Tutti,n.8) Once upon a time there were two FMM provinces … France-Belgium-Holland-Faroe on the one hand; United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta […]

EMBRACED BY YOUR WORD OF LOVE

I have always thought, Lord… You formed me as I am… You created me…you took me from where I had nothing. I did not exist and you created me with love, at your exact time. It was my special time for You. You begot me, you took me into your hands and I perceived you… […]

My life at the heart of the mission “Go, leave your country…” cf. Gen. 12: 1

I have just finished my initial formation in the novitiate and I have been sent on mission since October 2020 to Cameroon, the second country comprising the province of Congo Brazzaville-Cameroon, specifically in Kouoptamo. It was in this community that Sister Nilda Munis Da Costa did part of her missionary experience. In fact, her missionary […]

Living our charism in the middle of the Bolivian tropic

Introduction: We, the three sisters who were going to integrate the new community of Entre Ríos in the Bolivian tropics, left Chile in March and we reached our goal after five months. Two sisters were stranded in Cochabamba due to quarantine and prolonged procedures. But finally, on St. Clare’s Day, we saw the light and […]

Sharing love with the homeless

For the past five years in Montreal, in our parish, St. Francis of Assisi (Park Extension), the Franciscan Young Adult Group has been organizing the event of “Sharing love with the homeless”. Once a month on a Saturday, they prepare sandwiches and, together with other treats, share them with the homeless. It is a wonderful […]

LAUDATO SI’

All of us can cooperate as instruments of God for the care of creation.