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In this Marian month, our Postulancy and Novitiate communities were blessed to make a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Kibeho, Rwanda. We entrust their vocation journey to Our Lady's loving care. May she continue to guide them closer to her Son. 🙏🏾

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Pope Leo's first encyclical Magnifica Humanitas covers artificial intelligence, human dignity, your children's phones, autonomous weapons, doomscrolling, the mystery of the human soul, and why no machine will ever have the final word on what it means to be a person made in the image of God.

The full document is available to download at https://ow.ly/7U6750Z3QAW and official Vatican websites — and it's worth your time. But before you dive in, get a feel for what's inside with these 15 quotes:
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Mary Mother of the Church
Pray for us.

Pentecost Sunday. 🙏

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle in us the fire of your love. 🔥

‘I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. From now on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness...' (2 Timothy 4:7–8)

A faithful servant, lovingly devoted, joyfully given to God… in the spirit of Mary.

Requiescat in pace Sr. Selina Tuilagi. 🙏🤍”

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Le Frère Juan Carlos, conseiller général, se trouve actuellement à Madagascar. Lors d'une visite à Ambositra, en compagnie du provincial, le Frère Alphonse Tiamaro, il a rendu visite à la communauté des Sœurs Missionnaires Maristes (SMSM)

As He returns to the Father, He entrusts us with the mission to carry His love, hope, and peace to the world.

‘Go therefore and make disciples of all nations… and behold, I am with you always.’ (Matthew 28:19-20)

May the Ascension of the Lord lift our hearts toward heaven and strengthen us to live faithfully each day.

Alleluia! The Lord reigns in glory.” ✨

Mother’s Day invites us to give thanks for mothers who nurture life with compassion, strength, and faithful love. In this Marian month of May, we look to Mary, the Mother of Jesus, as the model of motherhood for the Church and the world.

At the final Mass of the recent Apostolic Journey, Pope Leo prayed before the image of Our Lady of Bisila, beloved in Equatorial Guinea and portrayed carrying the Child Jesus on her back in the traditional African style. Her name means “compassion”, a beautiful reflection of a mother’s vocation. When the first image of Our Lady of Bisila was carved, cultural elements were carefully included: traditional scarifications, bracelets, and the Child Jesus carried on Mary’s back rather than presented frontally. While customs and traditions may differ across the world, the love of a mother is universal.

As we honour mothers today, may we also look to Mary as their inspiration, a mother who trusted God completely and remained close to her Son throughout His life. May Mary, Mother of Compassion, walk with all mothers in our broken world, strengthening them with her love and interceding for all families today. 💖🌹

May 8 in France (“Fête de la Victoire”) reminds us of the precious gift of peace. As we also mark the first anniversary of the Holy Father’s ministry, we remember his first public words: “Peace be with you.” Through his constant appeals for dialogue and reconciliation, he invites the world to become a place of greater fraternity and hope. 🙏

We are also called to carry this message of peace into all the places where we are sent. The Gospel deepens this call as Jesus says to us: “Remain in my love.” Only by remaining in His love can we become instruments of compassion, healing, and unity in our communities and in our world.

May we never take peace for granted, but nurture it each day through prayer, kindness, listening, and love. 💙