What is the Association of Adorers? The Association of Adorers is a group of lay people, who want to live in awareness of the need for reconciliation within the spirit of the Institute of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, like Saint Raphaela. The Association has been in existence since the beginning of…
What are ACI communities? ACI communities is a concrete way of living the Christian life that the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus offer to lay groups in order to share the spirituality of Saint Raphaela Mary, their foundress. ACI communities get together regularly to pray, share life with all its difficulties and joys,…
I arrived in East Timor almost three years ago! After spending one year in Bazartete, in the mountains, since January I began living in Dili. The town is a completely different reality! As in every country, its main appeal is its horizons and new opportunities. But besides this there are its addictions and the access…
Hello! From Timor… more precisely, from Bazartete, an area in the mountains 23 km away from Dili – 1h30 travelling time! – I will tell you a bit of what, nowadays, myself and three other sisters who live here, are doing. 1. Catholic Primary School For the first time this year, we are in charge…
The Atlantic Europe province supports, with donations and prayers from people, the work carried out in remote locations. We gather the contributions from many friends and anonymous people and send them to the communities of Handmaids in the various missions. They write back with news of the various works that have been helped by the…
Desde 1986 animamos uma casa diocesana de acolhimento e oração em Avernes, na Diocese de Pontoise, a 50 km al noroeste de Paris. Avernes é uma pequena aldeia situada entre campos e bosques, numa zona marcadamente rural do Val d’Oise, frequentemente retratada pelos pintores impressionistas do princípio do séc. XX. As famílias que aqui vivem…
Sister Eileen FitzGerald is Irish and has lived for many years in South America. She has lived in Peru and Brazil and at present lives in Cochabamba, Bolivia. She is a lecturer and tutor in Systematic Theology, in the Saint Peter department of Theology of the Catholic Bolivian University. This department currently has around 160…
The Saint Raphaela Mary Foundation was created by the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. This Foundation of social solidarity promotes the full development of the person, both human and Christian, and it’s particularly focused on the underprivileged. The Saint Raphaela Mary Foundation is in charge of the social projects currently delivered…
My name is Sr. Cecilia Chen, I am Chinese and I belong to the new Atlantic Europe Province although I do not live in any of its 4 countries. I was assigned to the United States in February 1986. Previously, I worked at the Catholic Social Services in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia with Immigrants, at…
Living in Cuba! Sixteen years ago, 1999, it seemed almost impossible that I would come and live on this island located opposite the Atlantic Ocean, doubly isolated, and about whose life little was known! Today, after eight years living in Cuba, I feel that I am part of this reality to which God brought me…
