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Thanks to you our Institute leaders, Province leaders and the support team for work you have done for the Institute. We thank God for a successful meeting. May God lead each one of you as go back to your provinces. May God bless our Institute and all the plans ahead.  Lucy (E.A)

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Thanks to you our Institute leaders, Province leaders and the support team for work you have done for the Institute. We thank God for a successful meeting. May God lead each one of you as go back to your provinces. May God bless our Institute and all the plans ahead.  Lucy (E.A)

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Video Message from Institute Leader Carmel Swords Following the ELM Meeting

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Video Message from Institute Leader Carmel Swords Following the ELM Meeting

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Please listen to remarks from Carmel Swords at the conclusion of the ELM.

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A Message from our Institute Institute Leader, Carmel Swords IBVM following ELM 2023

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Thank you so much for this!  It was great to see so many.  I have missed being there, but it was definitely a good decision to stay home and not share any Covid experience with you.  I am pretty much 100% now and am ready to meet with Judy and Helen early next week.

God bless us all as we continue this journey together, one step at a time, one spirit of hope, one freedom to refer all to God, who has the dream.

Tavel safely, each of you.

Love,

Mary Carton

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Lucy Nderi ibvm the Leader of East Africa province reflects on her experience of ELM 2023

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Greetings from some of the Friends of MWL on retreat in Mount Dajti. We have been following the brilliant messages day by day and the reports from Nirmala and Rachel. All wonderful. The opening words of Carmel were very inspirational for all of us. Thank you to everyone involved . You give us hope.

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Nirmila and Rachel, thank you for your hard work in  communicating the message and energy of the ELM Meeting with your summaries and photos. It was a lovely way of being one with you all.
Best wishes,
Ewa and Kathryn, on behalf of the English Province

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Enjoying

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A day out

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 Dear Wendy, Judy, Helen, Ann, Patricia and Elena 

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 Dear Wendy, Judy, Helen, Ann, Patricia and Elena 

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Thank you for your generous gift of yourself in Leadership. May you continue to experience the joy and happiness in your ministry.

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Matilda - thank you for the work on the ‘closing’ video.

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Cannot thank Nirmala and Rachel enough for their trojan work throughout the week.

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Thanks Judy for sharing

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Judy Illig ibvm and Leader at the ELM 2023 meeting in Rome

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We greet you as your meeting comes to a close, praying that you have experienced deeply the fullness of the Holy Spirit as Pentecost approaches.
Catherine and Bernie- England

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Greetings and prayers for all of you gathered in Rome! May the Spirit of wisdom lead you.
Castilleja community.
Paz, Isabel, María Teresa, Concha.Nieves.

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From Manresa with love

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The infirmary community of El Soto, Madrid (Spain) continues to pray for all of you and thanks you very much for the work you are doing for the Institute.

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Enjoying the companionship of great friends

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Remember to keep refreshing the member page and then follow the daily updates. 

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Remember to keep refreshing the member page and then follow the daily updates. 

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I commend to you the practice of your vocation, that it be constant, efficacious and loving.

Mary Ward (1585-1645)

Divine love is like a fire which
will not let itself be shut up
for it is impossible to love God
and not to labour to extend God's honour.

Mary Ward (1585-1645)

We must not control the Spirit of God, which breathes where and when it will.

Teresa Ball IBVM (1794-1861)

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I commend to you the practice of your vocation, that it be constant, efficacious and loving. Mary Ward (1585-1645) Divine love is like a fire which will not let itself be shut up for it is impossible to love God and not to labour to extend God's honour.

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Pauline is a resident at Casa Loreto Rome and is the Mary Ward International JPIC Coordinator.

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Pat lives in Rome and is Executive Secretary for the UISG Gand recently appointed by Pope Agra is as consultant to the Dicastery of Culture and Education 

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Co-creating to make our dreams come together

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Visualize to Actualize

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well-being of the Mary Ward Family is part of this dream...

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Please continue to refresh your browser on the ibvm.org website members page to follow daily updates of ELM

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Please continue to refresh your browser on the ibvm.org website members page to follow daily updates of ELM

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Helen sharing insights on leadership

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Mary Ward women listening and discerning together

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Hopefully you are also enjoying yourselves in the midst of your work.
From all of us in the Spanish Province

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With you in prayer and thought, may each day be Spirit filled.
Thank you for sharing so much each day
Philomena Dowd

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Greetings to all from Ireland. Sending you good wishes for a blessed time together. Liz ibvm

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Greetings to all from Ireland. Sending you good wishes for a blessed time together. Liz ibvm

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God bless your work together. Prayers assured from all the Spanish Province

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“What Gives Life, Enkindles Passion?

A time when felt most energized, effective, alive most energized, filled with vitality and wholeness.?

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Sisters shared THE “HIGH POINTS:” moments that felt energized them. Reflection and generative listening is in process….

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Loving greetings and prayers for all - and the parts of leadership teams not with you. Carmel's letter leads me to ponder differently the changes since the Nairobi ELM, changes in our Institute, our world, and our Mary Ward Family. I'm also holding the so encouraging reading (recent Connecta) of the IBVM/CJ gatherings in Spain, and Europe. Thank you for taking your own steps on our shared path. Love to all, Carmen

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Loving greetings and prayers for all - and the parts of leadership teams not with you. Carmel's letter leads me to ponder differently the changes since the Nairobi ELM, changes in our Institute, our world, and our Mary Ward Family. I'm also holding the so encouraging reading (recent Connecta) of the IBVM/CJ gatherings in Spain, and Europe. Thank you for taking your own steps on our shared path. Love to all, Carmen

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Thinking of all of you!!!!
May the Spirit of God guide, accompany and lead you for the good of the whole Institute.

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We had a lovely time with Elena and Ana.

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Enjoying another blessed day of being together and finding time to make the most of the outdoors and sunshine.

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Thinking of you all and hoping all goes well. God bless each one of you. Thanks. Celia and Louise

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Thinking of you all and hoping all goes well. God bless each one of you. Thanks. Celia and Louise

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May God's Spirit inspire Mary Ward leaders to advocate for change in our blessed and broken church, so that the leadership of women can be acknowledged, honoured and celebrated in all ministries. My prayer and hope is with you.
Anne Muirhead - Naarm, Australia

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Prayers for all the blessings for each day of holy and wholly listening.
Love and gratitude from all in US Region

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Our happy and ever so friendly Communications Team for our ELM experience.

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Thank you to the Comms Team in Rome for sharing so vividly the activities of the first day. Carmel's opening remarks set a tone for an energized and life-giving gathering. I am keeping you all in my prayers!
Blessings,
Sarah (Canada)

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Spiritual conversations are integral to the process

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Spiritual conversations are integral to the process

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Leaders thoughtfully exploring our recent graced history of the Institute

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Leaders thoughtfully exploring our recent graced history of the Institute

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One group chose to be outside for faith sharing in Laudato Si week

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One group chose to be outside for faith sharing in Laudato Si week

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Please check out the website page below with updates from the ELM

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This page offers communications during the Extended Leadership Meeting held from Monday the 22nd to Friday the 26th of May. The week before Pentecost!

link to ELM 2023 Padlet This is an interactive space where participants and sisters and friends across the globe can share messages, photos and more.

Leaders participating in ELM
Opening Words by Institute Leader Carmel Swords ibvm First Reading Acts 1:1-11 ·

Second Reading Ephesians 1:17-23

Alleluia, alleluia!

Alleluia!

The Gospel of the Lord.

Before the Opening Liturgy, the ELM leaders had a session with Tina Campbell, Safeguarding Consultant to Religious Congregations including the Union of International Superiors General, UISG.

After Carmel introduced the facilitators, David and Pablo from the Discerning Leadership Group, the ELM leaders readily moved into five faith sharing groups to join in prayer, deep listening, and spiritual conversation with the Gospel of the day, John 16:29-33.

Subsequently the day that unfolded was rich and productive, with three main sessions shaped around the connections between discernment and leadership. With courage, the leaders dived deeply into an exploration of their own experience of call and vocation, then worked at gathering and growing in their shared understanding of the current reality. This flowed into a collective and animated review of the more recent years of our graced history of the Institute. The whole process was encouraged through a variety of creative lens's offered by the facilitators. The leaders were invited to see with fresh eyes, relate with open hearts, become fully present to each other with holy expectations that something new will emerge this week.

The group was at home with a spacious examen at the end of the sessions and with gratitude moved into Celebration of Eucharist with David McCallum SJ and a shared dinner followed by a well deserved rest.

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ELM 2023 communication for all | ibvm.org

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This page offers communications during the Extended Leadership Meeting held from Monday the 22nd to Friday the 26th of May. The week before Pentecost! link to ELM 2023 Padlet This is an interactive space where participants and sisters and friends across the globe can share messages, photos and more.

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Thanks so much to Carmel for your beautiful opening words. I was really struck by them. A good Mary Ward woman. Photo of Sydney harbour from Kirribilli. Thinking of you all in Rome.
Marg Callaghan

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Opening the ELM 2023 with Celebration of Eucharist on Ascension Sunday

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Opening the ELM 2023 with Celebration of Eucharist on Ascension Sunday

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David Holcroft SJ celebrated Eucharist with the leadership group.

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Sending love, prayers and blessings from the Australia & South East Asia province to all gathering at Casa La Salle for the ELM.

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Greetings from Ascension evening in Victoria Australia!

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Greetings from Ascension evening in Victoria Australia!

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Greetings to all. You will be in my thoughts and my prayers. Keep going!

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Greetings to all at ELM from our community  in Darlaston,  West Midlands., UK.

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At the Vatican for midday blessing . Pope will speak on Laudato Si eighth anniversary.

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Thinking of you and celebrating in Madrid.

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Thinking of you and celebrating in Madrid.

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See who is in the photo. Anna, Helena, Cecilia, Blanca. Celia, the photographer, not on screen but very present. We keep moving, living and celebrating. Blessings on Pentecost Day.

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All the very best and be sure of my prayers. Love M Lynette ibvm

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Fill my heart with your love, wisdom, and discernment. 

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With you in prayers

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Happy ascension day

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Brenda and Macarena from San Francisco thinking and praying for all of you.
All the best. Love and blessings

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Greetings and prayers from rainy Toronto! 

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Greetings and prayers from rainy Toronto! 

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The Canadian region is praying for all at the ELM in Rome. With you in spirit at this time of deep conversation and discernment.
Blessings,
Sarah

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What is Discerning Leadership Program? With David McCallum SJ

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Letter from Carmel, Geraldine, Mary, Natalie and Kate

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Letter from Carmel, Geraldine, Mary, Natalie and Kate

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We invite our Mary Ward sisters and friends to share messages and insights, photos and links on this page during our meeting.