Remembering and treasuring

The introduction to our founder Théodore Ratisbonne’s Memoirs draws attention to the two principal elements that “forged his …

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Remembering my vocational call

I remember when I used to visit my grandparents; my still-childish eyes would gaze at the pictures and …

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The joy of a life of faith

My contemplative life? It is first and foremost a life of faith. I don’t yet know the full …

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In dialogue with the children of a Jewish school

Born in 1946, after the Second World War, I was marked as a child by articles about the …

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Reaching out at school

Working in the area of education, and specifically in Pastoral Care and Religious Education at the Colégio Sion-RJ, …

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Walking the big Pilgrimage

The word “charity” appears over and over again in our founder Théodore’s vocabulary. He writes in one of …

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Die große Pilgerreise gehen

Machte ich mich mit meiner Bibel im Rucksack auf den Weg nach Jerusalem Das Wort „Nächstenliebe“ ist eines …

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A lifetime in dialogue

I have been involved in the area of Jewish-Christian relations for many years. They are one of the …

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My spirituality in daily life

How to write about a whole life in so few words?! A challenge and obviously incomplete! Every day …

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The ongoing journey of Biblical formation

My first encounter with the Sisters of Sion was as a student at Sion Academy High School in …

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My vocational story as a contemplative of Sion

The apostolate of the Daughters of Sion is, in its essence, carried out through prayer and a life …

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Mary, a magnificent guide in my contemplative life

As contemplatives, we are responding to a call, Follow me, like Abram (Gen 12:1ff), Moses (Ex 3:10), Matthew …

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Interfaith dialogue from an Asian perspective

I grew up in Indonesia, where the majority of the population are Muslims, so I am used to …

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Story of a vocation

It was in the midst of my work as a secretary at the Notre Dame de Sion secondary …

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A choice for life

I have been living in an elderly people’s home in the south of France for some years, with …

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