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Sion Centre UK – November | December Programme

Sion Centre UK – November | December Programme

The Sion Centre for Dialogue and Encounter in London (UK) welcomes participants to a new series of online sessions. All courses are in English, and the times indicated are local to the UK. For further information, please visit the SCDE website or write to...

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CBF, Jerusalem | Spring/Summer 2024 programs

CBF, Jerusalem | Spring/Summer 2024 programs

Registration is open for three courses at the Center for Biblical Formation (CBF) in Jerusalem.   The courses combine classroom study with field-based learning and excursions. Accommodation and full board are provided at the Ecce Homo convent in the Old City of...

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Sion Centre UK – November | December Programme

Sion Centre UK – October Programmes

The Sion Centre for Dialogue and Encounter in London (UK) welcomes participants to a new season of online sessions. Themes of biblical and theological formation will be addressed, with some nuances and creative ways to look at the texts. All courses are in English,...

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Weekly Parasha commentary

Weekly Parasha commentary

8 August Sr Rita Kammermayer, NDS, has written a commentary on this week’s Parasha Readings, on the theme:   “You shall rejoice in your Festivals!” If you would like to read the commentary, it is available on the website of the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian...

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CERJUC, San José – August 2023 programme

CERJUC, San José – August 2023 programme

Registration is open for the upcoming season of courses at Sion-CERJUC (Centro de estudios bíblicos y relaciones judeocristianas).   The weekly sessions will be in Spanish.   For more information or to attend via Zoom, please contact CERJUC:...

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Sunday Readings Commentary

Sunday Readings Commentary

26 July Sr Diane Willey, NDS, has written a commentary on this Sunday’s liturgy, on the theme:   The Quest for Greater Value   If you would like to read the commentary, it is available on the website of the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish...

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Sion at the ICCJ conference

Sion at the ICCJ conference

This June, a delegation of eleven members of the Family of Sion had the joy of representing the Congregation at the annual conference of the International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Under the theme: “Negotiating Multiple...

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Weekly Parasha commentary

Weekly Parasha commentary

18 July Sr Diane Willey, NDS, has written a commentary on this week’s Parasha Readings, on the theme:   “As a Man carries his Son” If you would like to read the commentary, it is available on the website of the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish...

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Sion’s 95 years in Box Hill, Australia

Sion’s 95 years in Box Hill, Australia

This month, Our Lady of Sion College in Box Hill, Australia, celebrates its 95th birthday. School Prinicpal Tina Apostolopoulos shares some early history in the school’s latest newsletter:   “The College began with six sisters of Our Lady of Sion and 15 students....

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Weekly Parasha commentary

Weekly Parasha commentary

20 June Sr Diane Willey, NDS, has written a commentary on this week’s Parasha Readings, on the theme:   “From Defilement To Purification”   If you would like to read the commentary, it is available on the website of the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian...

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Two sisters become Members of the Order of Canada

Two sisters become Members of the Order of Canada

Sion sisters, Rossbrook House staff, family and friends joined Sr. Bernadette O’Reilly and Sr. Margaret Hughes, NDS, as they were inducted into the Order of Canada on 6 June, in appreciation of the forty years of life they dedicated to the children and youth of inner...

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Sunday Readings Commentary

Sunday Readings Commentary

30 May Sr Margaret Shepherd, NDS, has written a commentary on this Sunday’s liturgy, on the theme:   God so loved the world   If you would like to read the commentary, it is available on the website of the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish...

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Weekly Parasha commentary

Weekly Parasha commentary

30 May Sr Rita Kammermayer, NDS, has written a commentary on this week’s Parasha Readings, on the theme:   “A Light to the Nations”   If you would like to read the commentary, it is available on the website of the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for...

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Social media in the religious sphere

Social media in the religious sphere

As Sister Arlyne Del Valle Casas scrolled through the of USIG-Social Communication Facebook page, an advertisement for a course on Social Media and Evangelization caught her eye, and she signed up. Sr. Arlyne shares her experience in a Q&A about the course so far,...

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Sunday Readings Commentary

Sunday Readings Commentary

16 May Sr Rita Kammermayer, NDS, has written a commentary on this Sunday’s liturgy, on the theme: We have come to know and have believed!   If you would like to read the commentary, it is available on the website of the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre...

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International Sion Student Meeting – Kansas City, USA

International Sion Student Meeting – Kansas City, USA

A Sion perspective on the environment was at the heart of the 3rd international Sion student meeting, named “Laudato Sion: Spaces of Dialogue with the Global Community and Creation”. Running from 17 to 22 April, it coincided with this year’s Earth Week and concluded,...

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Sunday Readings Commentary

Sunday readings commentary

14 May Sr Diane Willey, NDS, has written a commentary on this Sunday’s liturgy, on the theme:  How Awesome Are Your Deeds   If you would like to read the commentary, it is available on the website of the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish...

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Sunday Readings Commentary

Sunday readings commentary

18 April Sr Diane Willey, NDS, has written a commentary on this Sunday's liturgy, on the theme:   In the Breaking of the Bread   If you would like to read the commentary, it is available on the website of the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for...

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Sion Centre UK – November | December Programme

SCDE (London) – April to June 2023 programme

The Sion Centre for Dialogue and Encounter in London (UK) welcomes participants to a new season of online and in-person sessions. Audio recordings of the online sessions are uploaded on the website at this link, usually a week after each event. In-house, the SCDE...

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Passover-Easter at the CBF in Jerusalem

Passover-Easter at the CBF in Jerusalem

    The Passover Easter program in Jerusalem included participants from many countries and continents. The students were guided by highly qualified professors who focused on themes in the Biblical texts of Exodus, Isaiah, and the Gospel of John, which were...

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Easter: passage and renewal

Easter: passage and renewal

The feast of Easter is a moment of passage and renewal on the continuous journey of life. It reminds us of God's passage through human history that enables us to move forward every day. The stone in front of the tomb has been set aside. Jesus has risen and invites us...

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Bat Kol Institute – 40th anniversary

Bat Kol Institute – 40th anniversary

People from all over the world joined together online on 27 March to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the founding of Bat Kol Institute. Bat Kol teachers, Alumni and friends shared testimonials and tributes to Sr. Maureena Fritz, NDS, whose brainchild Bat Kol was....

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Sunday Readings Commentary

Sunday readings commentary

19 March  Sr Margaret Shepherd, NDS, has written a commentary on this Sunday's liturgy, on the theme:   Light over darkness   If you would like to read the commentary, it is available on the website of the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish...

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A 2nd year of online biblical courses in Brazil

A 2nd year of online biblical courses in Brazil

ConSagraE – Conheça a Sagrada Escritura has just launched a second year of biblical courses in Portuguese. Like last year, the 2023 programme, which started on 6 March, offers paths to deeper insight about texts in both Testaments of the Bible.     The programme...

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CERJUC, San José – 1st semester 2023 programme

CERJUC, San José – 1st semester 2023 programme

For the first semester this year, CERJUC (Centro de estudios bíblicos y relaciones judeocristianas) offers a series of weekly courses in Spanish on biblical themes.   To attend via Zoom, please contact CERJUC: cerjucsion@ice.co.cr (+506) 89241103    ...

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A young sister professes final vows in Egypt

A young sister professes final vows in Egypt

  The 20 January, our feast day, is always special for the sisters of Our Lady of Sion. This year there was a second reason to celebrate, as sister Victoria Nabil pronounced her final vows in the village of Berba in rural Upper Egypt. It was a lively and joyful...

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CBF, Jerusalem – 2023 courses

CBF, Jerusalem – 2023 courses

Registration is open for three courses at the Center for Biblical Formation (CBF) in Jerusalem.   The courses combine classroom study with field-based learning and excursions. Accommodation and full board are provided at the Ecce Homo convent in the Old City of...

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023

International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2023

    Today, 27 January, we observe International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year, we are invited to place the people who were the millions of victims of Nazism at the centre of our attention: people leading normal lives until they were violently stripped...

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20 January – Feast Day of Notre Dame de Sion

20 January – Feast Day of Notre Dame de Sion

  " The Mighty One has done great things for me - Holy is His Name."              (Lk 1, 49)     Every year, on the 20th of January, we particularly remember our founder's brother Alphonse Ratisbonne's entry into the mysteries of faith. His encounter...

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Sion Centre UK – November | December Programme

SCDE (London) January to February 2023 programme

The SCDE in London (UK) invites you to a rich programme of talks in January and February. All sessions will be conducted via Zoom, in English. For further details, please visit the SCDE website. To receive a Zoom link, please write to sioncentrefordialogue@gmail.com....

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“A little Child is born to us!”

“A little Child is born to us!”

Reading these words from Isaiah 9,6 and reflecting on the birth of Jesus Christ, our founder Théodore Ratisbonne asked himself: “Why does He appear under the traits of childhood?” And the answer he found was: “So that we may love Him and not fear Him!”...

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UNANIMA International September newsletter

UNANIMA International September newsletter

The Sisters of Our Lady of Sion are coalition partners of UNANIMA International, a non-governmental organization that advocates at the United Nations on behalf of women and children, homeless and displaced, migrants and refugees, and the environment. The latest issue...

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Weekly Parasha commentary

Weekly Parasha commentary

30 September   Sr Rita Kammermayer, NDS, has written a commentary on this week’s Parasha Readings, on the theme:   “God will not fail you or forsake you”   If you would like to read the commentary, it is available on the website of the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat...

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Children in Brazil build memories for life

Children in Brazil build memories for life

In commemoration of the 80-year anniversary of the São Teodoro de Nossa Senhora de Sion school in Vila Maria (São Paulo, Brazil), pupils exhibited their school’s heritage in text, pictures, documentaries and theatrical performances for their families and the whole...

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General Chapter 2022

General Chapter 2022

  It was with joy in their hearts that Sion sisters returned from Rome to their communities all over the world after their General Chapter: a month of prayer, discernment and celebration, whose aim was to outline a roadmap to orientate congregational life and...

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General Chapter 2022

General Chapter 2022

The theme of “Opening doors” offers a prompt for sisters and lay associates of the Family of Sion as they enlarge the space of their tents for the 2022 General Chapter. They have travelled to Rome from other parts of Europe, Asia, Africa and North, Central and South...

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Sister Arlyne makes her final commitment

Sister Arlyne makes her final commitment

The Feast of Pentecost, which fell this year on 5 June, was a notable day for the Sisters of Our Lady of Sion as they witnessed one of their sisters committing herself forever to God.   Sr. Arlyne Del Valle Casas pronounced her final vows at the Institute of...

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Earth Day – 22 April 2022

Earth Day – 22 April 2022

The global ecological crisis we find ourselves in today urgently demands a new way of seeing, thinking and acting. God’s creation is there not purely to serve our needs. We humans are an integral part of nature and the ecosystems we live in. It is a mindset of...

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Easter 2022

Easter 2022

Through the sufferings of our world and the trials of these times, God is present. He is alive, He is with us through it all.     We can say with Isaiah: Here is the God who saves me: I have confidence, I have no more fear. My strength and my song is the...

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Delving into the charism in France

Delving into the charism in France

Heads, teachers and staff from the six French institutions in the International Sion School Network gathered at the NDS Evry Collège/Lycée from the 28 to the 30 March, to discover the history and charism of the Congregation.   Usually an annual occasion, this...

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Prayers and action for peace in Ukraine

Prayers and action for peace in Ukraine

The Congregation of Sisters of Our Lady of Sion is united with all in prayers and actions for peace in Ukraine.  We echo Pope Francis’s words: “Put down your weapons!” and “Let us not stop talking; indeed, let us pray to God more intensely”. And we join him in his...

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Consecrated life, light in the world

Consecrated life, light in the world

Sion sisters Collette O'Donnell and Victoria Nabil were interviewed by the Christian Media Center in Jerusalem for their video "Consecrated life, light in the world". The video was made to celebrate for the World Day of Consecrated Life on 2 February. The date marks...

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

This 27 January, anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, we commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Our prayer, this year, is inspired by the theme designated by the United Nations: “Memory, Dignity and Justice”....

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A focus on faith and interfaith in Poland

A focus on faith and interfaith in Poland

Sr Ania Bodzińska, NDS, will pray with Jewish and Christian leaders in Krakow on 17 January. The event is part of a rich programme to mark the 25th Day of Judaism in the Catholic Church in Poland. Between 10 and 20 January talks, readings and interreligious prayer...

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Christmas 2021

Christmas 2021

“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; and upon those who live in a land of deep darkness – a light has shone." (Isaiah 9:2)     In this time of growing intolerance, suffering and fear, In this time, in every place and within each human...

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Cerjuc Bible Month recordings

Cerjuc Bible Month recordings

Click on the session titles to watch the recordings of Sion Cerjuc's Bible Month programme (in Spanish):   THE REIGN OF GOD: CENTRAL MESSAGE OF JESUS  Dr. Juan Alberto Casas, Javeriana University of Colombia   ABJECT BODIES: A STUDY OF THE GOSPEL OF MARK...

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Webinar: difficult texts in Matthew

Webinar: difficult texts in Matthew

Thursday 21 October 4:30pm – 6:00pm  (Melbourne time) The Sisters of Notre Dame de Sion in Australia are hosting a webinar in English on the theme: Difficult texts regarding “The Jews” in Matthew's Gospel: A socio-political framework.     [button...

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Online biblical animation, Brazil

Online biblical animation, Brazil

To celebrate the 50th year of Bible Month in Brazil, the Archdiocese of Aracaju is holding a series of talks on the topic:   Study of the Letter to the Galatians   Sisters Cristiane Dos Santos, NDS, and Ivete Holthmam, NDS, will lead sessions on September 4...

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Interfaith webinar – September 13, Philippines

Interfaith webinar – September 13, Philippines

  In this 500th year of Christianity in the Philippines, the Sisters of Sion are holding a webinar on an interfaith theme.   Monday September 13 4:00 - 6:00 pm (Philippine time)   "Gifted to give" In the spirit of Indigenous, Jewish, Christian and...

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Sharing the rice across continents

Sharing the rice across continents

In these difficult and challenging times, here is an account of a recent happening: a small gesture whose substance could so easily pass unnoticed. What happened was that a small stipend for a Bibliodrama workshop, led by Peta Pellach and Yael Unterman in Jerusalem,...

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Canada’s sad history revealed

Canada’s sad history revealed

In Canada the month of June has been full of heartbreaking news. The discovery of the remains of 215 Indigenous children and 751 Indigenous children in two unmarked grave sites at two former Indian Residential Schools has revealed to Canadians a tragic and sad piece...

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Mount Meron condolences

Mount Meron condolences

The Sisters of Our Lady of Sion grieve the loss of life at Mount Meron during the celebration of Lag B'Omer. Our thoughts and prayers go to the injured and the families of those who died. We pray for them, and for all victims of tragedies, disasters and illness around...

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Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

      We pray that the power of the risen Lord makes us bearers of a "contagion of hope"  (Pope Francis)

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Bibliodrama: discovering a God of surprises

Bibliodrama: discovering a God of surprises

Sister Anne-Marie Brittain has been teaching bibliodrama in the Philippines for several years and is one of the newer members of the national network. She sees it as a way of making the Word of God active in people’s lives. What is bibliodrama? In bibliodrama,...

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International Holocaust Memorial Day

International Holocaust Memorial Day

This week we observe International Holocaust Memorial Day. A day that makes us pause and remember. We commemorate the millions of victims of Nazi Germany’s genocidal policies especially against the Jewish people at the time and during World War II. The International...

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Winds of Change

Winds of Change

Sister Marianne Dacy traces the Congregation’s role in Jewish-Christian relations in Australia over the past 60 years in her 32-page book: Winds of change – the contribution of the Sisters of Our Lady of Sion to Jewish/Christian relations in Australia: 1960s – 2020+....

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2020 Eternal Light Award: towards new horizons

2020 Eternal Light Award: towards new horizons

  In a moving virtual ceremony, Sr Celia Deutsch was honoured as recipient of the Eternal Light award bestowed annually by the Centre for Catholic Jewish Studies (CCJS) of the St Leo University in Florida (USA), in recognition of her work in Jewish-Christian...

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Kids4Peace webinar

Kids4Peace webinar

  Christian-Jewish Dialogue of Toronto (CJDT) presents “Laying Foundations for Peace in the Holy Land: Young Voices from Jerusalem”. Sunday, 6 December, 12:30 - 1:30 pm (Toronto time) Israeli and Palestinian teenagers will share with us about their involvement in...

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Webinar: Abrahamic faiths in dialogue

Webinar: Abrahamic faiths in dialogue

  Abrahamic faiths in dialogue – building harmony in today’s challenging context   October 21, 2 – 4 pm (Philippines time) Speakers:   Dr. Deborah Weissman The first Jewish woman President of the International Council of Christians and Jews and a highly...

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Jewish-Christian dialogue in a time of pandemic

Jewish-Christian dialogue in a time of pandemic

Members of the ICCJ (International Council of Christians and Jews) Theology Committee have shared their personal reflections on the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the ICCJ website. It’s a heartfelt, serious online dialogue that looks at both the present and the...

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Get to know the Sion Philippines community

Get to know the Sion Philippines community

The story of the Sisters of Our Lady of Sion in the Philippines is brought together in a comic that celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Congregation there. The comic reaches out to young people in the Philippines and neighbouring countries, and tells of how the NDS...

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Webinar: How Jews have been portrayed in Christian art

Webinar: How Jews have been portrayed in Christian art

The Sisters of Notre Dame de Sion will host a webinar in Australia led by art historian Dr. Claire Renkin to explore how Jews have been depicted in Christian art over the centuries. The talk will be in English and will start at 4.30 pm, Melbourne time, on Tuesday 8...

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Webinar: Jewish-Christian dialogue in Canada

Webinar: Jewish-Christian dialogue in Canada

“The Future of Dialogue Beyond the Screen” is the theme of an online conversation (in English language) involving Sion Sister Lucy Thorson, Chair of the Christian-Jewish Dialogue of Toronto, on Sunday August 2 at 7.00 pm (Toronto time). The webinar, also featuring...

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Workshops online at the London Sion Centre

Workshops online at the London Sion Centre

The Sion Centre for Dialogue and Encounter in London is opening the virtual doors to its workshops, via Zoom videoconferencing. The pilot programme will be led by: Rabbi Dr Michael Hilton, Rabbi Emeritus of Kol Chai, Scholar in Residence of the Liberal Jewish...

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Sr. Celia Deutsch to receive CCJS Eternal Light Award

Sr. Celia Deutsch to receive CCJS Eternal Light Award

Sister Celia Deutsch has been selected as recipient of the next Eternal Light Award by the Advisory Board of Saint Leo University’s Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies (CCJS) in Florida, USA. The award is presented annually to an individual who has made outstanding...

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Happy and Blessed Easter!

Happy and Blessed Easter!

  May the power of the self-giving love and new life we celebrate this Eastertime, fill our hearts with strength and openness to live our time with courage and generosity.   Happy and Blessed Easter! 

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Holocaust Remembrance Week

Holocaust Remembrance Week

In recognition of last week's International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we, the Sisters of Our Lady of Sion, reaffirm our solidarity with all victims of persecution and discrimination.  At this time, as we remember the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz...

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Notre Dame de Sion’s feast day message

Notre Dame de Sion’s feast day message

Every January 20th, since 1842, we remember and give thanks for the extraordinary and life-changing experience of grace, mercy and love granted to Alphonse Ratisbonne through Mary at a side altar of the church of Sant’Andrea delle Fratte. Alphonse’s experience with...

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A voice for indigenous people in the Philippines

A voice for indigenous people in the Philippines

    The ANAWIM MISSION, participated by the Sion Philippines community, is hosting a day-long conversation with indigenous people in the run-up to the year of Ecumenism, Interreligious Dialogue and Indigenous Peoples declared for 2020 by the Catholic...

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Poland: course on Judaism and the Hebrew language

Poland: course on Judaism and the Hebrew language

 A three-part course (in Polish) entitled "The basics of Judaism and Hebrew" will be held between November and January at the Krakow house of the Sisters of Sion to explore the roots of Christianity. The three sessions will take place on the second last Thursday of...

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Talitha Kum General Assembly

Talitha Kum General Assembly

From 21 to 27 September, 86 delegates representing 48 countries met at the UISG Headquarters to discuss the future of Talitha Kum, an international network of consecrated life against human trafficking. During the week, they presented the work done by the women...

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The Amazon Synod: 6 to 27 October

The Amazon Synod: 6 to 27 October

The Sisters of Sion are following with great interest the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region called by Pope Francis between 6 and 27 October 2019. The theme of the assembly is: new paths for the Church and for an integral ecology. It’s...

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Celebration of final vows in the Philippines

Celebration of final vows in the Philippines

Sister Beth Burgo pronounced her perpetual vows on Thursday 12 September at St. Raphael Parish in the Municipality of Real, Philippines, reaffirming her commitment to the Church in the presence of her family, other Sion Sisters, and members of Saint Raphael’s Parish....

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Children have rights

Children have rights

An initiative supported by the NDS Congregation to celebrate the rights of the child. November 20, 2019 marks the 30th anniversary of the International Convention on the Rights of the Child. For the occasion, the association L’enfant et la Shoah – Yad Layeled France,...

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Itinerant Ministry in Africa

Itinerant Ministry in Africa

Two Sisters are heading off to Harare, Zimbabwe, in the coming months, as a part of Sion’s Itinerant Ministry to teach Seminarians and other Religious men and women in countries where there is no Sion presence. Sister Celia Deutsch, a research scholar at Barnard...

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Environmental spirituality course in Bath, UK

Environmental spirituality course in Bath, UK

“The Earth is the Lord’s: Environmental Spirituality in Judaism and Christianity” is the title of a course to be led by Sion Sister Margaret Shepherd and Orthodox Jewish scholar Jonathan Gorsky at the Ammerdown Centre near Bath, UK, between 19 and 21 August. The...

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Interculturality, growth and hope in Kenya

Interculturality, growth and hope in Kenya

From 13-26 June, two Sion sisters took their itinerant mission to Nairobi, Kenya, with the aim of helping seminarians of the Franciscan Missionaries of Hope deepen their appreciation of the Jewish people and their knowledge of the Scriptures. It turned out to be an...

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Unity of the Trinity Workshop

Unity of the Trinity Workshop

“An interesting and challenging read that provides insights into our experience of Trinity that allow us to develop our understanding.” This is how Sr Therese Fitzgerald describes the book entitled The Unity of the Trinity: Listening to the Tradition of Israel by Br....

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Bible teaching in the Amazonas

Bible teaching in the Amazonas

The Pauline Letters were the theme of the Sisters of Sion’s itinerant training program held in June for seminarians and lay people at ITEPES (Instituto de Teologia, Pastoral e Ensino Superior da Amazônia) in Manaus, capital city of the state of Amazonas in the North...

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A new church in Berba, Egypt

A new church in Berba, Egypt

After five years of collaborative effort and patience, a new church has finally opened its doors in the village of Berba in rural Upper Egypt, where the Congregation of the Sisters of Sion have been present for 25 years. Sister Jackie Chenard, who lives in Berba, was...

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Vocations gathering in Kansas City, USA

Vocations gathering in Kansas City, USA

This April, three members of the Sisters of Sion Canada/US Vocations Team took part in a five-day initiative organized in collaboration with Notre Dame de Sion School in Kansas City. The purpose was to reflect on the charism of Sion and the theme of vocation: the many...

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Reappraising the Pharisees

Reappraising the Pharisees

The May 7-9 conference at the Gregorian University, entitled “Jesus and the Pharisees: an interdisciplinary reappraisal,” aimed to challenge negative stereotypes that have built up over the centuries about the Pharisees, inviting Christians to take a more appreciative...

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An encounter with wisdom

An encounter with wisdom

Sister Jean Quinn’s first meeting with homeless Jennifer happened outside a cinema in Dublin and marked the beginning of a long and meaningful friendship. At the following link to the Global Sisters Report website we share Sister Jean’s moving story: My encounter with...

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News from CCJR Annual Meeting

News from CCJR Annual Meeting

The Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations (CCJR) is “an association of centers and institutes in the United States and Canada devoted to enhancing mutual understanding between Jews and Christians” (https://www.ccjr.us/). Celia Deutsch (Brooklyn, N.Y.,...

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Milestones in Modern Jewish-Christian Relations

Milestones in Modern Jewish-Christian Relations

Compiled by Sr. Lucy Thorson, NDS and Murray Watson With its 1965 declaration Nostra Aetate (On the Church’s Relationship to Non-Christian Religions), the Catholic Church inaugurated a historic and wide-ranging transformation in its thinking about, and relating to,...

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News from Sr. Patricia Fox, NDS (Philippines)

News from Sr. Patricia Fox, NDS (Philippines)

Statement from sr. Pat NDS from the Philippines concerning the Bureau of Immigration's Deportation Order against her: 'After attending a Fact-Finding Mission and telling some Coca Cola workers that the social teachings of the church support them in their formation of...

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Final commitment ceremony of Sr. Wafaa, NDS

Final commitment ceremony of Sr. Wafaa, NDS

Sr. Wafaa Shehata NDS grew up in the village of El Berba in the diocese of Minya in Upper Egypt. During the time when Sr. Juliana and Sr. Darlene lived in Berba, she was the first young women finding her way to the congregation of “Notre Dame de Sion”. After her...

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