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Province of North India

December 23, 2024

VINCENTIAN SPIRITUALITY Seminars

From mid-November to mid-December 2024 Sister Maria Robb and Sister Maureen Tinkler spent time with our Sisters in the Province of North India. They had been invited by Sr Teresa Parakel DC, Provincial, to lead five "4-day Seminars" involving over two hundred Sisters to cover topics which included: Our Charism, our Founders, our Pioneer Sisters, our Spirit and Vocation, an overview of our Constitutions & Statutes, Commitment and Vows. It was a wonderful experience being with our Sisters in another province. We come from different parts of the world with different cultures and languages and yet, we share the same vocation: To give ourselves to God in community life for the service of those living in poverty.  Whilst in North India we were based in Berhampur and Kharagpur, but we also had the opportunity to visit some of the people served by our Sisters in nurseries, schools, parishes, clinics, homes for the elderly, homes for people with disabilities and a home for men who are destitute.



A woman in a saree walks through a classroom, followed by nuns. Others watch from the background.
Two women smiling, one in a white habit, the other wearing glasses and a tan sari, in a doorway.
Group of nuns posing together outdoors, several wearing white habits, one has a garland.
Nuns in a bright room, seated in groups, engaged in discussion; light green chairs and walls.
Nuns giving a presentation in a room. Four nuns stand at the front, speaking and holding papers. A laptop is visible.
A woman lectures to a group of women in a classroom. Most are wearing religious habits.
Group of nuns in white habits and blue veils sit around a table, studying.
Group photo of women in front of a green building. Some are kneeling. Several are wearing religious attire.
Five nuns play a board game around a table in a brightly lit room.
Group of women, likely nuns, in white and blue robes, posing outdoors.
Group photo: children, nuns, and men in front of a building. Sunny day. People wearing flower garlands.
Group photo: Two women with children in maroon hoodies, posing outdoors.

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