On October 11th our Mary Ward family joined in the worldwide celebration of the International Day of the Girl Child, declared by the United Nations to recognize the rights of girls and the unique challenges they face around the world. This year, International Day of the Girl celebrates its 10th anniversary, and gives us an
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Join us in prayer as we celebrate the Opening Liturgy of the IBVM General Congregation 2022.
With the words ‘Jesus say Amen’, the IBVM General Congregation 2022 was officially opened by Sr. Noelle Corscadden, IBVM, Institute Leader. In her opening remarks, she welcomed us to the holy ground of Manresa, where Ignatius experienced deep conversion through ‘moments of illumination, of rapture, of reconciliation and of the Spiritual Exercises.’ This place reminds
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…and they’ve arrived! Today we welcome the delegates to the IBVM General Congregation 2022 as they have arrive throughout the day. Tomorrow, we begin!
The GC support staff and General Leadership are busily preparing for the start of the GC. Setting up meeting rooms, organizing communications, preparing for the opening ritual and liturgy. Here’s a sneak peek of the preparations!
Here we can collaborate online by posting text, images, links, documents, videos and voice recordings. We invite all members to share reactions, prayers and messages for GC delegates and each other. Collaborating with others in openness and trust we become companions in mission, recognising our mutual giftedness, encouraging as well as being encouraged, receiving as
September 16, 2022 marked the 175th anniversary of the arrival of the first community of Loret(t)o Sisters in Canada. Mary Ward’s Institute was brought from England to Ireland in 1821 by Frances Teresa Ball where they became known as Loret(t)o Sisters. In response to requests Teresa sent sisters to India, Mauritius, Gibraltar, and then to
New York, 16, 17 & 19 September. Transforming Education Summit – Keynote on the need to transform education – Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and SDG Advocate. Ms Amina J. Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General and Janet Palafox IBVM our representative at the UN. At this Summit Janet
On the morning of the 8th of September 2022, the members of the General Congregation 2021-2022 for the Congregatio Jesu approved the final statement that they had been working on in the last days of their GC. Final Statement (English) Final Statement (Spanish)
On Thursday, 8 September 2022, the members of the GC approved the final statement and officially ended the General Congregation. See the link to the closing mass on the CJ website here
