October 14-15, 2016 The fifth day of the assembly began with invoking the Divine presence with a hymn. Sr. Mary John introduced Sr. Shalini Mulackal PBVM, the resource person for two days. The focus of her sharing was “UNDERSTANDING RELIGIOUS LIFE AND VOWS TODAY”. She based her presentation on the letter of Pope Francis, announcing […]

The fourth day of the assembly began with holy hour in the chapel integrated with the birthday of Sr. Maria Christina (General Counselor). The Sisters gathered in the dining hall with songs and wishes adding color and creating a festive mood. The group met at 9:00 am in the hall and Fr Jacob continued with […]

The third day of the assembly began with faith sharing based on the gospel of the day. The members of the assembly gathered together at 8am singing and greeting Sr. Dinah Ofosu (Ghana) on her birthday. At 9:00 am the animation group led the assembly with a devotional hymn to the Holy Spirit. Sr Margaret […]

Faith-sharing in the groups was on the Gospel of the day:  Lk. 11:37-41 At the beginning of the session, the participants were given time to view the results of the previous day and to identify recurrent patterns.  The CLT gave an input by way of a creative presentation depicting their leadership journey as in a […]

The day started with the daily faith-sharing in groups on the Gospel of the day – Lk. 11:29-32. Sharing our Understanding and Experiences of Leadership The session opened with an orientation to the process that will be used for the day’s topic:  Sharing our Understanding and Experiences of Leadership.  Basket Process facilitates the sharing in […]

Welcome Address of Sr. Maria Theresia Hörnemann SSpS, our Congregational Leader We meet in a time where we need faith that the Good Spirit, the Holy Spirit is stronger than any other Spirit, stronger than violence and hate, stronger than indifference and intolerance, stronger than weapons and our limited capacities to solve the problems of […]

The 5th SSpS Provincial/Regional Leaders’ Assembly opened with a traditional tribal dance using different symbols that have religious and scientific significance.  The dancers carried on their heads decorated pots. The mouth of the pot is covered with a husked coconut, which is decorated from the sides with mango leaves.  In the Indian culture, these are sacred symbols […]

5th SSpS Provincial/Regional Leaders Assembly Bangalore, India 09-30 October 2016   Theme: Leadership at the Service of Communion Biblical Icon: Multiplication of the loaves and fishes Scripture Text: Mark 6: 30-44 Overall goal: To experience and deepen our communion as SSpS leaders in order to better animate and empower our sisters; so that we can […]