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The Wheel – A Symbol for our new European Province

The Wheel is a symbol of the Trinity, of Community, and also of our new CPS European Province. During morning prayer on 6 May 2018, Sr. Sarto Stürmer CPS shared her “Wheel Meditation” to begin the historic day celebrating the Inauguration of our new CPS European Province and the Installation of our new EU Province Leadership Team.

Wheel Meditation

Symbol for our new European Province:

Our Const. nr. 702 says: “Our structures support us in our shared mission, foster unity and bind us together as Sisters irrespective of nationalities and cultures.”

Axis = Hl. Trinity
Hub = Provincial Team
Outer rim of the wheel = work and apostolates of the Sisters
Spokes = individual Sister: co-responsible for the connection between apostolate and leadership. Each spoke is important; none may be missing. If the wheel remains turning, the load is never on one spoke alone. The load is shared. It may also be consoling for the hub – the leadership: though on one side is pressure from cares and problems, on the other side are the many that encourage, support and help to carry. To keep a wheel moving, the hub has in its middle a round opening for the axis. Without this opening, the wheel does not function; the opening is the triune God. He is the centre of all, he guides and directs all, also our future as a European Province.

We connect with a wheel the thought of quick movement, the urgency of our call. Jesus says to his disciples:

Go to all the nations and make people to my disciples; baptize them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit.
And teach them everything which I have commanded you. Be assured: I am with you always even unto the end of the world.

During the Fourth Week of Lent,

the Gospels show Jesus Christ healing

the sick and giving sight

to the blind, and revealing His unity with the Father,

emphasising that faith in His word brings life

and spiritual light. At the same time, growing

opposition to Jesus and the example of Saint Joseph

highlight the contrast between those who

trust God’s plan and those who resist it.

Third Week of Lent

God’s call to conversion

God patiently calls us to conversion. He invites us to bear fruit through humility, forgiveness, and faithful love.

As we continue our Lenten journey, we are encouraged to trust in God’s mercy, forgive others, and live our faith sincerely each day.

We give thanks for the gift of women in the world.
As religious women, we are called to witness God’s love through service, compassion, courage, and fidelity to our mission.

May our lives continue to be a sign of hope, justice, and dedication, especially to those who are most in need.

Happy Women’s Day.

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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