Dear Sisters,
We greet you from Rome and hope that you are all doing well. It
has been a year since we met in Ouagadougou. Guided by our Sisters of the
General Council, you chose us to make our contribution as sisters of temporary
vows to the General Chapter, which took place from July 1 to 22, 2017. Thank
you very much for having this trust in us. This has been a positive and
rewarding experience. We felt integrated into the assembly. We learned a lot
and admired our elder sisters who put all their hearts and love into this noble
task.
By this word, we simply want to tell you: what our eyes have
seen, what our ears have heard, and what our hands have touched; You will
receive it in your turn in your respective communities. We leave you the thirst
to discover it and to live it.
While waiting to receive the Capitular Acts, let us tell you
from the theme of the chapter that hope is a seed, a door that opens towards
the future. We have witnessed not only our desire to engage in the peripheries,
but also to open doors to fully live our purpose statement.
This chapter has challenged us to leave our comfort zones and
to be leaven in the dough. Carrying hope, let us have the courage to keep alive
the dream and the hope of Cardinal Lavigérie, M. Marie Salomé and our
predecessors.
The Congregation counts on each one of us, regardless of our
stage and age to be bearers of hope, to listen to the voice of the Spirit, to
move together towards the peripheries of our time.
Sisters Marie Ange Ndayishimiye and
Franceline Hien
Congratulations and thanks for having been there for us. I appreciate the work. May the Holy Spirit guide us
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