XXVIII General Chapter
8/05/2023 – 24/06/2023
General Chapter – Fraternity and Comunion
Comunion and Fraternity EventXXVIII General ChapterThis year (2023), we Sisters of Charity of Saints B. Capitanio and Saints V. Gerosa, known as Sisters of Maria Bambina, are preparing to live and celebrate the XXVIII General Chapter, in Rome from 8th May to 24th...
General Chapter logo
The logoThe logo wants to express the vitality of the gift received (the charism) that, incarnated in the diversities of the cultures, unfolds, develops more and more with time, in the history, and it is a flame that enlightens and in its turn pushes strongly towards...
THE PILGRIMAGE
On Sunday 25 June, the Chapter Members made a pilgrimage to Lovere retracing the significant places in the life of our saints. For some of them it was the first time they "touched" the place from which the charism started. Great was the emotion and gratitude!!! Lovere...
CONCLUDING OF THE XXVIII GENERAL CHAPTER
In the last days of the General Chapter, the Sisters in Chapter concentrated on elaborating together the directions, the orientations that will have to guide the Institute in the coming years. On the evening of June 23, the concluding prayer was streamed: "So that...
Great joy for the Chapter Members!!!!
This morning around 9.35, while we were gathered in assembly, a surprised and unexpected visit reached us: Pope Francis, as soon as he left the Polyclinic, came to us and presented himself in the chapter Hall. His ability to get close to us, even in a moment of such...
The Elections
On Monday, May 29, the Chapter members prepare for discernment in view of the election of the superior general and her assistants through the contribution offered by Father Humberto Miguel Yanez: "Seek and choose the will of God". Mother Annamaria offers to the...
The Feast of our Saints
On May 18, Solemnity of the Saints, we live with intensity the Eucharistic celebration presided over by Msgr. Pasquale Iacobone, president of the Pontifical Commission for Sacred Archaeology. A Eucharistic celebration that makes us breathe the joy of being gathered...
CHAPTER WORKINGS
After the preliminary procedures, in an atmosphere of fraternity and prayer and, through the New modality of Formation, the chapter assembly works in the first week on the reconstruction of a first overall view of the Institute by listening to different points of...
Opening Prayer
The opening prayer of the General Chapter – prepared by the sisters the Delegation of Zambia and Zimbabwe – reminds us that we have been gathered from different parts of the world, so that together, in prayer and in reflection, we can look at the reality of...
The Icon of the caress
MessageTHE FATHER, IN JESUS, WITH HIS GAZE AND HIS GESTURES BENDS OVER MAN WITH TENDERNESS TOCOMMUNICATE TO HIM HIS LOVE AND ENABLE HIM TO LOVEI briefly describe the icon although each of you by contemplating it can draw from whatever theSpirit suggests to...
The Retreat
On the evening of April 29, the Chapter Sisters begin the journey of spiritual exercises led by Don Cristiano Passoni, a priest of the Diocese of Milan, and Mother Costantina Kersbamer. The spiritual exercises have as their theme: "Abraham's journey - our father in...
The journey
We started our journey from Milan to Rome by a private bus at 7.45. we had half an hour break for lunch and continued the journey. we arrived in Rome, via Paolo VI at 15.30. The journey was very pleasant and the driver was indeed an expert. We felt as if we had a...