ASIA/JAPAN - Community of the Sisters of Charity of Miyazaki welcome new members in Tokyo

Saturday, 10 December 2005

Tokyo (Fides Service) - The Sisters of Charity of Miyazaki, a Japanese congregation of pontifical right, celebrated a Mass in Tokyo during which five new Sisters took vows. Three of the women religious made first vows and the other two took final vows choosing to give their whole life to Christ at the service of the Church as members of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity, the Salesian bulletin ANS reports.
The Mass, at which many priests, Salesians, Pauline Fathers and diocesan priests, men and women religious and lay people took part, was presided by Archbishop of Toyko, archbishop Peter Okada Takeo and concelebrated by vicar general of Tokyo archdiocese Celestino Lavagna. Hymns at the Mass were sung by the choir of the Sisters of Charity, famous for its performances at diocesan events.
Sr Aloisia Hashiguchi Superior provincial for Japan encouraged the new members to be “prophetic witnesses of the mercy, love and understanding of the Sacred Heart of Jesus”. Sr. Apollinaris Shimura Superior General of the order, at the time in Bolivia to mark the 40th anniversary of the Congregation’s first foreign missions, sent a message calling her Sisters to be always faithful to the Lord Jesus.
The Sisters of Charity of Miyazaki were founded in 1937 by Italian missionary Antonio Cavoli with the inspiration of Venerable Vincenzo Cimatti, Salesian pioneer in Japan. Today they have 174 houses and more than 1,000 Sisters working in South Korea, Brazil, Bolivia Peru, Philippines, Papua New Guinea Germany and Italy. (Agenzia Fides 10/12/2005 righe 24 parole 241)


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