We give thanks to God for the wonderful experienced that He showered upon us! Last sunday we attended Syrian mass in Jerusalem. We witnessed how they celebrate their mass and we were able to know that the order of their mass is quite different from us. We are greatful for their warmth welcome to each one of us. First day of the month giving hands to others We experienced priceless happiness despite of tiredness in helping U.N personnels and volunteers of packing goods for their relief mission to Gaza. Early in the morning last monday September 1,2014 we were all equipped and vehemently prepared for all the works. When we arrived at the venue, we proceeded to the big warehouse where we can start working. Indeed, it was a challenging work because we need to keep on moving and to be fast in passing the cartoons to one another. We were thankful that we were able to give our help to them even in our own little ways. ENTRY TO SUNDAY We had a lovely …

Interreligious Seminar on Prayer The Seminar that we attended talked about the meaning and importance of prayer for the three Abrahamic religions namely: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. During the five consecutive days we tried to understand and reflect together what is prayer, why we pray, how do we pray and the significant of Jerusalem in our prayer life. written by Novice Arlyne.

We had an introduction to Judaism with Sr. Anne. She said that Jews respect the “Torah” and that they believe that God is everywhere, and so, they can pray anywhere. We also learned that Judaism is not only the religion of the Jewish people; it is also their culture and tradition. In addition, we understand better how that Christianity came from Judaism, since Jesus as well as his disciples were Jews. We had input from Sr. Juliana about prayer, using our Constitution and Scripture. We shared two by two on these questions: Why do we pray? What is prayer? We said that prayer is an important part of our relationship with God; we need prayer. We can pray in different ways and for different people, such as prayer for people who are sick or in need, the poor, etc. We said also that prayer is not just words, but an experience which involves our feelings. We need to be silent in order to listen to the word of God. Prayer can renew our energy every …

Sr. Colette sees her Call as a gift from God, a seed that developed after being planted by the hand of God. Growing up in a very poor family where sometimes, as a child, she had to go to school without breakfast because there was just nothing to eat for a family of seven in post-war Ireland.  Things changed when a sister of Sion, a distant relative, working in the school in   Worthing, England helped two children of the family to continue their education in the boarding school in Worthing. That meant that as child I never went home during the school year, as we just didn’t have the money for travelling. So I stayed with the sisters. After finishing my education, it was quite naturally the next step to enter the sisters and become one of them. I went to France for my novitiate and the next couple of years seemed to proceed very naturally, I experienced no big surprises or difficulties; I saw my life like a tapestry woven by the hand of …