NEWS & EVENTS
On the weekend of July 23rd - 25th, the sisters taking part in the international session in preparation for final vows visited Taize, the ecumenical community in Burgundy, France. They shared their time there with 4,000 other pilgrims, the vast majority of whom were young people.
Click to see photos or to visit the website of Taize.
RIAD is the name given to International meetings of members of the Assumption family, where the focus is an aspect of Ecumenism or Inter-Religious dialogue.
[RIAD stands for Rencontre Internationale de l’Assomption pour le Dialogue Interreligieux et Œcuménique]
This summer the meeting is taking place in Rio de Janeiro from July 15 to 25, with the theme “Dialogue with the Evangelical Churches”.
Daily updates are available by clicking on the image above or going directly to:
www.riad2010.wordpress.com/
On Thursday 8th July Sr. Elizabeth Dove celebrated her Diamond Jubilee - 60 years of religious life!
Sr. Elizabeth is currently part of the European noviciate community in Paris. Fortunately, she was in London for her Jubilee, so many members of the English Province were able to join her and her family for Mass and a celebratory lunch in St. Catherine's community.
We thank Elizabeth for her fidelity throughout the years and pray that the Lord will continue to bless her with good health and happiness for many years ahead.
Pictures of the celebrations are below.
Sr. Muriel is the Deaf Link Person for the Wanstead parish. She describes this as "being attentive to those with hearing problems, aids that whistle! and generally being encouraging."
She recently attended the Catholic Deaf Association: Southeast regional conference, the theme of which was 'The Road to Emmaus'.
Her account of the conference, illustrated by some beautiful photos taken by John Davies, can be read below.
July 2nd marks 50 years since Sr. Patricia Mitchell of the Newcastle community made vows as a Religious of the Assumption.
We congratulate her on her fidelity through the years, and thank God for the gift she is to the Assumption, to the Church & to the world!
Last saturday there was a wonderful Golden Jubilee celebration for Sr. Patricia; we hope to put some photos on this page shortly, so watch this space...
Visit the new Congregational website [including images of the recently reconsecrated chapel in Auteil and the tomb of St. Marie Eugenie]
[Click on the image above for direct access or go to www.assumpta.fr ]
“We’ve had so many special experiences so far I can’t describe them all, but the photos below, often full of smiling sisters, speak for themselves.”
Click to see photos of the highlights of the first few weeks.
Click to see photos of the visit to Preisch and Metz
This last weekend Kensington enjoyed a short visit from the Provincials of our European Provinces - Srs Josianne of 'Europe du Nord' (Belgium, Lithuania and Denmark), Françoise of France, Patrizia of Italy and Carmen of Spain. Although they spent a lot of time in meetiongs with our own Sr Simon, we were happy that they managed a couple of little outings - to Westminster Cathedral and Abbey and on Sunday to Oxford where after a whistle stop tour of the sites, they had tea with our Oxford community.
Click to read the latest ALVP newsletter, with articles from volunteers in the UK and abroad and news of former volunteers.
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For Past News and Events see the Archive.
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