Category: Allgemein

General Chapter 2022 – Second Week

The second week of our General Chapter 2022 began with a memorable visit to our Motherhouse in the Netherlands on Monday, 29 August 2022.  After the hearty welcome from our Sisters, we gathered for a festive mass presided over by Bishop Gerard de Korte of ‘s-Hertogenbosch.  This was followed by a sumptuous luncheon and a special […]

General Chapter 2022 – First Week

Greetings from Neuenbeken, Germany where we are gathered for the 14th General Chapter, with the theme, “Rooted in God, Signs of Hope for Mission that has No Boundaries … and their eyes were opened…” (Lk. 24:31)   All Capitulars travelled and arrived well, except for a few who lost their luggage.  On arrival at the airport, we had […]

General Chapter 2022 in Neuenbeken, Germany

With the theme “… and their eyes were opened (Luke 24:31) – Rooted in God, Signs of Hope for Mission that has No Boundaries” the 14th General Chapter of the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood will take place from 22 August – 12 September 2022 in the Mission House in Neuenbeken, Germany. Nearly 40 Sisters will represent as delegates […]

Commitment to Laudato Si’ Action Platform

As we celebrate Laudato Si’ Week, 22-29 May 2022 to mark the seventh anniversary of Pope Francis’ Encyclical on the Care of Creation, we are joining hundreds of thousands of Catholics to celebrate the progress made in bringing the Pope’s encyclical Laudato Si’ to life.  It is also a way to intensify our efforts through […]

A SYNODAL CHURCH: Communion, Participation, Mission

Video Source:  www.jesuits.africa Prayer for the Synod (published by the Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops) As we embrace the Synodal Journey from 2021 to 2023, let us invite the Holy Spirit to be at work in us so that we may be a community and a people of grace: We stand before You, Holy Spirit, […]

Season of Creation 2021 + Healthy Planet, Healthy People Petition

The headline: “It’s official: July was Earth’s hottest month on record.” Since scientists began keeping such records 142 years ago, July 2021 was the hottest month in recorded history. With this news, it can be easy to fall into despair. But that would be a mistake, because we’ve never been in a better position to bring about change for God’s […]

Laudato Si’ Week: May 16 – 24

Laudato Si’ Week is from May 16 to 24 and this year, we are celebrating the Special Anniversary Year of Laudato Si’ on May 24, 2021.  Pope Francis invites us all to complete the transition to integral ecology by 2030.  Various programs will offer dialogue and action to help realize the goals of Laudato Si’ in the […]

St. Joseph . . . through the eyes of Abbot Francis Pfanner

JOSEPH THE RIGHT1 MAN – 19 March 1885 Prior Francis Pfanner of Mariannhill 19 March 1885 Fecit me Deus Dominum universae domus ejus… pro salute vestramisit me Deus ante vos in Aegyptum. The ways of divine providence can best be seen in the life of Joseph of Egypt. After he had made himself known to his […]