November 14th is a very special day to every Indian child. Children are the important portion of our life. They give meaning and cheer to our life and mission. We, the sisters of Mornese Vihar celebrated children’s day on 14th November 2017.   We began this day with Mary invoking her blessings on our children by praying the Rosary and with a meaningful Eucharist at 8:45am in the school. We

As we continue celebrating this SPECIAL EVENT in the life of M.M. Mumbai, we the postulants of S.J. T.C. Lonavla got a wonderful opportunity to go to ‘Anmol  – Koparkhairane’. Our animator Sr. Cecilia Crasta accompanied us. It was truly providential that our dates for the mission experience beautifully coincided with that of the 140th anniversary! For the next nine days Anmol was to be our abode. Sr. Magdalene Sequeira,

On the 25th of November 2017 the students of Eco Club along with Tr. Yolanda Ferreira and Sr. Judy Gaikwad participated in the rally for the planet. It was organized by the Green Hammer Foundation. It commenced from Vasai Grounds and ended in Notre Dame School, Vasai. Many schools from the locality took part to create awareness to make plastic free Vasai. Many dignitaries were part of this event and

The long awaited children’s day came together with the World day of poor on November 19, 2017. Lot of hard work for weeks were put together by many hands. The theme for the celebration was “Empowering the children for the better society”.  The day began with the holy Eucharist for the catholic children, organizers and volunteers. Fr. Joaquim Lobo was the main celebrant for the Eucharist.  Fr. Lobo in his

It was a thrilling experience for all the inmates at Auxilium Girls’ Promotion Centre, when we celebrated the 140th anniversary of the first missionary expedition of our sisters in Uruguay. We had the triduum in preparation for this great event taking place in all over the world. Our recipients were given  information, about the missionaries, who they are, what they are, where they come from and where they go …likewise we

14thNovember was a special day for our tuition children of Rojodi. About 45 children from Std. I to Std. IV were present for the celebration. It started about 2.30 pm with a meaningful prayer service.Each child is created by God in his own image and likeness and they are all special and unique. Children also raised their voices in spontaneous prayer thanking God for their life. It was followed by

We at Laura Vicuna Niwas began the tailoring classes through the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKY) Programme supported by the national skills qualification framework, on 15 November with 30 Students. The biometric system was installed and Sr. Pushpa Parmar will be monitoring this sector.The classes were officially declared open on 20 November 2017. We began with a small prayer moment and lighting of the lamp. Sr. Teresa Plathara, the

In honour of the world day of the poor which was celebrated on 19 November, we at Laura Vicuna Niwas, Ahmednagar, invited the children from the Pardhi tribe to our convent on 24 November. They belong to an institution named the Ujwal children’s home and were accompanied by the volunteers and the head of the Institute. We welcomed them with a song, dance and conducted games and action songs followed

On 13 November 2017, We the community of Laura Vicuna Niwas got together to celebrate the 140th year of the arrival of our missionary sisters. We had a prayerful vigil service around the altar decorated with sweet memories of our pioneers after which we as a community went out for a dinner to celebrate the event. A missionary corner was prepared to highlight the 140th year of the arrival of