For mutual coexistence.

Let us pray that societies where coexistence seems more difficult might not succumb to the temptation of confrontation for ethnic, political, religious or ideological reasons.

SIGNIFICANT ANNIVERSARY DAYS  AND FEAST DAYS IN THE MARIST FAMILY

August 1   St Julien Eymard (died in 1868)

August 4   St John Marie Vianney TOM (died 1859)

August 9   Anniversary of the death of Sr Marie de la Croix (Phelinda Pélagie Augusta Phelippon – Bélep, New Cal                   1908

August 10 Anniversary of the death of Sr Marie du Mont Carmel (Marie Françoise Perroton, Kolopelu, Futuna                          1873)

August 15   The Assumption 

                 (We prepare by community prayer…On the feast of the

                   Assumption or during that week, we spend an hour

                   before the Blessed Sacrament in union with Mary, asking

                   her to thank Jesus for the gift of our vocation and for all

                   the graces received during the year. Constitutions No. 140)

                 Patronal Feast of the Marist Brothers.

SMSM INTENTIONS:

We remember our Sisters celebrating Jubilees and thank God for all the graces they have received in their Marist missionary lives:

70 YEARS

15^th August 1955: Sr. Margaret ARROWSMITH, New Zealand

Let us remember in our prayers:

• SMSM waiting for visas to take up their new appointments.
• Our formators, novices and postulants as they walk together in a synodal manner discerning God's call in their lives.
• For SMSM in transition, our elderly and those with serious health problems.
• For SMSM students and those participating in courses and ongoing formation at this time and the upcoming LTSR.
• World peace especially in the Middle East, Ukraine, Sudan, Myanmar.
• Women and girls facing violations of human dignity, especially from sexual violence used as a weapon of war.
• The unborn that their rights be recognized and honoured and those who courageously advocate for them be supported.
• Our planet earth that its precious resources on land and sea be protected.
• The communities that strive to create spaces of welcome, silence and stillness in the midst of a troubled world be appreciated and their value recognized.
• Our families especially those with aged and sick members, our benefactors and all who do us good.