03/02/2010
In 1880 Mother Josephine Batide went with some Sisters to Wennappuwa in search of a place for Foundation. It took them a week to go from Kurunegala to Wennappuwa. In September that same year Mother...
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In 1880 Mother Josephine Batide went with some Sisters to Wennappuwa in search of a place for Foundation. It took them a week to go from Kurunegala to Wennappuwa. In September that same year Mother...
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« The Eucharist is not an object; it is a Person. It is the Saviour - Christ himself in the very act of saving us » - (Eucharistic Congress, Seville, 1993, 11 Basic Text)
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The Holy Family Sisters began working in Katuneriya in the year 1885. In the year 1870, when Sri Lanka was still under British governance, permission was given to open Government Assisted Schools.
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Olga Sacoccio is an Italian sister and a member of the Holy Family. She has been working for years with refugees, immigrants and travelling people.
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The celebration of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees once again gives me the opportunity to express the Church's constant concern for those who, in different ways, experience a life of...
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Nanattan is a village surrounded by natural beauty. The Church of our Lady of Health is very close to the convent. This church was built on 1895. The people of this village are of great faith.
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When Very Rev.Henry Julian O.M.I the Bishop of Jaffna at the request of Rev.Frs. Verlandoor and Huctine O.M.I Rev.Mother Clement Converaux then Superior of Holy Family Convent, Ilavalai newly...
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We congratulate the community of Bradford (Britain/Ireland) who celebrates the Silver Jubilee on 3 January.
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Ten years have passed since that celebrated and feared turn of the century: the year 2000, which many thought would bring disaster, and many more hoped would herald in a new era of peace and...
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The Pilgrimage of the Holy Family, composed by our Founder in 1838, invites us to reflect on the significant events in the lives of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
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Today, 20th of December is a joyful day for the Sisters in the new leadership Team of European Network of France, Italy and Belgium. The Sisters in the Generalate are happy to accord them a...
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A mass activity in observance of the Global Day of Action (GDA) on Climate Change took place on 12 December 2009,in Quezon City Philippines organized by the Campaign for Climate Action (GCCA)...
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“The beginning of a new era in the life of the planet calls for a revised way of expressing our vowed life for mission.
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Here at the Generalate, our two communities have decided to join together for a special time of prayer before and during the Copenhagen Conference on climate Change…
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The theme for World AIDS Day 2009 is "Universal Access and Human Rights" Understanding HIV and AIDS from a human rights perspective can be difficult. Human rights are...
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Early 2009, it has been discovered that Lesotho is the 2nd country in the World having high rate of children born with HIV/AIDS.
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In 1999, the UN General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Violence against women and girls is a problem of pandemic...
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Here we would like to share something of the last formation meeting of Holy Family group leaders, which took place in La Carolina (Jaen) from the 25th to the 27th September.
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On October 24, 1984, three Holy Family Sisters arrived in the Philippines. The mission of Murine FERNANDO, Olivia JOSEPH and Anne-Marie O’BOYLE was to establish a community in the Diocese of...
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