{"id":8831,"date":"2017-03-31T12:36:05","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T10:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdipime.org\/vocazione-missionaria\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T12:19:01","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T10:19:01","slug":"missionary-vocation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/missionary-vocation\/","title":{"rendered":"Missionary Vocation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row padding_top=&#8221;20&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;20&#8243;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Missionary! A mysterious word which had the magical power of dispelling every uncertainty, of awakening better hopes\u201d. Giuseppina Rodolfi.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Here is the secret of every vocation: a seed that falls on the <\/strong><strong>good soil<\/strong> <strong>bears fruit in abundance.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9255\" src=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/piccolo-seme-300x150.png\" alt=\"piccolo seme\" width=\"100\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/piccolo-seme-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/piccolo-seme-768x383.png 768w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/piccolo-seme-672x335.png 672w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/piccolo-seme.png 936w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>A SEED: <\/strong>a small story that is special and unique which bears already in itself the necessary requirements for the life of plant just as the story of every Missionary Sister of the Immaculate who bears profoundly in herself all the talents and the resources received from her place of origin, such as Italy, Asia, America, Africa and Oceania.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9258\" src=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/terra-buona-249x300.png\" alt=\"seme che cade in terra buona\" width=\"83\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/terra-buona-249x300.png 249w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/terra-buona-768x926.png 768w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/terra-buona-850x1024.png 850w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/terra-buona-672x810.png 672w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/terra-buona.png 906w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 83px) 100vw, 83px\" \/>THAT FALLS ON THE GOOD SOIL<\/strong>: it signifies that a seed, which is able to find all the suitable conditions for growing. Soil that is not dry without ground and without shrub is able to receive the roots otherwise it would suffocate the tiny plant. Similarly, the seed which encounters in the life of every missionary sister of the Immaculate is the Word of God and profound encounter with Jesus present in day-to-day life. It is the familiarity with the Word of God allows every Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate in every part of the world to know each other more deeply, to perceive one\u2019s own call, and to offer one\u2019s life to Christ.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-9261\" src=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/frutto-pienezza-275x300.png\" alt=\"frutti in pienezza\" width=\"92\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/frutto-pienezza-275x300.png 275w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/frutto-pienezza-768x837.png 768w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/frutto-pienezza-939x1024.png 939w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/frutto-pienezza-672x733.png 672w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/frutto-pienezza-1038x1132.png 1038w, https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/frutto-pienezza.png 1139w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 92px) 100vw, 92px\" \/>AND IT BEARS FRUIT IN ABUNDANCE: <\/strong>in fact, the Missionary Sister of the Immaculate, as per her call and choice dedicates herself \u201c<em>for all life and with the whole of \u00a0life\u201d<\/em> to bring the good news of the Gospel having the desire to make known Jesus Christ to the persons who do not know Him yet in territories far from her place of origin. Every Missionary Sister of the Immaculate present in the five continents experience the inadequacy of bearing fruit (thirtyfold, sixtyfold and hundredfold) in the activities of missionary animation, especially in the pastoral activity of the local Church, evangelization in the villages, schools, embroidery and sewing centers, hospitals and being close to the indigenous peoples.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>God is everything and everything is in his hands. If God wants he will open the way, He will remove every obstacles, better, He will give the strength to face them without drawing back.<\/p>\n<p>Mother Giuseppina Dones.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Do you like to know anything more about the story of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate from different parts of the world? Do you like to perceive anything of their missionary vocation?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here, below, you can find some of them\u2026\u2026.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Last testimonies&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|font_size:30px|text_align:center|color:%23eb0707|line_height:36px&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Shadows%20Into%20Light%20Two%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; link=&#8221;url:%2Fen%2Fcategoria%2Fmissionary-testimonies%2F|||&#8221;][vc_separator]\n\t<div class=\"kleo-carousel-container home-box-news\">\n\t\t<div class=\"kleo-carousel-items kleo-carousel-post\" data-min-items=\"2\" data-max-items=\"2\" data-autoplay=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"kleo-carousel\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n<li id=\"post-74819\" class=\"post-item col-sm-4 post-74819 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-missionary-testimonies\">\n    <article>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/missionary-testimonies\/the-call-that-transformed-me-my-journey-to-mission\/\" class=\"element-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bernadette-480x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-kleo-post-gallery size-kleo-post-gallery wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"hover-element\"><i>+<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/div><!--end post-image-->\n        <div class=\"entry-content\">\n            <h4 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/missionary-testimonies\/the-call-that-transformed-me-my-journey-to-mission\/\">The Call That Transformed Me: My Journey to Mission<\/a><\/h4>\n\n            <span class=\"post-meta hidden hide\">\n                <small><a href=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/missionary-testimonies\/the-call-that-transformed-me-my-journey-to-mission\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"post-time\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2026-02-03T12:01:04+01:00\">03\/02\/2026<\/time><time class=\"modify-date hide hidden updated\" datetime=\"2026-04-01T10:41:37+02:00\">01\/04\/2026<\/time><\/a><\/small>, <small class=\"meta-category\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/categoria\/missionary-testimonies\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Missionary testimonies<\/a><\/small>            <\/span>\n\n\t\t\t                <hr>\n                <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sr. Bernadette recounts her calling: from self-sufficiency to abandonment, from crisis to the joy of self-giving. An authentic testimony of a missionary vocation.\u00a0<\/p>                <\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t\t\t        <\/div><!--end post-info-->\n\n    <\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"post-62924\" class=\"post-item col-sm-4 post-62924 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-missionary-testimonies\">\n    <article>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/missionary-testimonies\/the-seed-of-the-missionary-vocation\/\" class=\"element-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/il_seme_della_vocazione_missionaria-copia-480x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-kleo-post-gallery size-kleo-post-gallery wp-post-image\" alt=\"il seme della vocazione missionaria\" \/><span class=\"hover-element\"><i>+<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/div><!--end post-image-->\n        <div class=\"entry-content\">\n            <h4 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/missionary-testimonies\/the-seed-of-the-missionary-vocation\/\">The seed of the missionary vocation<\/a><\/h4>\n\n            <span class=\"post-meta hidden hide\">\n                <small><a href=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/missionary-testimonies\/the-seed-of-the-missionary-vocation\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"post-time\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2024-03-07T08:28:58+01:00\">07\/03\/2024<\/time><time class=\"modify-date hide hidden updated\" datetime=\"2024-03-29T14:11:42+01:00\">29\/03\/2024<\/time><\/a><\/small>, <small class=\"meta-category\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/categoria\/missionary-testimonies\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Missionary testimonies<\/a><\/small>            <\/span>\n\n\t\t\t                <hr>\n                <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sr Bridget: a missionary life as a tireless Sower of the Gospel. Her story and how she inspired Sr Martha's missionary vocation.<\/p>                <\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t\t\t        <\/div><!--end post-info-->\n\n    <\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"post-62272\" class=\"post-item col-sm-4 post-62272 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-missionary-life category-missionary-testimonies\">\n    <article>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/missionary-life\/the-works-of-god-flourish\/\" class=\"element-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shyla-2-480x270.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-kleo-post-gallery size-kleo-post-gallery wp-post-image\" alt=\"The welcome, affection, respect and acceptance from people were the ground on which I can still learn today, even by making mistakes.\" \/><span class=\"hover-element\"><i>+<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/div><!--end post-image-->\n        <div class=\"entry-content\">\n            <h4 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/missionary-life\/the-works-of-god-flourish\/\">The works of God &#8230;..flourish<\/a><\/h4>\n\n            <span class=\"post-meta hidden hide\">\n                <small><a href=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/missionary-life\/the-works-of-god-flourish\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"post-time\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2024-02-23T14:11:21+01:00\">23\/02\/2024<\/time><time class=\"modify-date hide hidden updated\" datetime=\"2024-02-23T14:11:55+01:00\">23\/02\/2024<\/time><\/a><\/small>, <small class=\"meta-category\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/categoria\/missionary-life\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Missionary life<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/categoria\/missionary-testimonies\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Missionary testimonies<\/a><\/small>            <\/span>\n\n\t\t\t                <hr>\n                <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sr. Shyla, Indian, currently missionary in Italy, tells her vocational story and reflects on the fact that God is present and educates us in every situation.<\/p>                <\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t\t\t        <\/div><!--end post-info-->\n\n    <\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"post-55414\" class=\"post-item col-sm-4 post-55414 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-missionary-testimonies\">\n    <article>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"post-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/missionary-testimonies\/soeur-beatrice-tchi-ignabe\/\" class=\"element-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/beatriz3-480x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-kleo-post-gallery size-kleo-post-gallery wp-post-image\" alt=\"s\u0153ur B\u00e9atrice TCHI.IGNABE\" \/><span class=\"hover-element\"><i>+<\/i><\/span><\/a><\/div><!--end post-image-->\n        <div class=\"entry-content\">\n            <h4 class=\"post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/missionary-testimonies\/soeur-beatrice-tchi-ignabe\/\">Sr. B\u00e9atrice TCHI.IGNABE<\/a><\/h4>\n\n            <span class=\"post-meta hidden hide\">\n                <small><a href=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/missionary-testimonies\/soeur-beatrice-tchi-ignabe\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"post-time\"><time class=\"entry-date\" datetime=\"2023-05-18T17:03:12+02:00\">18\/05\/2023<\/time><time class=\"modify-date hide hidden updated\" datetime=\"2024-02-23T11:18:13+01:00\">23\/02\/2024<\/time><\/a><\/small>, <small class=\"meta-category\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/categoria\/missionary-testimonies\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Missionary testimonies<\/a><\/small>            <\/span>\n\n\t\t\t                <hr>\n                <div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sr. B\u00e9atrice, from Cameroon, is a Missionary Sister of the Immaculate in North Brazil. She tells us her vocation and the journey which brought her to pronounce her definitive YES to the Lord.<\/p>                <\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t\t\t        <\/div><!--end post-info-->\n\n    <\/article>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"carousel-arrow\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"carousel-prev\" href=\"#\"><i class=\"icon-angle-left\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"carousel-next\" href=\"#\"><i class=\"icon-angle-right\"><\/i><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"kleo-carousel-post-pager carousel-pager\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div><!--end carousel-container-->\n\n<div class=\"text-center\"><a class=\"btn sac-btn no-border-radius btn-default btn-xl\" href=\"\/en\/categoria\/missionary-testimonies\/\" style=\"border: none !important;\">See all<\/a><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row padding_top=&#8221;20&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;20&#8243;][vc_column][vc_column_text] Missionary! A mysterious word which had the magical power of dispelling every uncertainty, of awakening better hopes\u201d. Giuseppina Rodolfi. Here is the secret of every vocation: a seed that falls on the good soil bears fruit in abundance. A SEED: a small story that is special and unique which bears already in itself the necessary requirements for the life of plant just as the story of every Missionary Sister of the Immaculate who bears profoundly in herself all the talents and the resources received from her place of origin, such as Italy, Asia, America, Africa and Oceania. THAT FALLS ON THE GOOD SOIL: it signifies that a seed, which is able to find all the suitable conditions for growing. Soil that is not dry without ground and without shrub is able to receive the roots otherwise it would suffocate the tiny plant. Similarly, the seed which encounters in the life of every missionary sister of the Immaculate is the Word of God and profound encounter with Jesus present in day-to-day life. It is the familiarity with the Word of God allows every Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate in every part of the world to know each other more deeply, to perceive one\u2019s own call, and to offer one\u2019s life to Christ. AND IT BEARS FRUIT IN ABUNDANCE: in fact, the Missionary Sister of the Immaculate, as per her call and choice dedicates herself \u201cfor all life and with the whole of \u00a0life\u201d to bring the good news of the Gospel having the desire to make known Jesus Christ to the persons who do not know Him yet in territories far from her place of origin. Every Missionary Sister of the Immaculate present in the five continents experience the inadequacy of bearing fruit (thirtyfold, sixtyfold and hundredfold) in the activities of missionary animation, especially in the pastoral activity of the local Church, evangelization in the villages, schools, embroidery and sewing centers, hospitals and being close to the indigenous peoples. God is everything and everything is in his hands. If God wants he will open the way, He will remove every obstacles, better, He will give the strength to face them without drawing back. Mother Giuseppina Dones. Do you like to know anything more about the story of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate from different parts of the world? Do you like to perceive anything of their missionary vocation? Here, below, you can find some of them\u2026\u2026.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Last testimonies&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|font_size:30px|text_align:center|color:%23eb0707|line_height:36px&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Shadows%20Into%20Light%20Two%3Aregular|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; link=&#8221;url:%2Fen%2Fcategoria%2Fmissionary-testimonies%2F|||&#8221;][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8831","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdipime.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}