Accompanying the Sisters Servants of the Visitation Missions Worldwide
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"Bring to all the smile of God."
~ Ma. Vincenza Minet, SSV
"Go and Invite"
“Missionaries, in fact – of whom Therese is patroness – are not only those who travel long distances, learn new languages, do good works, and are good at proclamation; no, a missionary is anyone who lives as an instrument of God's love where they are. Missionaries are those who do everything so that, through their witness, their prayer, their intercession, Jesus might pass by.” ~Pope Francis, June 2023
U P C O M I N G E V E N T S
J A N U A R Y
F E B R U A R Y
#GivingTuesday
THANK YOU!!
"G#O AND INVITE..."
TWO MISSIONS... TWO #GT PROJECTS!
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KENYA: BUILD A GREENHOUSE!
#givingtuesday SSV Mission in Ol Moran
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​​​​​​PHILIPPINES: RAISE THE ROOF!
#givingtuesday SSV Mission in Borongan City
"GO AND INVITE..."
FIRST INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF THE GUARDIANS OF THE VISITATION
January 25th Pope Francis released his message for World Mission Day 2024: "GO AND INVITE". Pope Francis generously asks that we cast our eyes on the Gospel parable of the Wedding Banquet to reflect on what the king commands, “Go therefore to the thoroughfares, and invite to the marriage feast as many as you find” means in our world of today for every baptized Christian.
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The Sisters of the Visitation as a Missionary Congregation dedicated to serving the needs of the ultra-poor in forgotten places in our world embrace Pope Francis' message as they live out their Charism to "go with haste" in the spirit of the Magnificat! The Vatican News Release stated, "The Pope reflected on each of these words in turn. “Mission," he said, "is a tireless going out to all men and women, to invite them to encounter God and enter into communion with him", just as Jesus, 'the Good Shepherd and messenger of the Father, went out in search of the lost sheep'. The SSV Sisters are dedicated to bringing the love of Christ to those in need by helping to renew faith and hope in their local communities where they serve at fourteen mission sites around the world.
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The Sisters of the Visitation Missionary Congregation charism is animated in service to the poor and marginalized through a wide range of ministries, including providing housing, education, healthcare, and social services. They work tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of those in need and to bring hope and healing to communities living on the margins, affected by generational poverty.
January 5, 2025
April 6, 2025
International Meeting of the Guardians of the Visitation via Internet.
10 am Santa Marinella, Italy/ 5:15 am EST.
GUARDIANS OF THE VISITATION FORMATION MEETINGS 2025
Thank you to ALL who made our 2024 #GT Fundraiser a great success for both projects!! "...Those who help the poor, you lend to God."
MISSION MONTH
February is a common mission month for the Guardians of the Visitation whereby we travel from the US to visit mission sites to accompany the Sisters Servants of the Visitation in their many apostolate serving the poor. 2025 begins Guardians traveling from Buffalo, New York to visit the Ain Karim Children's Home and the SSV Mission in Borongan City, Philippines!
SSV MOTHER HOUSE, SANTA MARINELLA, ITALY
SEPTEMBER 2-11, 2024
The Sisters Servants of the Visitation AND Guardians of the Visitation thank the
Diocese of Buffalo for the opportunity to meet so many parishes and good people of the diocese during the successful USCCB Summer Missionary Cooperative Plan 2024!
Guardians of the Visitation
Borongan City, Eastern Samar,Philippines
SSV MISSION OL MORAN,KENYA
celebrates twenty-two years of service to the parish of St. Marks Catholic Church, Ol Moran, Kenya. MAGNIFICAT!! The SSV Sisters care for and serve the children and young adults in their mission home, Magnificat House, and visit the sick in their homes, especially giving care to those in remote areas, providing food and support to help families. The SSV Mission also operates a free Catholic Dispensary to provide medical aid and medicines to those who cannot pay for such services.
SSV MISSION AID BATO, BORONGAN CITY, ESTERN SAMAR, PHILIPPINES
Ain Karim Children's Home is operated by the SSV Sisters as the only Catholic licensed home for children ages newborn to six and young girls and women to age twenty-one in Eastern Samar. The SSV Ain Karim Home welcomes vulnerable children and girls in crisis: abandoned, neglected, orphaned, disabled, and those in need of short-term and long-term help due to family crises. With love, sensitivity, and compassionate care the SSV Sisters nurture the children in a secure family atmosphere and according to their particular needs including medical and nutritional interventions, therapy, education, and spiritual direction.
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THE GREAT BABY BLANKET PROJECT
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The Great Baby Blanket Project collects new and gently used baby swaddling blankets for distribution through the SSV Sisters' Missions to very poor mothers and families welcoming a child into the world!
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Dec 2021-today we collected nearly 500 blankets! Learn more here:
EIGHTH GRADE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM ASSEMBLES #GBBP GIFT PACKETS, JANUARY 2023
GREAT BABY BLANKET
PROJECT UPDATE:
The baby blankets collected by St. Petronille Parish in Glen Ellyn, Illinois during Advent 2022 were wrapped in gift bags to ship to the SSV Mission in PH. The swaddling blankets will be gifted to mothers and families in need who are welcoming a child in the coming year.
Your support of the SSV Sisters and the children is so very much appreciated.
Thank you for reaching out to sustain the SSV Missions,
Ain Karim Children's Home and Magnificat House.
GUARDIANS OF THE VISITATION
Guardians of the Visitation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization in the United States, EIN #83-3849590. The Guardians of the Visitation in Italy, the Philippines, Brazil, and Madagascar are Lay Catholic Associations following the Charism of the Sisters Servants of the Visitation Congregation.
American missioners, wishing to offer assistance to the Sisters Servants of the Visitation in their work with the poorest of the poor in Borongan, Eastern Samar, Philippines, established a new branch organization in the United States on February 21, 2019. The Sisters Servants of the Visitation extend love, care, healthcare, and educational services to poor children in their care facility, Ain Karim Children's Home, and to the impoverished families in the surrounding communities. In 2021 the Guardians of the Visitation expanded the scope of their efforts of support to include the SSV Mission in Ol Moron, Laikipia County, Kenya which operates Magnificat House, a home for abandoned children and rescue home for young girls and women, a Catholic Health Dispensary, and many apostolates that serve the large and widespread community of St. Marks Catholic Parish, Ol Moran, Kenya.
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