22th July: The Closing of the 2017 General Chapter.
Sr Franceline Hien et Sr Marie-Ange Ndayishimiye ont présenté une saynète : une allumette et une bougie ne peuvent remplir leur mission qu’en se mettant ensemble. L’allumette allume la bougie et les deux donnent lumière en se consumant.
The Eucharist:
21th July: This morning’s hymn was: : “Great things happen when God mixes with us”.
The capitulants study the draft of the final document…
20 th July: The peripheries were the theme of Morning Prayer.
The paper hearts were collected in a basket. On them the Sisters had written a periphery to which they felt called today. Each one picked a heart and carried that periphery with the other.
19th July: ‘Go, I am sending you out!’ The road is traced before us. Each one fixes the paper with the call that God addressing to her.
18th July:
To crown the day, Sr Pat Murray, Executive Secretary of the UISG, came to congratulate the new General Council with a magnificent bouquet of flowers.
17th July: The canonical leaders to share their experience
15th-16th July: A Thanksgiving Eucharist for the outgoing and new General Council. Traditionally, the bells are rung for the new General Council. The bells come from Saint Charles, our Mother House !