On 15 August 2020 in the Provincial House of Dhaka – Mirpur, in the presence of Bishop Emeritus mons. Theotonius Gomes, the novice Provati Mardi made her First Profession, thus beginning her journey as Missionary Sister of the Immaculate.
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.
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.
With suitcases as ‘migrants’, on 11.9.1968 sr. Maddalena Pirodda and Sr. Theresa Pathickal (the first Indian MSI destined to the mission outside her country) arrive in Hong Kong. The photo below shows them still in the airport, where the Canossian Sisters would come to pick them up and by whom they would be given hospitality for the first months waiting to start their own communities a...
Sr. Bertilla Capra, amidst the co-staff in Kitchen at VIMALA MUMBAI. Not only the spiritual food to the soul, but also the physical food to nourish the body of the inmates in Vimala.
1970 – Two sisters depart by boat for a visit to the communities located in river areas of Maues.
We celebrate and thank God because He continues to called courageous women to follow Jesus. Sr. Grace Haorei, Sr. Theresa Akunuri and Sr. Lavanya Dundi’s Yes!
Sr. Paula Kumagai in the refectory of the nursing home Fr. Giorgio Frizzini with the tuberculosis patients she was assisting. It was 1999.
The communities of Rome have welcomed the proposal of the General Direction of praying creatively for the forth-coming General Chapter. With this intention a pilgrimage was organized on 27th May Sunday. Following the footsteps of the traditional route of the Roman pilgrims, about 23 km along the “7 Churches” – the Basilicas of the city, we walked, prayed and offered the pilgr...
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