Rome (Italy). On 24 October 2020, we celebrate the 12th anniversary of the Election of the Mother General of the FMA Institute, Sister Yvonne Reungoat.
God’s surprises ask us to welcome the unprecedented of each day with trust and hope. We join Mother Yvonne in living this unusual time, in communion with one another and with the world, ready to respond with joy to the invitation: “Do whatever He tells you” (Jn 2:5). And it is this same invitation that the Rector Major of the Salesians of Don Bosco, Fr. Ángel Fernández Artime, in the Eucharistic Celebration of 24 October 2014, made to the Chapter members before the voting, recalling Mary at Cana, “Do whatever he tells you”.
Behold, Mother, the call still today to undertake the journey, listening attentively to the Teacher, to Jesus and to His Spirit with an open and docile heart to continue to “fill those jars with water”, with concern, with joy, with loving kindness, comfort, and compassion for the FMA, for the young, and for the Salesian Family in the World.
With Mary, welcoming this extraordinary time of generativity, you continue to give impetus and new life to the mission to which you were called on 24 October 2014.
Asked about the willingness to be the successor of Mother Mazzarello and to incarnate her motherhood to share a new season of prophecy in the FMA Institute at the service of the Church, you answered: “I accept! Thank you for the trust. The biblical expression that supports me is: ‘When I am weak, then I am strong’. I entrust myself entirely to Mary and I accept her invitation: ‘Do whatever He tells you’.”
And so, today, on the 12th anniversary of the Election, you repeat again: “Don Bosco assured us that the true Superior of the Institute is Mary Help of Christians. To her I entrust the mission of animating and governing the FMA Institute. I will try to be, like Mother Mazzarello, Her Vicar.”
To you Mother, the grateful greetings of all the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians, of the Salesian Family, of the Educating Communities, and of young people in the world. Happy Anniversary!
WRITE BELOW, IN THE COMMENTS, A GREETING TO MOTHER
Dearest Mother Yvonne,
Congratulations on your 12th Anniversary as the present Mother of our beloved Institute!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all that you have done for us, your Daughters,
in these years of governing. You have truly been a Mother to us. But most especially, thank you for who you are, a real model and example to us of what it means to be an authentic FMA.
Be assured of my prayers always for you. May God bless you in a special way as you continue to lead us through these trying times of the pandemic.
With grateful love,
Sr. Beatrice Valot CANADA
Merci, Mère Yvonne, tu t’es donnée entièrement, comme tu l’as fait toujours!
Que ton exemple continue à nous encourager.
J’ai eu la joie d’être près de toi et de t’embraser ce 24 octobre 2008§
Marie Auxiliatrice t’accompagne et bénie!
Sr Teresita Villegas AEC
Our Dearest Mother Yvonne, we are really very grateful to God for you and we thank you immensely for your gift as our mother, leader and guide. Thank you for the years of loving, dedicated, selfless service to our Institute and the great wisdom of God experienced in and through you! We offer you our grateful prayers and our loving greetings.
Lovingly,
Sr. Celina Maslai & Sisters.
Bien chère Mère Yvonne,
Vive Jésus !
Vive Marie!
Un tre grand merci pour votre service d’animation à la tête de notre Institut pendants des longues années. Merci pour la vie donnée et pour l’amour de l’Institut et le grand sens d’appartenance que vous nous avez inculqué.
Puisse le Seigneur continuer à vous bénir et a rendre fructueux le travail que vous accomplissez.
Que Marie Auxiliatrice soit toujours Mère, guide et protectrice.
Tanti auguri.
Grazie Madre, anche la nostra comunità vuole dirle la sua riconoscenza per la sua missione e guida sicura, soprattutto attraverso le circolari, che accogliamo con fede, ma anche come espressione di amore per ciascuna di noi. Le assicuriamo la nostra preghiera: Maria Ausiliatrice, la vera Superiora, sappiamo che le è accanto e la guida nel suo servizio. Affettuosamente, la comunità Maria Ausiliatrice, Roma
12 anni di animazione, di governo, di dono incondizionato che ha alimentato la vitalità dell’Istituto e la fedeltà delle Figlie di Maria Ausiliatrice, che da te si sono sentite seguite, amate e raggiunte mensilmente con le parole del cuore, per una continua immersione nel Vangelo e nel Carisma!
Grazie, Madre! Per te, oggi,
la nostra lode al Signore per averti scelta e per il tuo Sì
la nostra preghiera perché tu possa continuare ad essere il nostro faro! Sr Gina e Comunità
Viva Jesús y María querida Madre Ivonne. Desde la mitad del mundo, ECU, unidas en oración y a una sola voz decimos Gracias por su vida hecha don para el Instituto y para cada una en particular, así la sentimos especialmente en todo este tiempo de animación; Dios, María Auxiliadora y nuestra Beata María Troncatti acompañen su vida y su misión.
Con cariño, Sor Elena Tinitana
Queridísima madre Yvonne, en nombre propio y en el nombre de todas las Hermanas de la Comunidad Casa de Salud Madre Mazzarello quiero expresarle sinceras felicitaciones en su aniversario 12 de su servicio de animación en nuestro Instituto. hoy más que nunca valoramos su entrega sin límites ,su palabra y magisterio lleno de sabiduría y salesianidad, alegría y optimismo.El Señor y María Auxiliadora la colmen de sus bendiciones en esta fecha tan especial. Desde nuestra realidad queremos ser esas mujeres consagradas generadoras de vino nuevo apoyando con nuestra oración y ofrecimiento todas las obras del Instituto para que los y las jóvenes lleguen a ser santos.
Carissima Madre Yvonne, grazie per la sua vita donata all’Istituto per il bene dei giovani. Grazie per la sua gioia condivisa e la sua disponibilità nell’accompagnamento di ogni Figlia di Maria Auxiliatrice. Gesù continui di guidare il suo cammino di santità. Unione di preghiera
Querida Madre Yvonne! Recuerdo su emocionante y animador paso por Junín de los Andes, en el año 2014! Aún nos alegramos y reconfortamos cuando hacemos memoria de esos días intensos, felices, que nos llenaron de fuerza apostólica.
Gracias por su servicio, por su entrega generosa, por su alegría contagiosa!
Que María Auxiliadora la continúe bendiciendo!