ACI Congregation

New beginnings on the journey!

On the feast of Saints Peter and Paul, four of our postulants entered the novitiate in the Philippines (Tandang Sora). Two are from Congo (Félicité and Exaucée), one from Timor (Mónica),and the fourth is our first vocation from Indonesia (Ulin). Each one was given a cross and a plant. The plant is a symbol representing her vocation. They must care for it, with the help of the community. Before their entrance, they lived through a few days of triduum that prepared them much more deeply within.
So begins this time of deep discernment and confirmation of their vocation.

We pray earnestly for this time of deepening, that the Lord may accompany them, and that we may accompany them too with our prayers.

On the feast of the Sacred Heart, Khatlyn and Kie April, two young Filipino women, began their postulancy in our house in Naga.
And in the feast of Saint Thomas, Princia and Sanjita from India began their postulancy in the community of Snehanilayam, Cochin, Kerala.

Thank you, Lord, and God’s blessings on each one’s journey! We pray for you all.

Our sisters in vows and our junior sisters from Japan, Timor, Vietnam, and the Philippines have gathered in Vietnam to begin, on July 3rd, their personalized spiritual exercises. They are about thirty sisters in all!
Let us pray for them and for this time of grace opening up before them, that they may allow themselves to be shaped ever more by Christ, to serve and love Him better.
AMDG

🎊 A new joy for the congregation!
On June 27, Ota, our sister from East Timor, made her perpetual profession in Balide. A total YES to the Lord, at any cost — surrounded by her community sisters, her family, and her father who accompanied her from heaven.
« Take and eat: this is my body. » Ota chose this word of Christ to express her rootedness in the Eucharist at the heart of her life as a Handmaid of His Sacred Heart. As Handmaids, we are called to receive ourselves from the Body of Christ in daily Eucharist and adoration… and to give ourselves in turn as bread for those around us, especially the most vulnerable. 🍞
Ota is the last of the 14 sisters who made their third probation this year to make her final profession.
🙏 Let us pray for each of them: Stella, Margaret, Ayana, Ashna, Teresa, Dulce, Leonor, Geni, Thư, Lừng, Ngân, Caterina, Mitch and Ota.
Let us also pray for all those in formation and all those in discernment. 💛

Yesterday, our sisters from the Latin American province of the Cono Sur opened their provincial congregation.
And this is no ordinary moment — it’s the first since the union of the province! 🌿
Like their sisters from the Philippines before them, they open themselves to the Spirit to discern together. It is He who allows us to adjust our course to better respond to what the Lord expects of us…
That is the heart of every provincial congregation: to let themselves be guided by the Light to identify where the Institute is called to walk — a path that will be deepened and decided at the General Congregation.
Prayer, discernment, listening… a sacred time to be surprised by the Spirit.
Let us join them in prayer. 🙏
AMDG