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Martyrs of Faith and Charity
Written on Wednesday, 23 October 2019 09:24 in News
God of life, Source of hope, the violence within our world, our communities,our families, indeed our very selves Is destroying creation.Make still the restless spirit within me that is self-seeking.Stir within my heart a renewed spirit of reverence, respect, and reconciliation.In union with the Precious Blood of Jesus give me strength to break the cycleof violence by realizing that peace begins with me, Lord.AmenFor more informationhttps://www.adoratrici-asc.org/en/who-we-are/witnesses.htmlhttps://www.adoratrici-asc.org/en/component/k2/item/download/193_53369d29d504a0b8827d0c061a90e780.htmlPray with the ASC Martyrs of Charity and Faithhttps://www.adoratrici-asc.org/en/component/k2/item/download/520_324ba28c509e02444be1fa8788b6a11c.html -
Witness of Hope - Venerable Sister Serafina Cinque, ASC
Written on Monday, 21 October 2019 09:30 in News
“The fire set by interests that destroy, like the fire that recently devastated Amazonia,is not the fire of the Gospel. The fire of God is warmth that attracts and gathersinto unity. It is fed by sharing, not by profits. The fire that destroys, on the otherhand, blazes up when people want to promote only their own ideas, form their owngroup, wipe out differences in the attempt to make everyone and everything uniform.”(words at the beginning of the Synod on the… -
Feast of S. Gaspar Del Bufalo
Written on Monday, 21 October 2019 08:14 in News
Saint Gaspar in love with the Gospel of Christand servant of the voice of His blood;He heard the cry of the poor and oppressedbecoming their brother, friend and defender.By his prayer, give us your graceto live in the world as he lived making us the voice of the little ones, of the defenselessready to give our lives in service for the goodof our "dear neighbor".BLESSINGS TO ALL -
In Rome for the canonization of Cardianl Newman
Written on Friday, 18 October 2019 09:17 in News
The ceremony of Canonization of St. John Henry Newman, together with four holy women of the Church, is now completed; yet the experience of this special moment lingers on with gratitude in the hearts of those of us ASCs graced to witness the event. Our excitement began on the eve of the celebration when the tour group from Newman University arrived at the Generalate. They were truly exhausted as they had been climbing the hills of Rome since early morning,… -
50 years of ASC presence in Tanzania
Written on Sunday, 22 September 2019 11:12 in News
Celebrating to remember and to continue on in the journey. If we were to tell the story about the Jubilee celebration of the Tanzanian Region, we could probably use just a few, simple words that, nevertheless, describe well this event: colors, voices, symbols, dance and song and a great desire to participate. A Jubilee, in the mind of many, is strictly a "private" event but here we had to change our minds thanks to the large number of people who… -
Yesterday and today ... 50 years of ASC faithfulness in Tanzania
Written on Friday, 20 September 2019 10:45 in News
Celebrating 50 years of presence in the country. The Bishop of Dodoma, the Italian Mgr. Anthony Jeremiah Pesce C.P., in 1967 called the Missionaries of the Precious Blood to Tanzania and two years later the Sisters Adorers of the Blood of Christ also responded to the "cry of the Blood" calling them to serve the poorest in the land of Tanzania.It was November 22, 1969 when Sister Romana Sacchetti, Sister Delfina Gnerre, Sister Nicolina Scattaglia and Sister Angelina Palmigiani arrived…