Month: February 2018

Nabeul´s community

“Jesus said, ‘Let the little children alone, and do not stop them from coming to me; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of Heaven belongs.” (Matthew 19,14) After we made our Vows on February 2nd we left Jerusalem keeping in our hearts Theodore’s words; „Make your heart the ‘holy land’ wherever you will be.” On our way home we, Andrea and Nancy went to visit our sisters in Tunisia. We had a wonderful week in the Community in Nabeul, Tunisia with Sr. Agnes NDS and Sr. Aracely NDS, who received us with a warm welcome. We bless God for each moment that we lived there and we appreciate our time and our sharing with the sisters in the community life, prayer and their ministries. Their community is really an example of charity and fraternity; they have a harmonious relationship with one another and with others, their friends and their co-workers. Nabeul is a village where the majority of people are Muslim. We had the chance to speak and share with some …

Fear not, O Daughter of Sion!

“…when we live in permanent union with Jesus Christ, we spread the perfume of the Lord around us…” Father Theodore Ratisbonne On the day of the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple and also the day that the Church celebrates religious life, we – Andrea, Maria, Nancy and Lúcia made our first commitment by vows in the Congregation of Notre Dame de Sion. The celebration took place at Ein Karem’s chapel at the convent of the sisters and brothers of Sion in Jerusalem, and Fr. Carlos NDS was the Presider. “The walk of Joseph and Mary to bringing the child to be presented helps us to think about the journey of those two years that you did until you got here. You Maria, Nancy, Andrea and Lucia are sent to be light among the nations. Because we receive our call from God and therefore part of God’s plan in history, our being Sion is not static, Sion is an action. You have had the chance to experience the novitiate here – it …

„St. John in Montana News“ 1/2018

Ein Karem, Friday, 02 February 2018 Time passes quickly and God’s promise to send rain in due season does not visit us often, or is it that human beings by their life style have caused extreme changes to occur in our climate throughout the world? Christmas celebrations and New Year wishes filled the last days of December and the first days of January. In our last preparation sessions, we were asking and searching in the Constitution and the Formation directory to understand the Role of the Stage II Formator and the Role of the Accompanying Sister. Writing our living will and organising our return to our home base was also part of the first days of January 2018. Formation in the Congregational Novitiate is not about necessarily returning to one’s home country but to be prepared to be sent to any country where Sion is present, so Maria`s first community after her vows on February 2nd will be Ecce Homo as she continues to stay for another 3 moths to learn basic Hebrew before she …