A very blessed and grace-laden New Year to all of you! 2020 had been a very challenging year for all of us. We will not forget this year, for we all suffered when COVID 19 broke out and spread like wildfire in all parts of the earth. Suddenly, we found ourselves - rich and poor, [...]
Our Community here in Steyl, Netherlands, is wishing you all, our dear friends, a very Merry Christmas with lots of blessings from our Lord Himself, whose Birthday we celebrate! He is the celebrant who deserves to receive a gift from us, but instead, He gave Himself to each one of us as a GIFT - [...]
We celebrated the Holy Mass on December 8, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, with much joy and gratitude. This day begins the Jubilee Year of our congregation, the Year of Grace. On December 8, 2021, we will be celebrating the 125th Anniversary of our foundation. Thank God, through Fr. Arnold [...]
At this time of worldwide crisis with COVID-19, we pray and offer sacrifices for all our brothers and sisters who have been infected by this virus. We also pray for the repose of the souls of those who have died already and we extend our sympathy to those they have left behind. May our [...]
We wish you all - our families, friends and visitors of our website - A HAPPY and GRACE-FILLED NEW YEAR 2019! Thank you very much for all the moral and prayerful support, kind help and encouraging inspirations you have extended to us through the past year 2018! Thank you for walking with us and for [...]
We celebrated today the Golden Jubilee of Religious Profession of our Sr.M.Lucida. Early in the morning, it was cloudy and misty. The rain seemed to be threatening to pour down at any time. We prayed for a good weather so that Sister will have a wonderful day with her families and friends who will still [...]
We let our visitors' chapel repainted these past few days. The former paint was dark gray. All of us agreed that it looked so drab and gloomy. The lighting was also not so ideal that the whole atmosphere in the visitors' chapel seemed unwelcoming. We then decided to have it repainted and have the lights changed [...]
On November 10, 2016, our dear Mother Mary Aurora, 4th Superior General of our Congregation, went to her eternal reward at the age of 93. She had led our Congregation from 1969 to 2003 with wisdom and broadmindedness, with kindness blended with firmness, with selfless dedication and with a love of a mother who is [...]
Today, June 1, 2016, we are celebrating with joy and gratitude the First Anniversary of our website: www.sspsap-motherhouse.nl. Our gratitude goes to our good and generous friend and webmaster, Mark Brouwer, who helped us put this up and is still helping us maintain it and keep it up to date. Although updating the content, especially [...]
Our Congregation Logo summarizes our way of life and our consecration, as well as our particular task in the Church. In 1919, one of our Sisters was commissioned to express in painting our mission in the Church. After having been approved by Fr. Nicolas Blum, the SVD Superior General at the time, the new [...]
