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A new record of longevity with the sscj!

Among the sisters on the main floor of Notre Dame de Lourdes, celebration is in the air, and what a celebration it was...! Constance Rouvrais blew out 108 candles, and thereby took the lead on all the other centenarians in the Congregation. In France there is an association that follows them day by day, all the women older than 107 and all the men older than 105. I had a phone call with Mr. Denis Le Fèvre, who is the president of the association, and this is…

A first for the Mother House

What initially was an intuition for something in the future at the Mother House has now taken shape with the creation of the position of “Community Assistant”. With the back and forth between reflection time and research carried out by the Congregation with the Province of France, with the help of experts, the criteria for the position were narrowed down. On March 22nd this process came to its completion when Mrs. Brigitte Mercadier was welcomed by Srs. Anne Chapell, Marie-Madeleine Tual , Martine Guichard, treasurer, and…

Remembering

While listening to the Gospel reading, Mark 1: 40-45, for the 6th Sunday in Ordinary time, I relived a beautiful story… The beautiful story of Zilembo, the leper Zilembo is part of the history of the Sisters of Poli. She was attacked by an incurable form of leprosy. She would come on a regular basis to the community so that the Sister who was a nurse could change her dressings. The leprosy was eating away at her hands and feet so that little by little she was…

Window on Social Justice No. 47

As suggested to us by the SSCJ Social Justice Committee from Canada, it is good to open for a moment our windows and our horizons, so as to hear the song of the birds and the clamor of the world. Window on Social Justice no 47 February 2021[4501]