III Easter Sunday (Luke 24, 13-35) “And it happened that as they were talking and discussing together about what had happened, Jesus came up and walked by their side… Jesus asked them, “What were you talking about while you were walking?” Everything seemed to be over with the death of Jesus; it is the return…
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It is April 3rd and it is as well the feast of Our Lady of Charity in Cartagena. In a municipal notice, we are invited to go out at 10 pm and sing the “Salve de Cartagena,” a great devotion in this city. The community asked us how this would be done. At 8 p.m.,…
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II Easter sunday (John 20,19-31) “It was the first day of the week”… what week? Because the confinement we are living in makes us lose track of time. Most of the world is in confinement, with doors closed for fear of contagion, illness and death. Now the only enemy is called: Coronavirus. Yes, the virus…
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The Community of Conflans tells us: We’ve been housebound for four weeks now. At the beginning we accepted it by saying to ourselves, we have time to rest, to tidy up, to read, to pray, to find ourselves together…..but the days pass by, the pandemic takes its toll: much suffering, many questions for many. Five…
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Testimonies Confined! A difficult and unexpected experience. Our whole community and inter-congregational life is marked by it. We learned vigilance: a learning to establish a circuit, to limit the number of people in the kitchen, to implement barrier measures. We are confined within the residence, but not in our rooms, and we appreciate the small…
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Christ is truly risen ! “The first Christians made the resurrection of Christ the first affirmation: “God raised him from the dead.” If the Easter proclamation has placed itself at the heart of faith, it is because the risen Christ is also a “resurrecting” Christ … Jesus heals the sick and raises them up. The…
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Autumn is the harvest season. So it was for us during the year 2019. When the government started to support financially home care in Quebec and launched the project of “Local Centres of Community Services”, our communities were asked to contribute and several among us helped to carry out this service to the people. In…
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It is a pleasure for us to share with you a little about our experiences here in the postulate in the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo). We are four sisters and eight postulants, four of whom are first year and four of whom are second year, of different nationalities and dioceses. Our experience here is…
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