Antananarivo (Madagascar). On 6 August 2021, at the Provincial House of St. Joseph in Antananarivo (Madagascar), the FMA of  Mary Source of Life Province (MDG) welcomed Sr. Rafaraonisoa Blandine, the first Malagasy Provincial who will animate the Madagascar Province for the next six years.

Celebrazione Eucaristica Accoglienza Ispettrice MDG

Antananarivo (Madagascar). On 6 August 2021, at the Provincial House of St. Joseph in Antananarivo (Madagascar), the FMA of  Mary Source of Life Province (MDG) welcomed Sr. Rafaraonisoa Blandine, the first Malagasy Provincial who will animate the Madagascar Province for the next six years.

The Eucharistic celebration for the installation of the Provincial was presided over by Fr. Innocent Bizimana, Salesian of Don Bosco, Superior of the Preprovince of Mary Immaculate (MDG) and concelebrated by the Vicar, Fr. Graziano De Lazzari.

In the Eucharist, Sr. Bernadetto Chongo Cola, to whom the FMA of the Province on the evening of 5 August expressed their thanks for her service of animation and government and for the shared journey, in the name of the Mother General of the FMA Institute, Sr. Yvonne Reungoat and of the General Council, read the official appointment of the new Provincial. This was followed by the bestowal of the Bible and the Constitutions of the FMA Institute, which for Don Bosco and Mother Mazzarello,  recalled Sr. Bernadette,  are paths for the journey of holiness.

After Holy Mass, the FMA welcomed the Provincial Sr. Rafaraonisoa at the entrance to the Provincial House. The Animator of  Mary Immaculate Community of Port Bergé, Sr. Krystyna Soszynska, offered her a key, wishing that “the door to her office may always be open for each of the sisters”.

Simboli Accoglienza Ispettrice MDG

Other signs offered to her were: honey, a sign of sweetness, with the hope that life will always be sweet and joyful even in the face of difficulties and that she may guide the Province gently. The mat, a symbol of accompaniment, a place of encounter, of listening, of readiness to welcome everything that life will present. The mandate “I entrust them to you” of Mary to Mother Mazzarello, is also addressed to her today as she responded to her call in the service of animation and government of the Province.

In the Provincial Chapel, a wreath of flowers and a book containing the wishes of the FMA of the Province were given to her as a sign of welcome. Sr. Rafaraonisoa gave her first talk, thanking  for the trust and for the welcoming event full of profound meaning. She expressed her willingness to be the Animator of the Province, with the collaboration of all the sisters.

The festivities ended with a moment of fraternity in which the FMA sang the hymns presented in the music competition held on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the FMA Institute and with viewing a video clip made by the Malagasy FMA, on the Hymn Sous le manteau de Marie.

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