In July 1937 the 7th General Chapter was held and the time of expansion to other continents began. In March 1939 the first steps towards Asia were taken, twelve Comboni Missionary Sisters left for Palestine to work in the hospitals of Karak and Amman, where they also opened a community in Jerusalem.
During this period, the Congregation also suffered the devastations of the Second World War, when the borders in Italy were closed. While in Verona, in Buccinigo d’Erba and also in Asmara, where some novices had already been sent since 1939, the new Pie Madri della Nigrizia began to profess.
Reading
Opening in Asia IT – AMN 32, Pg 35-38
The tree begins its first fruits IT-AMN 32, Pg 107- 115
The Congregation Spreads around the World
M. Carla Troenzi
It is important to remember that in 1928 the informative process for the canonisation of Mgr. Daniel Comboni began in Verona, and also from 20 to 24 July 1931 the 6th General Chapter was held, where the Chapter decided to create new provinces, those of Bahr el Gebel, Bahr el Ghazal and Eritrea. At this General Chapter, Sister Pierona Stoppani was elected Superior General, but she died on 3 January 1933, while visiting the communities in Africa. In response to this unforeseen event, a new elective General Chapter was convoked in writing, with the prior authorisation of Propaganda Fide, in May 1933, where Sr Carla Troenzi was elected as the new Superior General.
Contemplative Time
PASSIONATE
We would like to live passionately. Passionate about you and the mission, May our hearts burn when we listen to you, may everything around us heat up. May our hands be like fire, May our hands be like fire, May our touch kindle love. We would like to live passionately.
Passionate for so much love, May there be no frontier to stop us, in this impulse to give everything today, And to love in God’s time. We would like to live passionately, Passionate and in communion, Walking always on the way, as a cenacle of God’s heart, Walking together towards the future, Faithful to the One who called us.
(By Sr. Marta Vargas. CMS)
Write in your Journal
What did you discover about this period that you didn’t know before?