The Olive Trees of Gratitude and Memory

The Olive Trees of Gratitude and Memory

n the occasion of the Centenary of our Generalate in Rome, Our Superior General and her Council decided to make visible the memory of our history as Sisters of the Most Holy Mother of Sorrows.

It was chosen to honor with great gratitude the memory of our sisters, past and present, who, by serving with their leadership, have made us SSM what we are and what we continue to become!

This event is not a mere anniversary, but a tribute to the essence of life itself. Memory, with its ability to preserve the echoes of the past, allows us to reflect on the joys, trials and milestones of our journey. Gratitude, its ever-present companion, inspires us to cherish these memories, to recognize the beauty in both victories and difficulties, and to thank all those who have walked alongside us.

Rooted in the past and reaching toward the future

“Without memory we do not move forward, we do not grow without an integral and luminous memory,” Pope Francis wrote in the encyclical Brothers All (249). Making memory of those who have been a visible sign of the congregation’s unity in charity means nurturing and renewing oneself in fidelity to the charism. To make memory of the good received is essentially to acknowledge with awe and gratitude the presence and work of God in our history. Finally, making memory of the good received is an act of hope, rooted in the conviction that our history in God’s eyes is a project of salvation. The olive trees of remembrance, which we have planted over the years, are thus an echo of hope, laid in the hearts of each and every one of us, to live rooted in the past and leaning toward the future.

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