Franciscan Missionary Sisters of
Littlehampton
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Our Missions
St
Francis (Mysore India) |
Priya Niru Damor from Gujerat has been received into the Postulancy. She has completed her pre-postulancy and is very happy to continue her Spiritual journey in the FMSL. Arpitha and Jyothi have joined the pre-postulancy stage. Please keep all this new Community in your prayers. They pray each day for you and your families. |
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| Peru Earthquake: We
are pleased to announce that the Sisters are all fine.
Everyone is shaken by the magnitude of the quake but little structural
damage appears to have been suffered in Santa Rosa. Over the hill in Project
Peru orphanage, some old houses suffered, but no one was hurt. Sister
Barbara has flown out to help. Please pray for all those involved in this
tragedy. |
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| Santa Rosa Peru |
Today
the Santa Rosa Mission is served by Sisters Anne and
Clare (Eugene). The Sisters undertake work in health, education and pastoral
care. They look after the needs of the Parish including looking after
the sick and providing catechesis and preparation for the sacraments.
They also help to train the local women of Santa Rosa to cook and organise
the Comedor. The Comedor provides food for approximately one hundred children
each day. There is also a take away service whereby parents may take cooked
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The money you give helps the Sisters subsidise the food needed to run the Comedor and to maintain it. The Comedor is now fifteen years old and is in need of repair. As people built their houses above the Comedor, the side of the Comedor became ‘filled in’ with rubble and stones. This was then used as a pathway. Observe the white house to the left of the Comedor, this shows the rubble and pathway. |
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The 'Municipilidad de Lima' has an on going project to construct stairways up the hillsides, so that instead of the little pathways up to their homes, people can now take a flight of about seventy steps. Our plan is to make a little fence over the stones, in order to prevent accidents. We have also cleared the earth from the side of the Comedor for the purpose of allowing the building to ‘breathe’. Buildings in Lima are subject to damp because of the climate. The walls will then be treated and plastered. The mothers are cooking in another place at the moment to facilitate us as we make repairs to the Comedor. If it were at all possible it would be great to put on a second storey either in wood or brick to use for catechesis. The area is small, as can be appreciated from the photographs. Therefore the extra storey would be of great benefit to the parish community. |
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Santa Rosa is now established as a Parish with its own Peruvian Priest. This resulted in the Sisters offering the ground floor of the house to the new Parish Priest. The sisters have moved to the floor above with their own front door and telephone. The photos opposite show the interior of their new accommodation.
The Refectory (right) The Entrance Hall (far Right) |
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St
Francis (Mysore India) |
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At the end of November Sisters Anastasia, Benignus and Savio travelled to India to visit our convent in Mysore. The object of the visit was to receive five postulants into the Noviciate and to have another look at the needs of the area with a view to expanding our mission.
Sisters Benignus, Savio and Anastasia with two of the Brothers of Charity, during their visit. (Left) |
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The Sisters have already made many friends in the area. The local residents are keen to get to know the Sisters and offer their services. A local tailor made the new novices’ outfits. There is a Carmelite Seminary in the neighbourhood and they enthusiastically supply priests for Mass and lectures in the convent. The local Capuchin Brothers, the Brothers of Charity, the Divine Word Fathers and neighbouring convents are also eager to share their knowledge and experience with the Sisters. Sisters Savio, Benignus and Anne Joseph in the Carmelite Church. (Right) |
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Promodine,
Elizabeth, Mary Girija and Martha were received as Novices into the Congregation
on 8 December 2006. They have all spent their postulancy in Mysore. However,
they come from all over India. Two are from Kerala and two are from Orissa.
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The
Most Reverend Thomas Anthony Vazhapilly, the Bishop of Mysore, graced
us with his presence during our last visit to Mysore. This was his second
visit to the convent as he had previously visited and blessed the convent
1 April 2006. |
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Life
in India is very different to life in the UK. These photographs convey
a flavour of every day life in Mysore. |
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