A SIGNIFICANT STORY OF MY MISSION

“As missionaries, ready to go anywhere and to anyone to announce the Good News of salvation, we are sent in priority to those to whom Christ has not yet been revealed and to those among whom the Church is least present, giving preference to the poorest.” – CS 4 After having pronounced my first vows […]

Encounters with ‘the Poor’ that mark my life

Arriving on mission in Kryvyj Rih – a town in eastern Ukraine where people from all over the country once came in search of prosperity – I did not expect that the greatest wealth of this place would be the poor.   People often ‘paid’ dearly for their relocation in search of better jobs that […]

ZOOM – a Spiritual Reading

Recently, I was added to the Group of Logistics of our Congregation to organize various virtual meetings and Assemblies on the Virtual Platform of ZOOM. Who among us during our Religious Formation had ever thought of a virtual task of this sort? Me, I have never ever imagined it! Therefore, I would like to make […]

Treasure hidden in a field… Mt 13: 44

I am Sr Kowsalya, born into a Hindu family, in a small village in the southern part of India. Hinduism is the third largest religion in the world with over 33 million gods. At home, I prayed to multiple gods. I felt an emptiness and meaninglessness in my life. I was on a quest to know the […]

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 […]

Repentance : the Path of Transformation towards the Future

  … Real transformation starts from the willingness of the heart and of the self to change. It is comes with an attitude of readiness to learn new things that do not bind one to anything, an attitude that looks towards the future and prioritizes the common good, proclaims the Face of God’s Love to […]