Temporary Professed Sisters from the Three Polish Provinces Meeting

From November 17 to 19, 2017, all the temporary professed Sisters of the three Polish Provinces of the Felician Congregation arrived to Cracow for a formation meeting. The meeting took place at the Provincialate in Cracow, however, prior to the official opening of the meeting, the Sisters came to the Museum and  Archives of Mary Angela Truszkowska,  Blessed Foundress of the Felician Sisters, to draw from the wealth of history and spirituality of Mother Foundress and the first Felician Sisters by visiting the Museum enriched with new exhibits.

Even though the Sisters spent in the Museum almost two hours, it was too short to absorb all the spiritual wealth that has been bestowed on us by our Blessed Foundress and the first Felician Sisters.

 

Conference of the Responsible of Ongoing Formation in the Felician Congregation

The Conference of the Responsible for the Ongoing Formation in the Felician Congregation was held in Cracow from November 4 to 9, 2017. The participants were: the Sisters from the General Administration and all the Administrations of the three Polish Provinces of the Congregation, together with the Sisters belonging to the Formation Team. The Sisters participated in a series of lectures and meetings while deepening the spirtuality of religious life and drawing from the wealth of the Felician heritage.

On November 8, the Sisters came to the Museum and Archives of Mary Angela Truszkowska, Blessed Foundress of the Felician Sisters, where they took part in the Lectio Epistuli and visited the renovated museum exhibition.

It was an unforgettable occasion to re-appreciate the wealth of the heritage bestowed on us by our Blessed Foundress and the first Felicians.

The Girls Liturgical Servants

On Saturday, October 21, 2017, Sister Mary Scholastyka and a group of girls, the Girls Liturgical Servants, from Grybow, visited our Museum and Archives. The girls came to Cracow to honor the relics of Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska and to visit the Museum and Archives dedicated to her.

Cracovia Sacra Night

Cracow has hold a tradition for so many years to organize the Cracovia Sacra Night, when church and monastic exhibitions and monuments are widely available, as well as various artistic events of sacred music are organized.

Meeting for the Sisters Serving in the Internal Works of the Congregation

Starting on February 16 to 18 there was held a meeting at the Museum and Archives for the Sisters serving in the internal works of the Congregation. From each Province arrived three Sisters. Among them were Sisters working in the kitchen, Opłatkania (Host making) and at the Furta (Main Entrance), taking care of the convent?s grounds and helping the sick as well as performing all kinds of work for the good of the community.

Encounter with Blessed Mary Angela and Blessed Father Honorat

On February 5, 2017, we met again in the Museum and Archives, to ponder over the writings of our Blessed Foundress and Blessed Father Honorat, the spiritual father of the Congregation. The texts which have been proposed to reflect upon, both from the writings of Mother Angela as those from Father Honorat?s letters to the Felician Sisters, in a very special way drew our attention to the spirituality of atonement in our Congregation. The Sisters shared their experience of different religious practices, which helped them to grow in this spirituality. Sisters highlighted anew the importance and richness of the Adorations of atonement. This is what Blessed Father Honorat wrote in 1888 in the Introduction to the Book of Life:

Formation Meeting for the Sisters before the Tertianship from Przemysl

On January 25 to 27 we hosted in our house the Sisters before Tertianship from Our Lady of Czestochowa Province in Przemysl. These were the renewal days focused on gratitude for the life and charism of our Blessed Foundress. The Sisters prayed and shared the content of Mother?s letters, they experienced her vicinity during the Eucharistic Liturgy celebrated at her relics. They participated in the Transitus service which took place in Mother Angela?s room, exactly the same, in which she passed from this earth to heaven. Some of the Sisters for the first time had the opportunity to visit our first Generalate at Batory Street in Krakow. In short, the Sisters departed after the meeting enriched and strengthened by the grace of the Lord to further and more zealously minister wherever the Lord sends them.

The Lectio Epistuli Meeting for the Postulants from the Warsaw Province

On January 23, 2017 the Postulants from Our Lady Queen of Poland Province in Warsaw visited our house. They participated in the introduction to Lectio Epistuli, that is the way of pondering over the writings of our Patron Saints, they reflected upon and shared what they have discovered in the wealth of Blessed Father Honorat Kozminski?s letters written to the Felician Sisters. The letters written by Fr. Honorat to the Felician Felician have shown to the first Felicians, and continue to show to the current generation, the ideals of Felician way of life according to the founding intention of Blessed Foundress, Mary Angela Truszkowska. May this meeting deepen not only the knowledge of the spirituality of the Congregation, but also the fervor in the everyday living the spirituality.

Encounter with Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska

On January 8, 2017 for the first time this year we met with the Sisters to draw from the wealth of our Blessed Mary Angela?s writings. Since we commemorate this year the Year of the Blessed Father Honorat, also during our meetings we ponder over the texts which he himself has written once to the Felician Sisters.