New General Council of the Spiritan Sisters

New General Council of the Spiritan Sisters

From left to right, Sister Agnes, Sister Lucilina, Sister Olga, Sister Antoinette, Sister Honorine The Missionary Sisters of the Holy Spirit welcome their new General Council, with four newly elected General Assistants, composed of: Sister Olga Fonseca Superior...
Novena for Pentecost

Novena for Pentecost

Fresco on the ceiling of the Chapel of Neufgrange, depicting Sister Eugénie Caps, surrounded by a People of Africa Holy Spirit, unity in diversity                               Let us listen to Pope Francis speak to us of another mission that the Holy Spirit fulfills...
Novena for Pentecost

Novena for Pentecost

The charisms   About the gifts and charisms, the Apostle Paul reminds us that “There are different kinds of spiritual gifts, but the same Spirit gives them. There are different ways of serving, but the same Lord is served. There are different abilities to...
Novena for Pentecost

Novena for Pentecost

The Spirit of Truth Speaking of the Holy Spirit, Jesus had said to his disciples, « When the Spirit comes, who reveals the truth about God, he will lead you into all the truth ». John 16:13. Pope Francis reminds us that the Truth is Jesus himself, and that it is...
Novena for Pentecost

Novena for Pentecost

God dwells in us through his Holy Spirit, as the Apostle Paul affirms in his letter to the Romans, « the Spirit makes you God’s children, and by the Spirit’s power we cry out to God, Father! My Father! ». Romans 8:15. Pope Francis teaches us that we receive this...
8th day –  An intense inner life

8th day –  An intense inner life

For Sister Eugénie Caps, the missionary vocation of the Spiritan Sister, placed under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and the protection of the Virgin Mary, can only lead to the total abandonment of her life to God, to a will to strive towards perfection, even...
5th day – A path to holiness

5th day – A path to holiness

The total self-giving of which Sister Eugénie Caps speaks, calls for a decentering of oneself. It is a path to holiness. That is why, despite the difficulties she encounters, Eugénie always surrenders herself into the hands of God and joyfully welcomes His will....
 Fourth day – Walking in the footsteps of Jesus

 Fourth day – Walking in the footsteps of Jesus

To walk in the footsteps of Jesus, is to give oneself entirely to Him, and in every circumstance, both in moments of joy and of suffering. Eugénie, very aware of this, sees the gift of herself as a response to emergency and a crisis: that of saving souls’’, Cf. Un...
3rd day – Being to Jesus alone, living for Him alone

3rd day – Being to Jesus alone, living for Him alone

     ‘‘Being to Jesus alone, living for Him alone, will involve to make professional choices: working at the Bank of Bouzonville, even if the salary is less than the position offered to her at the station, to have time available for prayer and acts of charity and of...