Editorial

Dear Sisters,

This year, 2019, has been a very important one for our Congregation as each Entity held its Chapter or Assembly in preparation for our 21^st General Chapter which took place in Nemi in May. The preparatory work which you had done in the preceding year, your conviction statements and the posters containing each Sister’s photograph, led us to truly feel your presence and inspired us as we worked together in responding to the challenge of the questions: Who are we together? Who is God calling us to be? What is God calling us to do? We realised that something new was emerging within us and among us and that we were working as one body, moving from “I” to “We”. We felt that we were looking at ourselves and our place in creation through a new lens and that a new consciousness was being created.

                                                                                      Visit to Assisi

 

During our four weeks in Italy we had only two free days and it was arranged that we would go together to Assisi and then to Rome during the following week. On 15^th May we had the privilege of meeting Pope Francis and of having our photograph taken with him. We gave him a copy of In the Footsteps of Fr. Medaille by Sr. Gerard, Visakhapatnam Province. He thanked us, gave us rosary beads and asked us to pray for him. It was an experience which we will remember and cherish always.

As this new phase in the life of our Congregation begins and a new General Leadership Team take up its mandate,   I would like to thank each one of you for the love and support you have shown during the last six years. In 2013 the theme, “All is One”, inspired us to think about all that unites us as Sisters of St. Joseph of Annecy who live and work in eleven different countries. As we came to know each other better through visits, letters, photographs and social media we became even more aware of the family spirit which exists throughout the Congregation. I would like to think that the setting up of our Congregational website www.srsofstjosephofannecy.org and the articles and news which have been shared in “From One Continent to Another”, have helped us to come to this better knowledge and understanding.

I take this opportunity to thank the Sisters who have helped to produce the Newsletter – especially Sisters Mary Francis, Marie Roland and Maria Goretti and our translators, Sisters Thomasina who has now “retired”, Ellen and Anne Rutter. A big “Thank You” too, to all who have contributed articles over the years. I hope that many more will also be encouraged to share their news and stories.

Sisters let us pray for one another as continue our journey into the emerging future.

Affectionately in Jesus

Sr.Pauline Adampukulam

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sr Pauline presents the book to Pope Francis  

 

 

 

 

 

                          

Pope Francis asked us to pray for him