Month: August 2020

First commitment of 4 Little Sisters of the Assumption

The Little Sisters of the Assumption are happy to announce the first commitment of Amelie Marie GORETI RAVOLOLONIAINA (from Madagascar) Maria NGUYEN Thi Hien ( from Vietnam) Maria NGUYEN Thi Phuoc ( from Vietnam) Thérèse PHAM Thi Thuy ( from Vietnam) With our community, and our families we invite you to join us in prayer…
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An unexpected call-Lyon-Cavenne(France)

For several years now, in the Territory of France, Belgium, Italy and Vietnam, many communities were closed: Nimes, Brussels, Tours, Choisy, etc, because of our ageing. At the end of February 2019, a new project was created: the opening of a community in an intergenerational and intercultural house in Lyon, run by “Habitat et Humanisme”.…
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Feast of the Assumption 15th August 2020

“A new world is being prepared …”  “In Mary we contemplate a perfect response to the call of God… Her assumption gives us the certainty that a new world is being prepared…” 15th of August 2020! This feast of the Assumption gathers us once again, and in a very particular manner.  All our communities in…
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Ordinary becomes extraordinary!

A day at the Family Health Service of the Little Sisters of the Assumption in East Harlem As I was getting off the elevator, going to get some supplies for the nursing program, the door opened and Kathy, the receptionist, called out in a loud voice: « I need some help here, we have an emergency!…
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Still the Covid !

Testimony of a blind Little Sister of the Assumption in a Nursing Home Confined! It is not easy for many to live through this pandemic, in the EHPAD (Residence for Dependent Old People), especially because we did not know how long it would last! Personally, I entered with the conviction that I had to face,…
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