Spouse of Christ forever!

Spouse of Christ forever!
The province 'S. Gaetano 'of Africa recently experienced the joy of the final profession of three sisters :
- Sister Bernadette and Sister Elise said their definitive yes on 23 January 2021 in Kouvè (Togo);
- Sister Hortense made her perpetual vows on 6 February 2021, in Abidjan (Ivory Coast), in the village of Anonkoua-Kouté where she was born and brought up.

Both celebrations were preceded by a vigil prayer, together with the sisters of the neighboring communities, who lived with them, to pronounce their yes to the Lord.
The essential aspects of consecration in a religious Family have been expressed through three symbols:
- the Word of God and the Rule of life – following of Jesus and holiness in everyday life;
- the booklets 'You will recognize them by their fruits' - belonging to the Congregation and its mission of charity.
The two Eucharistic celebrations were respectively presided over by Mons. Isaac Jogues Gaglo, bishop of the diocese of Aného and by Cardinal Jean Pierre Kutwa of the diocese of Abidjan and made it beautiful and solemn by the participation of many people and also with their joyful songs.
The celebrants encouraged the sisters to continue their journey with fidelity, to live the gift of themselves in humility and full availability of their service, to be ambassadors of peace and witnesses of the Gospel.
The symbols, that each sister chose to express her definitive commitment to live, were significant.
- Sister Bernadette: the pumpkin that represents availability and service;
- Sister Elise: the baobab which expresses strength and perseverance even in difficulties and weaknesses;
- Sister Hortense: the palm plant that represents the total gift at the service of God and of the brothers and sisters.
The feast ended with the joy of all the people to thank the Lord for the gift of these sisters and to ask for the grace of fidelity for them; the final profession, in fact, is not a goal, but a stage in life that requires so many other generous yes.



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A perpetual yes, multiplied by three !

A perpetual yes, multiplied by three !
"Bride of the Eternal King, receive the wedding ring
and keep your faithfulness to your Spouse intact,
so that He may welcome you into the eternal wedding ".

These are the words that the celebrant, His Eminence Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, spoke, calling by name Sister Maria Goretti, Sister Maria Theresa and Sister Natalia who, on July 3, pronounced their ‘yes’ in perpetual profession, thus confirming before the Church their will to consecrate themselves to the service of the Lord and of their brothers and sisters all throughout their lives.
Several sisters who were present in the general house in Rome and all the others, scattered throughout the world, made their closeness felt with fraternal affection and above all with prayer.
Sister Natalia, Sister Maria Goretti and Sister Maria Theresa now fully belong to the religious Family of which they are very dear daughters.

We wish each one a long life of fidelity, lived in joyful generosity and humble dedication.

We invoke upon them the blessing of Mary, the Mystical Rose and the intercession of our Father St. Luigi, asking that they may accompany them on the path of holiness.


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Get out of your land and go where I will show you

Get out of your land and go where I will show you
"Get out of your land and go where I will show you ...". These are the words of a song that for years accompanied the missionary mandate of priests and sisters who left their homeland to go on missions in another country.
And this is what we have experienced in recent days, almost simultaneously, in Rome, Lomé and Cochabamba.
Yes, because Sister Delia Breton and Sister Prisca Polo, both nurse-sisters just over forty, left the general house in Rome on August 16 and 17 for their new missionary destination: Sister Delia, a Bolivian, is the new gift for the mission in Togo and Sister Prisca, from Togo, is for the mission in Bolivia.
This is the fruit of the path of internationality that the religious Family has been carrying out for some time. Several sisters, in fact, have already lived their service of charity for years in a geographical and cultural context, different from that of origin, precisely by virtue of one mission to which we are all called with religious profession, but it is the first time that a Bolivian sister goes to Togo and a Togolese sister goes to Bolivia and it is the first time that this exchange takes place in same days.
In the attached photos we can see, in addition to the greeting of departure, the festive welcome reserved for the two sisters, a tangible sign of joy and fraternity; Sister Delia and Sister Prisca are clearly recognizable, one among the African faces and the other among the Bolivian faces.

Now that we know they have happily reached their destination, we leave them, as Father Luigi wrote at the end of his letters, 'in the Most Holy Hearts of Jesus, Mary and Joseph', begging them to bless, guide and guard them.
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Did you call me? Here I am, Lord!

Did you call me? Here I am, Lord!
PROVINCE OF AFRICA 'SAN GAETANO' - LOME '/ TOGO

On 15 August 2021, the solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is marked by entrance to novitiate of five postulants, Bernice, Clémentine, Charlotte, Félicia and Thérèse.
During the short ceremony, a sign that distinguishes this stage of the formative journey was given to them: the crucifix. It is an invitation to conform to the Word of Jesus who asks to always follow Him, even when it can cost sacrifice, and it can only be done with love, as He did. The words of the Father also resounded in the hearts of the five new novices. St. Luigi who urges them to make their love grow for the Lord, by fixing their gaze on the Crucifix.

On 22 August 2021, three young aspirants, Aubine, Nina and Olga, began the first stage of their formation, the postulancy.
This is the stage in which one learns to become a disciple. A disciple is the one who listens to the Master, lets himself be instructed and guided by him; he learns to know his Master better and to love him. For the journey of Aubine, Nina and Olga, the most suitable tool that helps them to become good disciples of Christ is the Word of God that was given to them, together with a medal of Mary, the disciple par excellence, to guide them to his Son Jesus.


On 11 September 2021 was the day of the first profession of Sister Marie Christine and of Sister Marie Sosthène Sévérine.
The ceremony began the previous evening with a vigil that emphasizes the importance of the event: offering of life to the Lord by professing the three vows of chastity, poverty, obedience, before the Church.

On the day of the first profession our tradition of choosing a 'religious surname' that is both an expression of the spiritual experience lived and an orientation for life in the following of Christ, is significant. Sister Marie Christine chose to call herself 'of the love of the Good Shepherd' and Sister Marie Sosthène Sévérine 'of the Divine Will'.
The two newly professed sisters were given the Rule of Life, the text on which they will be called to model their life of fraternity and mission, and the religious habit, a sign of belonging to the religious family.


To the five postulants, Bernice, Clémentine, Charlotte, Félicia and Thérèse, to the three novices, Aubine, Nina and Olga, and to the two newly professed, Sister Marie Christine and Sister Marie Sosthène Sévérine, we wish that they may grow with joy in love of the Lord and in fidelity to His call.



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Yes forever to God's faithfulness

Yes forever to God's faithfulness
Rome, 2 January 2022 - 22 January Lomé (Togo)
These two dates mark the day of the perpetual profession of Sister LEONARDA (in Rome) and of Sister PAULINE, Sister FRANCOISE and Sister FLORENCE (in Togo).
Their 'yes' to the Lord, which began in the early years of formation, is now pronounced before the Church and welcomed by the religious Family in which they are fully hinged: thus it has received the seal FOREVER, as a faithful response to the fidelity of God.
For Sister Leonarda, the distance from her homeland, Bolivia, was made up for by the affection of so many sisters, as well as by the great honor of having His Eminence, Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, as the main celebrant.
As is customary, Sister Florence, Sister Françoise and Sister Pauline, during the ceremony, each manifested to the assembly their commitment to follow the Lord through symbols: the ash to express the fragility of the creature placed in the hands of God, the lamp as an expression of the love that must enlighten the brothers and sisters even from afar, the clay pot which, in the hands of the great Potter, lets itself be modeled according to His project.
We invoke abundant blessings from the Lord on each of these four newly professed sisters.
We wish them that the feast they lived, with so many other sisters and with the joyful participation of the people, be a pledge of a long journey of charity, holiness, fraternity.
May the enthusiasm of self giving to the Bridegroom Jesus remain in their hearts and may they be bearers of goodness and serenity wherever the Lord calls them to serve Him in their brothers and sisters.
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At the beginning of our house

At the beginning of our house

“Without memory we lose our roots and without roots we cannot grow” Pope Francis

On 1 February we remember the origins of our religious Family, the Sisters of Providence.

To commemorate the 185th anniversary of the birth of the Congregation (1 February 1837), a simple exhibition was set up at Fr. Luigi Center in Udine to tell, even visually, this wonderful story of charity and providence.

The documents are collected in four groups; the first two tell significant historical facts and the other two underline the educational activity carried out by our sisters.

For each document there is a caption with: the date, the author and the recipient, a small summary, a partial or full scan of the text.

WE INVITE ALL OF YOU TO VISIT THE EXHIBITION VIRTUALLY, by downloading the attached PDF immediately after the photos (see ATTACHED DOWNLOADS).

We hope that these images can help relive the spirit of the Institute's origins and give our hearts an extra touch of warmth, trust and hope.

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The religious Family grows…

The religious Family grows…

MARCH 19, 2022

The religious Family of the Sisters of Providence is celebrating on this day because it celebrates SAINT JOSEPH as its spiritual guide and entrusts itself to him with great love and confidence. Also because thre are new young girls begin or continue their path of formation in religious life.

In Lome, Togo, two novices, Sister Solange Nikuze and Sister Florence Amoussou made their First Profession, committing themselves, for a year, to live in poverty, chastity and obedience.

In Yangon, Myanmar, three postulants, Cecilia Ya Aye, Giovanna Su Su Chit and Rose Mary Kit Mu began their Novitiate.

Also in Yangon, four aspirants, Agnese Ngai Mu, Benedetta Amplate, Cecilia Ling Awi and Maddalena Mar Dar began the first formative period which is the Postulancy.

Let us pray for each of these sisters, invoking on their journey the blessing of the Virgin Mary, Rosa Mystica and Mother of Providence, and the intercession of our Father St. Luigi.

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Light and Hope: the new generations of our Religious Family

Light and Hope: the new generations of our Religious Family

We share with the visitors of our website the joy of the recent events that have marked the formation journey of some young girls who are experiencing life according to the charism of the Institute, in the spirit of the Founder, St. Luigi Scrosoppi.

Lomé-Togo: 7 August - Feast of St. Cajetan Thiene, protector of the Congregation

BEGINNING OF THE POSTULANCY FOR 5 young girls: AGNES, THERESE, BERNADETTE, EDITH, THERESE

Lomé-Togo: 15 August - Solemnity of the Assumption of the Most Holy Mary.

BEGINNING OF THE NOVITIATE FOR 6 postulants: DEBORAH, DIANE, NINON, MARIE REINE, NADEGE, THERESE

Roxas City-Philippines: August 22 - Memory of Mary Most Holy Queen

BEGINNING OF THE NOVITIATE FOR 4 postulants: AGNES, BENEDETA, CECLIA, MADALENA

Barrackpore-India: 8 September - Feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mary

BEGINNING OF THE POSTULANCY FOR 8 young girls: GENEVIEVE, IADASHIHA, KILSE, NIKITA, RACHEL, SANJANA, SUSHMA, SUSHMITA

​Barrackpore-India: 8 September - Feast of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mary

BEGINNING OF THE NOVITIATE FOR 6 postulants: IMMACULATE, JOBALIN, JOSPAM PRATIVA, SEDEKHONO, TANISHA

May our prayers and affection accompany them. We invoke abundant divine grace upon each of them for a joyful and faithful journey.

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First steps of a long way

First steps of a long way
On 8 September, together with the sisters of India, we experienced a day of joy and thanksgiving to the Lord for having given to the religious Family some young girls who have begun or continued their journey of initial formation.
Indeed:
- 7 aspirants have started the POSTULANCY: Immaculate, Jobalin, Jospa, Pinki, Prativa, Reshma, Sedekhono
- 5 postulants have begun the NOVITIATE: Anugraha, Baiahunlin, Bashilda, Divya, Elizabeth
Their smiling face is a manifestation of a serene heart that desires to respond to God's grace with a life of commitment and coherence.

Let us pray for each of them, entrusting them to the maternal intercession of Mary, Mystical Rose, the mother of every vocation, She who always accompanies the steps of those who want to follow her Son Jesus on the path of holiness.


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THANK YOU after 25 years!

THANK YOU after 25 years!
The anniversary of religious profession is always an opportunity to give thanks to God of life for his grace.
Recently some sisters celebrated their 25th anniversary of profession:

- Sister Rosilene da Silva Brito, Sister Cleusa Aparecida de Oliveira and Sister Teresinha Ferreira Silva in the National Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aparecida, in Brazil, on 19 June 2023
Sister Elisabeta Butnaru in Udine, Italy, on 11 June 2023;

All are unanimous in affirming with joy: "What made us persevere in responding to the vocation were not our abilities or our strengths, but the experience of the mercy and faithfulness of God, who never abandons those who trust in Him , as our Father Saint Luigi reminds us".

Their fervent prayer, on this day of joy, is that there are other young people who have the courage to respond to the desire that lives in the depths of their hearts and through which God speaks and also calls them to a life totally given for the Kingdom.




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