On the 6th of May, 2006 we celebrated our 50th anniversary. The celebration took place at St. Timothy parish in Miami, after the mass we had a dinner dance in benefit of our missions. It was a wonderful opportunity to share with others the joy of evangelizing in the US. The mass was celebrated by Bishop Peņa, who is the bishop emeritus of Holguin, Cuba. He coincidentially also celebrated our 150th anniversary in Santiago de Cuba and felt honored to speak about our congregation and Claret.
During the last days of December (26-30, 2005) we met at the Miami Youth Center to reflect and share under the guidance of Cristina Ruberte, our Vicar General that came from Rome. We studied the Conclusions of the XV General Chapter, which took place in Spain this summer and sought to apply it to our local situation. It was a great opportunity to share and pray together. Bishop Roman celebrated the opening mass and different friend priests followed thereafter. View the pictures on the next column...
Profession
of Vows. Karina and Lili make their first vows on February 2004 and receive
their first assignements . Karina will do her pastoral year in West Palm
Beach, at Holy Name parish and Lili will join the sisters of Mayo in their
ministry with Hispanic in the rural areas of the Diocese of St. Augustine.
They chose as their motto "Give freely what you have freely received."
Profesion
of Vows. With great joy another young
sister, Tere Gallarreta,
has made her first vows on
February 2nd, 2005 at St. Timothy parish. Tere grew up in that parish,
attended its school and youth group. She participated in Encuentros
Juveniles many years. She has been assigned to the community of Mayo to
serve the Hispanics in that area. Since
August
of 2002, our sisters Yolanda and Elisabet were sent to the Diocese of St.
Augustine to open a mission to serve Hispanic immigrants in this rural area.
