Religious of the Assumption

The Sisters of the Assumption ask your prayers for

Sr. Mary Aquinas of the Word of God 
[Elizabeth Claire Sweeney]

who went peacefully to God 

at 2 am on 1st March 2010.

She was in the 81st year of her age and 55th year of Profession.

The Word from Scripture she choose to have engraved in her ring on making final vows was "Mane in Me et Ego in te." ["Remain in me and I in you."]

The Requiem Mass will be in the Main Chapel, Kensington Square on Tuesday 9th March at 12 noon followed by interment at Gunnesbury Cemetery at 2pm. 

Please let Sr Pat of St Catherine's Community know if you intend to come to the funeral.
 [23 Kensington Square, London W8 5HN (patbains@aol.com) Tel: 0207 937 9688]

Assumption Together's Lent Retreat Day in Kensington on March 20th is now fully booked. 

If you would like to be put on a mailing list to hear about retreats and other events in the future please mail assumptiontogether@gmail.com

The community of sisters formerly based in Poplar has re-located to Wanstead, also in the East End of London. After several months living in Kensington while they waited for the house to be ready, the sisters are happily settled into their new home.

The community now consists of Srs. Amicia, Catherine Elizabeth, Emmanuel Bac, Katie and Muriel. Alongside their life of prayer and community, they each have individual apostolic works, varying from working with Asylum seekers to lecturing to ministering to the Vietnamese community. As they get to know the people and needs of Wanstead they will be seeing how they as a community can best be of service in the local area. 

More news to follow shortly....  


The Convent:
13 The Avenue, Wanstead

Srs. Muriel, Emmanuel & Amicia welcoming guests

Visitors were glad to see that Sr. Muriel was still taking good care of the rabbits!

Click to view a powerpoint slide show made by the European noviciate [based in Paris] illustrating their style of life, and their desire to live 'rooted in Christ'.

From the English province there are photos of both Isabel [novice] and Sr. Elizabeth Dove [part of the formation team.]

For more news and photos of the noviciate, visit their blog.