Sr. Silvan Lobo, a pioneer missionary in PNG with Mr. Michael and Mrs. Francil, near Alotau Cathedral. Mrs. Francil was assisting sr. Silvana in the HIV/AIDS Central Programme.

Sr. Silvan Lobo, a pioneer missionary in PNG with Mr. Michael and Mrs. Francil, near Alotau Cathedral. Mrs. Francil was assisting sr. Silvana in the HIV/AIDS Central Programme.
We are in Mansoa in 1981, Guinea Bissau. A group of young men and boys stand around the balafon, the ancient xylophone of West Africa.
A young Sister, Sr. Giuseppina Ciserani, on her way to Hong Kong, passes through India in 1969.
Gudivada School (India) 1968 R.C.M. School Gudivada (Roman Catholic Mission School, can be read on the board). The school of reeds and straw is very dark. So, sr. Serena takes class in the courtyard under the neem tree. We can see the presence of small girls (and not only boys!) in between the school benches.
Community of Monza, everyday life: the sisters still wearing the first black veil, in the years 1945-1948.They are working preparing the yarn, learning to sow their own dress and the embroidery: this in view to be able to teach the women in the mission but also to earn something for the house in the difficult financial period after the second world war. This work continued till the 60es, when the ...
October 1971 to March 1972. Mother Igilda Rodolfi is seen escorted by Sr. Rita Maggioni, the then Delegate Superior to India, for a visit at St. Mary’s Leprosy Centre, Bhimavaram. The inmates of the hospital are seen conversing with Mother.
A quadranscentennial anniversary of the beginning of the MSI Lay Associates at Vijayawada was celebrated with all pomp and gaiety on 21 September 2022, at St. Paul’s Cathedral Church, Vijayawada.
sr. Angela Casati, missionary in Guinea Bissau, tells us something about her encounter with Mrs Danfa, the first Christian of the village of Blassar, 8 km from Bissorà.
What a long awaited and beautiful day in the life of a religious – perpetual profession day – which translates “wedding day” with none other than our Lord and Redeemer, Jesus Christ! The psalm 45 says: “Radiant they shall enter the palace of the king.” And before that: “the king shall desire your beauty”; “the king will fall in love with your beauty”! The psalmist is talki...
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