If you wish to collaborate with us, you can sustain a project or sponsor a child through distant sponsorship. But in case you wish to help them from nearbyour mission you can join the Onlus “The Friends of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate” or you can join the MSI Lay Associates.
Presentation of the new site
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Holy Mary of Grace – Rossano, Italy
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See, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? In the desert I make a way, in the wasteland, rivers (Isaiah 43:19). Calabria, South of Italy, here starts “a new beginning”, a new presence for the Province of Italy. A new presence that was desired by many and incomprehensible for others, yet, sprouted in an unexpected way and gradually it took place and became a re...
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Solemnity of the Immaculate
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Remembering the anniversary of our foundation that took place the 8 december 1936, the solemnity of the Immaculate is a very important moment for our congregation. Every year we prepare ourselves with the celebration of the Novena of the Immaculate that unites us in the same “place”, that is “under the high protection of Mary” who protects us and sustains us in prayer and i...
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Living with joy the newness of the mission
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I’m sr. Maria Clara Pires, from Parintins in North Brazil. I reached Hong Kong in 2016, bringing along the desire to insert myself in this mission. I was aware about the challenges, but I believe God is always at my side and he gives me strength and graces to overcome them. At the beginning, I had to learn the local language, which is quite difficult and requires a lot of time, patience and ...
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Preparing for the 5th National Missionary Congress in Brazil
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The launch of the 5th National Missionary Congress is a cause of joy for all. It will help us to reflect on the mission of the local Church responsible for the mission Ad Gentes.
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Reflections on Ecological Education in Hong Kong
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Pope Francis, in his Encyclical “Laudato Si” – highlights with great insights the major issues associated with the worldwide ecological crisis we are facing today. Hong Kong, though a “tiny dot” on the globe, has been confronted with many of the problems mentioned in the Encyclical. Apart from climate change and the different forms of pollution, Hong Kong shares similar phenomena typic...
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A new Bishop for the Diocese of Vanimo
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It was a great joy for us when we heard that Fr. Francis Meli, born in Poi Island, from the Archdiocese of Rabaul, had been elected new bishop of Vanimo.
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50 years of Missionary life ad Extra
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Leave your country, your family and your father’s house for the land I will show you (Gen. 12:11). This is what God asked me half a century ago. Like Abraham I too left my country, my family, people I knew, loved and were dear to me, to go to an unknown and unfamiliar place called Hong Kong to begin the mission there, armed with the only weapon of faith and trust in God. Thus a new chapter in my...
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Praying in Khulna- Boyra…to grow as brothers and sisters!
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271. The different religions, based on their respect for each human person as a creature called to be a child of God, contribute significantly to building fraternity and defending justice in society. Dialogue between the followers of different religions does not take place simply for the sake of diplomacy, consideration or tolerance. In the words of the Bishops of India, “the goal of dialogue is...