We pray that the sick who are in the final stages of life and that they receive the necessary medical and human care and accompaniment.

We remember our sisters celebrating Jubilees in this coming year, and thank God for all the graces they have received in their Marist missionary lives.

70 YEARS

Sr Bette Carvelli                 2 February 1954                 USA

SIGNIFICANT ANNIVERSARY DAYS AND FEAST DAYS IN THE MARIST FAMILY

 February 2    World Day For Consecrated Life

February 18  Anniversary of the death of Sr Marie de la Pitié (Françoise Bartet – Ma’ufanga, Tonga 1894)

February 28  Approbation of the Constitutions of the Marist Fathers (1873)

Let us continue to remember in our prayers:

• For all SMSM in transition particularly Sr Cristina and General Council, those taking up new leadership roles in the regions and those joining new communities and ministries.

• All SMSM, thatwe may have a clear sense of our identity and mission and are passionate about its importance in today’s Church and world.

• Our novices, postulants and aspirants who are discerning their vocations, and our sisters who are accompanying them.

• Our generous benefactors who help us by their prayers and sacrifices.

• Those who live in situations of violence and war and persecuted Christians.

• Our sisters, our loved ones and our benefactors who have died recently.