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Cenacle Sisters – Asia | Regional Assembly 2026

Cenacle Sisters – Asia | Regional Assembly 2026 The Annual Assembly was held from 2-6 February 2026 attended by all the Sisters. On behalf of the Cenacle Sisters, Sr. Linda Lizada, rc, offered a message of gratitude to Fr. Roger Champoux, SJ, who has been a “Kintsugi artist” to many Cenacle Sisters for over 40 years. Fr. Champoux was the resource speaker during the recently concluded Regional Assembly. “I would like to thank you for how you have been present in our lives through the many years. And borrowing the inspiration from our Bicentennial theme, I think you have been God’s Kinsugi artist who have worked with us. Many of us have felt that artist’s touch that is like the Kinsugi master. You are our Kintsugi artist. In our prayer last Sunday, we said that our small congregation, now entering its third century, may be part of the world’s journey toward wholeness. We will not be around and you will not be around when Cenacle celebrates 300 years. But what we’re hoping for is that those who do celebrate it will look back to this time and say: because Father Champoux walked with the Cenacle Sisters, we have something that we can rejoice about. Thank you Fr Champoux from all of us!”

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Courage, Trust & Love of a Religious

February 11, 2020

Immersion Program @Cenacle, 2020 A testimony from a participant through whatsapp: Gd Morning Sr.!I really wish to visit Manila. My heart is drawn to go there again.. It is hard to share a little of my experience about the Manila Immersion Programme as it is a rich and eye-opening 7 days journey. However, if I am to summarize the grace God has granted me, that would be the courage to trust in the love of our good Lord, in the way He wants to love me, not in my preferred way, because He always know the best than I do. At first, I hesitated to join the programme because there is too many ‘risk’ I have to face, especially in taking leave from full time job, which is normally not so easy. But even before the programme, God has granted me the courage to trust in His providence. He only wants my YES and He takes care of the rest. Praise God for that! Throughout my journey in Manila, He showed me that this grace came alive in the Religious Sisters and Brothers whom we visited. They face different challenges in their respective missions and vocation journey, but they persevere on and amazingly, all of them look so happy. They love until it hurts, but they still carry on to love, until it hurts no more, but only love remains. Thank you Sisters and Brothers for letting me taste the fruits of your courage, trust and love. On top of all, I thank my Lord for this experience. It is too wonderful that I wish to return to Manila and I hope there will be another similar programme so others can receive the experience like I do. 🙂