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Celebrating Abbot Francis Pfanner’s 110th Death Anniversary

Many celebrations were held around the world to honour Abbot Francis Pfanner who died on 24 May 1909.  In Rome, we Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood celebrated with joy and pride our Father Founder’s 110th Death Anniversary on 25 May 2019, together with our brothers, the Missionaries of Mariannhill.

Why does Mariannhill make us family?  We do not just passively come together every year to celebrate a ritual memorial.  It is the mysterious founding gift of our ancestral memory – the missionary Charism of the founder of Mariannhill — that makes us brothers and sisters.  – Sr. Monica Mary Ncube, CPS

The Indisputable Founder of Mariannhill – Reflection by Sr. Monica Mary Ncube, CPS

As we step into the Jubilee Year from December 2024 to 2025,

let us invite God the Holy Spirit to enable us to be real pilgrims of Hope

in our communities and among the people we serve. 

 

Father in heaven,

may the faith you have given us

in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother,

and the flame of charity enkindled

in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,

reawaken in us the blessed hope

for the coming of your Kingdom.

 

May your grace transform us

into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel.

May those seeds transform from within both humanity

and the whole cosmos

in the sure expectation

of a new heaven and a new earth,

when, with the powers of Evil vanquished,

your glory will shine eternally.

 

May the grace of the Jubilee

reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope,

a yearning for the treasures of heaven.

May that same grace spread

the joy and peace of our Redeemer

throughout the earth.

To you our God, eternally blessed,

be glory and praise for ever.

Amen (more…)