Serving unity 23/09/2023
Our 12th Chapter has elected a new General Responsible: lsr. Eugeniya-Kubwimana of Jesus, Rwandese and her councilors: lsr. Fiorella of Jesus, Italian lsr. Goneswary of Jesus, Sri Lankan lsr. Monika Greti of Jesus, Austrian lsr. Najiba of Jesus, Iraqi lsr. Pulkeria of Jesus, Tanzanian This choice reflects the beauty and challenge of our call to [...]
Around the well 08/09/2023
Since this morning, we are around the well. We aren’t alone… the Samaritan woman opened the way for us. It’s in her company that we too experience our thirst. And it is thus that our General Chapter has begun. We are together from the four corners of the world. During the Eucharist this morning, l.sr. [...]
Dancing sheets 25/08/2023
Between their two years of theology studies, l.srs. Monika-Anna (from Slovakia) and Justyna-Sara (from Poland) worked for two and a half months in a laundry in Germany. Their accounts alternate here, like echoes, as they recount their unusual “vacation”: My first reaction to the Munich little sisters’ offer was to say no. I couldn’t imagine [...]
Still bearing fruit when they are old 20/08/2023
The end of life is approaching, it’s a reality I can’t escape. I’m trying to adapt to it…” Still bearing fruit when they are old” says the psalm. I hope so! I take advantage and enjoy everything life offers me day by day. I’ve never felt as happy as I do right now, despite my [...]
A surprise “rendez-vous” 10/08/2023
What happens when women from different religious traditions meet up? It was after Mass one Sunday in April that a friend of ours told us with a smile that he and his wife were going to have a blind date that evening. We looked at him, puzzled. A blind date? Then he explained that they [...]
A woman’s journey 29/07/2023
When my mother asked me: “What do you want to be when you grow up?”, I answered without a moment’s hesitation: “A Mom!” But then, after a moment’s reflection I asked : “But do you have to get married to be a mother?” My mother replied, “Yes, of course”. And I said, “But I want [...]
A wonderfully complicated life 15/07/2023
“Desire gives you the capacity”. What St Augustine says about desire captures what we experienced anew during the time we recently spent together. At the beginning of July, 22 brothers and sisters from the big Charles de Foucauld family met together in northern Italy. What a gift to spend a few days together to deepen [...]
Spiritual Starvation 11/06/2023
The Pioneer Home, which had been built as a large hotel, was transformed into a Senior Home l.srs. Nobuko and Damiene and I are now living there. It is being remodeled with new floors, new wall coverings, and new bathrooms, with very modern fixtures and with new furniture. The floor where we lived and where [...]
The ear of the heart 02/06/2023
“A sincere desire knows how to touch deeply the chords of our being, which is why it is not extinguished in the face of difficulties or setbacks. Pope Francis In this Easter season, in this time of joy, the Little Sisters of the Biel Fraternity have taken the time to share on the Pope’s catechesis [...]