At present we are 735 Sisters working in 95 different houses worldwide. We live and work in many countries in Africa, in the United States, Canada, Papua New Guinea, Germany, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Korea, Indonesia and the Philippines. As Missionaries we try our best, wherever we are, to make for others the love of God visible which we experience ourselves and which gives us the strenght to live this life.
„Come and see!“ - that is our invitation to all those, who take their inner longing serious, who are willing to be challenged by their questions about the meaning of their life, and in this process want to encounter other people, places and forms of life - and meet women with similar questions and longings.
Pope Francis appoints Sr Anna Mirijam Kaschner CPS to the Synod of Bishops
By letter from Cardinal Grech, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops - it was announced that Pope Francis on 7 july 2023 has appointed Sr Anna Mirijam Kaschner cps to attend the World Synod of Bishops
The World Synod of Bishops will take place in Rome from 03-29 October 2023. For the first time, in addition to the elected bishops, priests, religious and lay people with voting rights will also participate in this Synod.
On 1 July, it became known that Sr Anna Mirijam Kaschner was also among the total of 70 "non-bishops" called by Pope Francis to participate in the World Synod of Bishops. Sr Anna Mirijam had already participated in the European Continental Meeting in Prague and will now represent the European continent at the Synod together with 9 other participants.
When asked about her nomination to the Synod, she said: "Personally, I am very happy about the nomination, even though I have a lot of respect for this task. But I am even more pleased that through this nomination, the voice of Catholics in the Nordics will find its way even more clearly into the Synod's discussions, as both Bishop Kozon and I will be participating."
When asked about her hopes for the World Synod, she replied, "The situation of Catholics in the Nordic countries is very different from those in other European countries. We are a Church in an extreme diaspora, but in addition a strongly growing Church - through immigration and conversions - and at the same time a poor Church in rich, strongly secularised countries. Therefore, it is very important to bring these experiences into the world church. From the Synod I hope that the role of women in the Church will be appreciated, strengthened and promoted. Especially with regard to the situation of our Nordic countries, I hope for new impulses for mission and new evangelisation, new joy and hope, but above all a strong sign of the unity of our Church in all the different attitudes and opinions".
*Abbreviation of the Community CPS: CONGREGATIO PRETIOSI SANGUINIS – NAME of the Community in the Latin Language