Month: February 2021

1 March – World Day of Zero Discrimination On Zero Discrimination Day this year (download brochure), UNAIDS is highlighting the urgent need to take action to end the inequalities surrounding income, sex, age, health status, occupation, disability, sexual orientation, drug use, gender identity, race, class, ethnicity and religion that continue to persist around the world. […]
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There is some greatness in each of us but sometimes it cannot fully emerge unless we are tried and tested by adversity.  Covid-19, the unprecedented adversity, posed many challenges and transformed them into opportunities in school life. Caught unawares, just before the declaration of the final examination results for all classes for the academic session […]
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Year 2020 was about to end when the lay associates in Negros of the PBVM Philippine Unit came together for a recollection. The theme was ‘Christmas in this time of the Pandemic’. We shared our experiences in this time of the Pandemic and how we were affected. Our strong awareness of the pandemic started in […]
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I would like to offer a personal reflection on my experience of hearing the whisper of my own “yes” as I stepped onto a path that was certainly not a part of my “plan”. I cannot even pinpoint the moment of how it came to be, that I would be working with the Presentation Sisters […]
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In 2017 Sr Marcela Cruz was asked to become Executive Director of Fundacion Tierra Nueva. This was for five years duration – the work of which is transforming lives in the South of Quito. Marcela writes… On my second visit to the Centre, I was very impressed by the leadership team and the results they […]
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Do You Want to Fast this Lent? In the words of Pope Francis: Fast from hurting words and say kind words Fast from sadness and be filled with gratitude Fast from anger and be filled with patience Fast from pessimism and be filled with hope Fast from worries and have trust in God Fast from complaints and contemplate simplicity Fast from pressures […]
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In celebration of St Brigid’s Day yesterday, 1 February, the Irish Ambassador to the Holy See hosted a webinar “Women of Strength and Faith”. Among the four speakers, Presentation Sister, Anne Lyons who is the Congregational Postulator for the cause of Venerable Nano Nagle, gave a wonderful overview of Nano’s life. You can view this most […]
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