09 January 2012
Rome, 8 January 2012
Feast of the Lord’s Baptism
Dearest Sr. M. Gemma Victorino, Provincial Superior
and Sisters of the Philippine/Taiwan/Hong Kong - Province,
I give thanks to God for each of you and for the abundant gifts of grace and apostolate that accompany our PDDM presence among the pilgrim People of God in the Philippine/Taiwan/Hong Kong Province.
This letter is to formally announce the fraternal visit in your Province, according to our Rule of Life.
I will be with you from February 14 to March 19, together with Sr. M. Leticia Bantolinao, General Councilor and Sr. M Agar Coreno, General Bursar, as you will see in the program attached to this letter.
Praying and reflecting together, we could grow in awareness of the spiritual and human resources that are present in each of you and in the communities, conscious of the ever maturing spirituality of communion within and outside the Congregation. In the light of the Word of God, the Eucharistic Mystery and the story of salvation written in our hearts, we desire to search for God’s will for the future of our PDDM presence and mission the world over, and in particular, in your concrete situation.
Aware of the complexity of the moment in which humanity lives and which touches us all, let us renew our faith in God and prepare ourselves to face the challenge of the multicultural context in which we are inserted. Let us put every talent to fruition that we may contribute to the coming of the Kingdom of God, the reign of Jesus Master, Way-Truth-Life in the world.
I am with you in prayer, with the wish that you may grow more and more in our charismatic identity and mission, as persons and communities called to be bread blessed, broken and shared for the life of the world. The Rule of Life and the General Directory always inspire our life as Sister Disciples of the Divine Master also during the fraternal visit. Let the visit be a time of grace and communion, and an experience of co-responsibility, renewing all in the sense of belonging to the Congregation.
I suggest that you prepare yourselves for the fraternal visit praying the “Secret of success” composed by our Founder.
Entrusting the visit to the intercession of our Mother M. Scholastica, I greet you all, in communion with the sisters of the General Government, especially the sisters who are preparing to be with you. I invoke upon each of you the fullness of the Lord’s blessings.
In Jesus Master,
Sr. M. Regina Cesarato
PDDM Superior General