A LITTLE SISTER OF THE ASSUMPTION BEING BEATIFIED
December 8th, one of our own French Little Sisters, Sr. Paul Helene will be recognized by theChurch and will be Beatified along with 18 other Algerian martyrs who were assassinatedbetween 1994 – 1996. She and Br. Henri Vergès, a Marist, died on May 8th, 1994. They werethe first martyrs of Algeria. The vigil at 8 […]
Province of USA: Memorial in the Santa Teresa Desert, Remembering Refugees Who Died on Their Journey to Hope
At this time when we remember all the saints and souls who have gone before us and remain in communion with us, we want to share a recent experience which marked us deeply. We know it’s one not just for ourselves and is meant to be shared. As we move toward our national elections on […]
Solidarity
My name is Norma Benitez, I am originally from Mexico but I have lived in New York City since 1990, that is when I met the Little Sisters of the Assumption. I now work with them in the congregation’s office in the United States and I am a Lay Assumptionist. I would like to read […]
No one must be excluded.
“ No one must be excluded. God’s plan is essentially inclusive and gives priority to those living on the existential peripheries. Among them are many migrants and refugees, displaced persons, and victims of trafficking. The Kingdom of God is to be built with them, for without them it would not be the Kingdom that God […]
Let us pray with the migrants and forced displaced people :
Refrain from Taizé : En toi j’ai mis ma confiance ô Dieu très saint, Toi seul es mon espérance et mon soutien. C’est pourquoi je ne crains rien, j’ai foi en Toi, ô Dieu très saint. Psalm 137 1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.2 There on the poplars we hung our harps,3 for […]
Please pray for Tigray
Where is Tigray? Many people have not even heard of Tigray. But I have because I lived there for two years in the mid 90’s in a town called Adigrat and two of my three adopted Ethiopian children are from Tigray. We were neighbours of the Irish LSA Sisters, who had gone on mission there […]
56th WORLD DAY OF PEACE
1 JANUARY 2023
No one can be saved alone.
“Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to haveanything written to you. For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come like athief in the night” (First Letter of Saint Paul to the Thessalonians, 5:1-2).
Message on the 70th Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Frs. Kamen Vitchev, Pavel Djidjov, and Josaphat Chichkov
Dear Brothers, dear Sisters, dear Friends, On November 11, 1952, Fathers Kamen Vitchev, Pavel Djidjov and Josaphat Chichkov were executed for espionage in Sofia, Bulgaria, following a mockery of a trial. Their lives were struck down by a machine of the State that claimed to stand for peace and liberty for the Bulgarian people. We […]
Will COP 27 tackle climate injustice?
The 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) will take place in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from 6 to 18 November 2022. It will be attended by government representatives and observer organisations, such as charities, from around the world. What happened at COP26? In Glasgow, Scotland, between 31 October and 12 November 2021, COP26 saw 50 […]
Building the Future with Migrants and Refugees
“Here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.” (Heb 13:14)Dear brothers and sisters!The ultimate meaning of our “journey” in this world is the search for our true homeland, theKingdom of God inaugurated by Jesus Christ, which will find its full realization when he comes inglory. His Kingdom has […]