For Pilgrims of Hope 

Pope Francis requests this month’s prayers “so that this Jubilee strengthens us in faith, helps us recognize Christ risen in our lives, and transforms us into pilgrims of Christian hope.”

SIGNIFICANT ANNIVERSARY DAYS AND FEAST DAYS IN THE MARIST FAMILY

8 Dec:   FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (Preparation by community prayer – Const. 140)

8 Dec:   Canonical erection of the Third Order of Mary in Lyon (1850)

30 Dec:  Pontifical Approbation Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary (1931) 

             (Suggested date for community renewal of vows, Const. 62)

Date and place unknown: Anniversary of the death of Sr Marie de la Merci (Marie Josephine Adelaide Meissonier, France)  

SMSM INTENTIONS:  

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

25 YEARS

  Sr. Aubierge AMOUSSOU   21 December 1999 Rome

  Sr. Juliette SOROPOGUI    21 December 1999 Vanuatu

Let us continue to remember in our prayers:

• The victims of the wars in Ukraine and Israel.  Those affected by the 32 ongoing conflicts in the world at present, ranging from drug wars, terrorist insurgencies, ethnic conflicts, to civil wars.  

• Our sisters, our loved ones and our benefactors who have died recently, and all those who have died because of war and natural disasters.