On Saturday, October 6, at about 8:11 PM a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck northwest Haiti, its epicenter about 11 miles outside the city of Port-de-Paix. It was followed by strong aftershocks that were felt as far away as Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital. So far, seventeen people have died; 353 houses were destroyed; and 7430, damaged. However, with time these figures will probably rise.
Ten USA-Haiti province participants had the great fortune of attending the Symposium, JM: Jesus and Mary, 200 Years of Faith and Hope, held from October 4 - 6 in Lyon, France.
RJM BICENTENARY CLOSING - Lyon, France: The ten participants from the USA-Haiti Province arrived safely in Lyon on October 3rd at the Symposium, “Jesus and Mary, 200 Years of Faith and Hope.”
Catholic Sisters have long been at the forefront of the death penalty abolition movement in the United States. Last month, Pope Francis made a historic revision to the Catechism calling the practice of capital punishment "inadmissible" in all cases and an attack on the "inviolability and dignity of the person."
On September 18th, the new Provincial Team was installed...
During this last month, July, in Jean Rabel, we have been very busy. Sister Nazareth and the woman in the atelye have been working as always and have had some formation about domestic violence. We have had also two new summer camps.
Our Plainville community had an in-house vacation last week. Each weekday offered a special activity sponsored by one of our members.
On August 5th, Srs. Carmel Ethier, Lina Lavoie, Therese Picard and Diane Dube attended the final Mass at St. Bernadette's Church in Fall River.
Here are the smiling faces of the 300 campers who attended Camp Claudine this July.
This video was created by some of the 260 young people from 23 counties, who attended the International JM Youth Encounter in Lyon, France from July 19-22, 2018, as part of the RJM Bicentenary celebrations.
'For the one who remains with Christ, nothing is lost' Aware of this, I support myself on Him to discover every day to what He is inviting me to live, especially during these past days with the news of the arrival to the Father’s Home of two members of my family.
Alumni, relatives, friends and benefactors of the Religious of Jesus and Mary are invited to pray and celebrate with us as we conclude our Bicentennial Year at the city of our first foundation in the US.
Birth: August 26, 1934
Profession: August 14, 1956
Death: July 14, 2018
It was a simple and pleasant 80th Anniversary Celebration for the Joan of Arc Residence, in San Diego, CA on June 30!
In this issue, on the third anniversary of the issuing of Laudato Si’, we report on many of the Haiti Mission projects, pairing them with quotes from Laudato Si’.
Our country, our CA community of different faiths, different colors, different cultures, young and old from near and far - some from Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego - all gathered this Friday night and Saturday in various parts of San Diego to show solidarity and compassion with the immigrants especially the children.
Pamela Johnson, Chair of the Board of Directors, awarded the Sr. Mary Bourdon Leadership Award at the Washington School for Girls graduation ceremony, on Friday June 15th, saying:
As a co-founder of WSG and former Head of School, Sr. Mary Bourdon provided WSG with outstanding and steadfast leadership for twenty years. The Sr. Mary Bourdon Leadership Award honors a WSG graduate who best exemplifies Sr. Mary’s generosity of heart, determination, and tireless commitment to community.
At the recent General Conference in Rome (May 24-30), RJM from all parts of the Congregation met to discuss the Global Apostolic Plan.
At the Atelyer Thevenet, we do not work all the time. We also have some fun times!
Tee Shirts For Soccer Finals – Roger Jean, (aka Tiden), our friend and long-time main driver, unloaded the parish twinning program sea container yesterday and this morning the truck was unloaded here in Gros Morne and in Garcin. Our yearlong QUEST volunteer, Sofia Pascual, who started the after school sports program, brought the tee shirts to the boys' final games today.