SOME MORE BLESSINGS

Let us join our  Prayers for their joyful and significant transition in life.

 from our Aspirants in Indonesia….

Aspirant: Agnes Simplisia

1. My name is Agnes Simplisia Ardila Bahan. I was born on March 2, 1995 in Taetimu, Benlutu. I join the Claretian Missionary Sisters on June 20, 2012 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. I am really happy being here with our sisters. I feel that they are just like my family. Here, I learn a lot most especially to love and be humble. Hoping that one day I will be one more a member of  the Claretian Missionary Sisters. Please pray for my perseverance in answering God’s call every day.

Aspirant: Modesta Oki

 2. Hi, my name is Medina Lumban Raja. I was born on August 18, 1990 in Gurubanua, North Sumatera. I have three sisters and three brothers and I’m the fourth child. I joined with the community of Claretian Missionaries Sisters in Jogjakarta on August 8, 2012. I’m really happy and thankful to God in knowing this Congregation. I ask your favor to pray for me so that I can grow to be better and always faithful to Him. “Let me be the smallest from everything to receive His greatest love.”

3. My complete name is Modesta Oki. I was born on March 24, 1994 in Soe, Kupang. I am the fifth amiong the twelve children. I am so happy to be here with our sisters. In this community, I can discover my joy. Please pray for my own joyful perseverance that I may be faithful to Him.

4. My name is Veronika Nyoman Tri Astutu. Usually they call me Tuthy. I was born on May 8, 1995 in Kendari, South East of Sulawesi. I have six sisters and four brothers. I am the eleventh. I join  the community here, being together with the sisters and my companions. They are so loving and kind. I learn many things here especially discovering myself through the classes given by the sisters and in the sharing we used to have. Please pray for my fidelity in answering God’s call every day. Thank you so much.

5. My complete name is Yuliana Bunga Sogen. Usually, people used to call me “Yuli”. I was born in Solor, East of Flores, on June 11, 1993. I have four brothers. My motto is “To be brave”.I took this as a main key in my life to do everything. That’s why with this attitude I come to respond God’s call in Claretian Missionaries Sisters. In this congregation, I really learn how to live in simplicity, be humble and to live together with our own uniqueness. Please pray for my joyful perseverance so that I will be faithful to Him always and to bring others to believe in Christ Jesus.

 

Silver Jubilee Experience shared

25^th Anniversary

October 6, 2012

October 6, 2012 was  a day of great joy for was our  Silver Jubilee celebration . The 25 years of existence of our Congregation here in the Philippines is a journey of joy and pain, struggle and success, loses and gains, smile and tears, failures and victories. With all this experiences the constancy of God’s love and presence in our life sustained us.

As a Postulant and the sole Filipina in formation, I am very grateful and happy to be part of this Congregation. The uniqueness and giftedness of the sisters who came from different countries and with different personalities compliments each other.  It brings richness and beauty in our life in communion. We didn’t choose each other, it was God’s grace and the Charism our Founders that brought us together with one heart and soul, one focus and direction “to make God known and loved by all people”. May we truly live life as new apostles with the torch of the Gospel in our hand.”

                                                                              shared to us by :   Arnita Delos Reyes

United Nation Celebration

Guimaras , Philippines. The Sto. Nino Catholic School celebrated last October 23rd, the United Nation Day , and on the 24th, we had a simple Eucharistic celebration to commemorate the feast of our Father Founder St. Anthony   Mary  Claret and the Marian Month long Culmination activity.

the raising of the flags by the different muses ans escorts

 

floral offering to Mary , Piso Alay Kay Maria para sa Simbahan was also part of the marian month event

St. ANTHONY  MARIA CLARET FEAST DAY

THE COMMUNITY SINGING OF THE MILLION RACES

THE PRE-SCHOOLERS WITH THEIR MILLION ROSES HANDS MOVEMENT

MISSION EXPOSURE

Guimaras, Philippines. The Sto, Nino Catholic School  religious activities in charge Sis. Frigidia Stanislaus had initiated a Mission Exposure for grades 4 and 5 ,to visit the site of the Child and Youth Care Institutions of the Good Shepherds Fold Academy. This institution was founded in 1946 , the only orphanage in Guimaras Province. The purpose of the visit is to deepen  in them the values of Compassion, Generosity and Availability.

The activity was realized last October 25,  half day encounter. There  were sharing of goods from our side, shared merienda, games ,simple presentation from both sides  and house viewing. At the end of the day , the different level  took time to listen from each other share their experiences of the day. After all , in the midst of wind and  heavy rain, they managed to come and  made themselves and others happy with their donations and presence. It was indeed a meaningful experience  for each one.

25th Greetings

VIVA FILIPINAS!

Dear sisters in the Philippines,

We too are proud about these 25 years of Formation & Mission which our beloved 

sisters continue in this lovable place of Philippines.  Our memories too go back to more 

than 15 years and we are very grateful for each one of the sister who collaborated 

in our formation.  

Philippines is our first love in the life of our vocational and spiritual journey.  Many have

contributed in our growth.  This is the time to recall and remember all what we 

gain and lost for our growth.

With grateful hearts we remember and pray for the continuous growth of the mission 

in the Philippines.  

Congratulations and May God bless you all!

Happy 25th Anniversary!

with love,

Sri lankan Community

25th FOUNDATION ANNIVERSARY MORE TO READ

Message

My heartfelt greetings and congratulations to the Claretian Missionary Sisters – Philippine Dependent Delegation, as you celebrate the Silver Anniversary of your missionary presence in the country!

Coming this far is a blessing that each one should humbly recognize. This only shows how faithful God is. Your commitment to your different ministries is also an expression of your generous response to God’s fidelity to you. Yes, you may have gone through some bumpy experiences in the past twenty-five years, but as you look back, you will realize that these were avenues that paved the way for a more relevant missionary presence of your Congregation.  

May you continue to be generous, committed and faithful. I pray for your continuous missionary presence in the Philippines in the coming years.

Yours sincerely,

Leo Dalmao, CMF

Provincial Superior

Claretian Missionaries – Philippine Province

Greetings on the 25 Anniversary of Foundation in the Philippines

Today, we are celebrating with joy the 25 years Anniversary of our Foundation of Quezon City. Many things are coming to my memory of these 25 years. The day of foundation was October, 7, 1987 and the first Eucharistic Celebration in our house was on October 12. At that time, the Provincial Superior was Sister Delfina Llamas and from the year 1988 to the year 2000 the care of the sisters who were sent to Quezon City was entrusted to me. At the beginning, the sisters were living in Maginhawa Street and they were doing their best to learn the language and the culture, following the charism of our Founders Saint Anthony Mary Claret and Venerable Maria Antonia Paris to make known the love of God manifested in our Lord Jesus Christ.  In this our journey, starting with Father Moraleda, we had experienced the continuous support of the Claretian Missionaries, always encouraging us to go on.

The great joy that we can experience today is that the sisters of this community, with great missionary spirit not only have expanded around Philippines – Zamboanga & Guimaras – but also in others countries of Asia such as: India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, East Timor and now Vietnam. The Lord, really, has blessed us and we can see now the fruits of these Foundation. In these endeavors we are also very grateful to the Claretian Fathers for their encouragement and support, especially at the starting of each of these events. We cannot also forget especially, our sisters Inocencia Rodrigo y also Maria Ruth Villalba(RIP) , the two of them were initiating these endeavors.

 

Along these 25 years we have received the help of many persons, spiritually and materially; thanks to them we could continue our journey in spite of the difficulties we have encounter several times. From the bottom of our hearts we give thanks also to them. I remember very well the words of Cardinal Sin when we went to ask him the permission to start the Foundation in this place. With a warm heart he gave to us the permission and told to me:  “I will be glad if in the future you go to China for a misión”. Now in the actual situation we cannot go, but I hope that in our 50 anniversary we can enjoy also this foundation. Thanks also to Cardinal Sin.

May our Immaculate Mother Mary be our model at the service of the Kingdom of God.

Takatsuki -Japan, September, 28, 2012

                        

 Asunta Hori,RMI                                                    

                                                    Superior Asia Viceprovince

CLARETIAN MISSIONARY SISTERS, 25 YEARS OF GRACE IN THE PHILIPPINES

CONGRATULATION!!! Philippine Dependent Delegation!!! CONGRATULATION!!! Japan!!!

The 25 years of grace in Philippines, were without doubt 25 years of grace for the Vice-province of Asia, initially called Vice-province of Japan.

Let us remember the works of the Lord in the historical events of the Congregation in the Philippines and in Asia

One of the important historical events was the Celebration on August, 27, 1955 of the 100^thAnniversary Foundation of the Congregation in Cuba.

The General Superior, Mother Maria Teresa Negroni, decided to commemorate it with the Perpetual Profesion of 20 Sisters, in Reus, beside the tumba of Mother Foundress, and also with the Foundation of the first house in Japan.

Japan was born under the charismatic signs of “poverty” and “communion”.  “Poverty” because the lack of material means,  and “communion” because the union of all the houses of the Congregation sharing with the new foundation have been performed the miracle of life and expansion inside of the country and in others countries of Asia

Moved by the Spirit of the Lord, the Sisters in Japan were willing to share the Claretian Missionary Charism, in other countries of Asia. The first was Korea and the next, impel always by the Spirit of the Lord, was Philippines.

 On October 7^th, 1987, feast of Our Lady of Rosary the Foundation in the Philippines became reality.

Sister Maria Delfina Llamas, the Viceprovincial Superior at that time, started the Foundation and the next Superior, Sister Asunta Hori continued the support and consolidation of the Foundation.

The first Sisters been sent to Philippines from Japan, were: Ruth Villalba y Eduarda Pérez(Oct. 1987); Cecilia Kondo y TeresitaNoi (2 months later) ;Inocencia Rodrigo (Julio 1988).

One year after the foundation, four young Filipina girls wanted to experience our way of life, and with then the formation of future Claretian sisters in Asia have started. Year by year the number of candidates increase, and the Formation House of Quezon City became an international place of formation, full of the joy of experiencing “communion” without frontiers of nationalities and sharing the richness of different cultures. The Sisters in the Philippines with their open welcome and generosity, and Japan providing all the necessary, are truly a grace of “communion”.

From Philippines the expansion of the Congregation became reality.  Inside of the country: Quezon City, Zamboanga and Guimaras. In other Asian countries: Indonesia and Timor Leste; Vocation Promotion in India and Sri Lanka and the formation in Quezon City of the first sisters than later have accomplished the foundation in their own  countries.

Writing this brief article I feel the need to express than my personal history, because the plan of God, form part of the history of Japan and Philippines.  For this I gave continually thanks to God.

Among the 20 sisters that have Professed Perpetually on August 27^th, 1955, commemorating the 100º Anniversary of the Congregation, I, I was one of them. On 1965, I was sent to Japan and on 1988 to Philippines.

MANY GOOD THINGS I CAN TELL ABOUT YOU, JAPAN AND ABOUT YOU PHILIPPINES, BUT HERE ONLY ONE THING I WILL TELL YOU: THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!! Thank you because you have welcomed me and you have helped me to grow in the presence of the Lord.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! FILIPINAS!  CONGRATULATIONS!!! JAPAN!.

 Jogjakarta 19 September, 2012

InocenciaRodrigo,rmi