After four days of discernment and searching together, allowing ourselves to be enlightened by the Spirit, we are happy to inform you that we have a new team of General Assistants who will support Sr. Rosario Fernández-Villarán in her government of the Institute for the...
We began today with the Eucharist and the Gospel invitation to put out into the deep. Father Josemi Colina, SJ, invited us to alter Peter's words; instead of saying, "Depart from me," we wish to say to Jesus, "Stay with us, for we are small,...
A special day for all the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and also for all those who accompanied us this day with a very special affection. The reception of the remains of Mother Pilar in the church of Martinez Campos - a place...
Today, in memory of St. John de Brito, a Portuguese Jesuit missionary and martyr in India, we began the day with the Eucharist, celebrated by Fr. Nico Widiontoro, an Indonesian Jesuit studying at the University of Comillas in Madrid. During the celebration, he wore a stole...
It is a privilege, as we begin the GC, to retrace the history of the beginnings of the Institute in Madrid. As Father Elías Royón, SJ, reminded us, knowing the roots of our history, remembering it with gratitude, allows us to recreate the present in...
Today, on the World Day of Consecrated Life, we began General Congregation XXI with a prayer in the chapel, presenting to the Lord the current reality of all the circumscriptions of the Institute along with a symbol of each country where we are present. We...
Today, February 1st, celebration of the lunar new year for the Eastern world, we are in the third day of the triduum, very grateful to God for His Presence that is preparing us within. We are also grateful to Fr. Cipriano Díaz SJ, for...
This morning's prayer placed us in the heart of Love: the Heart of the Father. Through Jesus we know this heart and its preferences. Jesus tells us that his Father has revealed himself to the little ones (Mt 11:47). The wisdom of the Kingdom is...
Participating in a perpetual profession is always a great joy, but that joy is even greater when it is the profession of the first three Timorese Handmaids of the Sacred Heart: Fina Barreto, Mingas Magno and Jefa de Deus. They have given their definitive yes...
We have landed in Madrid! We are 48 women, coming together from all the places where the Institute is present for General Congregation XXI. Meeting each other is a gift! In the uncertainty that the pandemic gives to our proceedings, we have arrived and we...
