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Secretaries’ Meeting in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

On 14 -25 March 2017, the workshop for secretaries was held with the theme taken from 2 Corinthians 3:3, “Be a Christ Letter in Serving Others”.

Sr. Walburga Ballhausen, Secretary General from Rome, who, with her known enthusiasm facilitated the workshop.  She asked the participants to reflect on their service, which is a call from God. The ministry entrusted to us is a response to God’s call to love as CPS missionaries; it is a service for the Lord, the Church and our Congregation. We are called to be prayerful, serve lovingly, be present, be available and be ready to enlarge the space of our tent.

Together we dealt with the Spirituality of a Secretary and with the Specific Functions and Tasks of the Secretary. We then shared our work experiences and reports from the different provinces/regions.

The workshop was indeed very enriching and it refreshed our knowledge as secretaries and motivated us to continue in our ministry. Even the non-Secretaries among us, were happy to broaden their knowledge in communication and administrative skills. They appreciated the secretarial tasks and felt inspired and ready to take up the Secretarial Ministry.

In sharing the Profile of a Secretary, the demands of our Ministry became more vibrant:

Love for the Congregation
Spirit of Service
Transparency and Confidentiality
Faithfulness and Loyalty
Availability and Ability for Communication
Team Spirit and Collaboration
Commitment in Transmission
Constant Updating

‘’Having received our mission as secretaries, we try to fulfil it faithfully…”  (CPS Secretaries’/ Archvists’ Handbook pg 7)

The Second Week of Lent 2026
emphasizes that true transformation
begins within. Just as Jesus revealed
His glory after inviting the disciples
to climb the mountain and listen to the Father’s voice, Lent calls us to step out of comfort and grow through prayer, silence, and honesty. It is not an escape from reality but a preparation to face it with faith and courage. This season invites us to open our hearts, listen more deeply, trust more fully, and walk faithfully toward Easter.

We are invited to follow
Christ more closely.
In His humanity, Jesus
was tempted but did not give in.
The devil presented every
possible option to make
He succumbed, yet He remained
steadfast and faithful
to the Father. This reminds us
that we are not called to
rely on ourselves or to
gratify our own abilities.
Instead, we are invited to
trust in God’s constant
help and His faithful
presence, especially in
moments of temptation.

Lent provides us with a perfect opportunity to
“begin again” in our lives as religious women.

Our lives as CPS are rooted in the
continual flow of life, death and resurrection
– the continual dying
and rising with Jesus –
in our own lives and in the lives of those
to whom we minister and meet daily.
But before we can be women of reconciliation
for those to whom we minister and encounter,
we must first be women of reconciliation
among ourselves.

“If no one goes, I go!”
These courageous words of our Founder,
continue to echo in our hearts today.
They remind us that our vocation as
Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood
is rooted in availability, sacrifice and love
without limit.

In this lent season, we are invited to
renew our personal response to Christ,
to go where we are needed, 
to serve even in difficulty and 
to offer ourselves more
deeply to God’s service.

lent is our time to say again,
with faith and courage…

Lord, I go!

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