Rome (Italy). On 26 April 2026, in Macas, Ecuador, the World Feast of Gratitude will be celebrated, hosted by Sacred Heart Province (ECU). Feast program
“Be missionaries everywhere” is the theme of the Feast, which takes place against the backdrop of the recent canonization of Saint Maria Troncatti, a missionary who, precisely in Ecuador, gave her life for the reconciliation between settlers and the Shuar people.
“The choice to celebrate the World Feast of Gratitude in Ecuador, in ‘Sacred Heart’ Province, is intended as a tribute to the holiness of Sister Maria Troncatti, who lived ardently as a missionary in the land that became her ‘homeland of the heart,’ until her very last breath,” explains Mother Chiara in Circular No. 1057.
“Celebrating the Feast of Gratitude in the places where Saint Maria Troncatti lived means rediscovering, within her rich and adventurous missionary life, her gift for discerning God’s interventions in history, and her ability to look upon life with confidence, focusing on its positive aspects to uncover every sign of goodness present within it. It reminds us that we can always do something to improve the reality around us”.
As in previous years, you can express your gratitude and that of the Communities to the Mother by leaving a comment below, so that she can read them all.
Thank you, Mother for your maternal presence and closeness to communities and situations throughout the world.
Thank you, Mother for your smile and your ability to bring joy wherever you go.
Thank you, Mother for your frequent and impassioned appeals to charismatic sources.
CONTINUE WRITING YOUR MESSAGE OF GRATITUDE TO MOTHER, below in the REPLY BOX
Happy Feast day dear Mother!
We thank God for your gift and for your untiring service rendered to the Institute. May you continue to be a beacon of Hope and Joy and a blessing to each one of us.
May St. Maria Troncatti intercede for you and all your intentions and help us to become artisans of peace and reconciliation.
Praying for you 🙏
Sr. Yowanka INS
Viva gesu! Dear Mother Chiara. Thank you for being our mother – the bond of communion in our family. Thank you for your prayers to keep me close to Jesus and you. Thank you for everything. May the Good Lord bless you today and always. Praying for you.
Sr. Louni Susanna, Sacred Heart, INK Province
Happy Feast dear Mother Chiara, praying for you always may the Lord bless you today and always and thank you dear Mother for your love and service
Dearest Mother Chiara. With gratitude and prayers I Say thank YOU for being a Mother. What had touched me in meeting YOU is your listening heart and your capacity to be cheerful always. May the showers of blessings keep pouring on you.
🙏A million thanks to you, our dearest beloved Mother Chiara,
for your passionate love that flows so free;
for your tender affection and motherly care,
graciously shared with all, everywhere.
To each one who meets you, online or near,
you become a presence precious and dear. 💓
🎊Your loving presence in our midst that day,
during the Centennial joy and festive🎉 array
of the arrival 🛬of the first FMA missionaries to Northern India’s land 🇮🇳(1923-2023),
was a priceless blessing, beautiful✨ and grand.
🎉You filled our hearts❤💞 with joy😊 untold,
with memories to cherish more precious than gold.
You made us feel as daughters loved,
strengthen in spirit, gently moved.
With gratitude deep and love sincere,
we hold this precious gift ever near.
(Sr.Stella Mary Pasi FMA INS)
Happy Feast Dear Mother,
Thank you so much for your motherly love, care and support you gave to each of us your Sisters. Thank you for your gift to all of us and for your total dedication to God and to the whole Congregation. Praying for you always especially today. May God continues to bless you and guide you with His wisdom as you continue to carry out the mission He entrusted to you. May He protect you and grant you good health. Thank you and Happy feast.
SEC-Canada: Bonne fête M. Chiara! Merci pour ton don généreux. Tu es une vraie Fille De Marie Auxiliatrice. Merci de tout cœur et merci pour tes lettres de chaque mois qui nous aide à être des vraies filles de Sainte Marie-Dominique Mazzarello.
Je t’envoie un gros câlin et sois assurée de ma fidélité et de mes prières… MERCI….
Cara Madre Chiara,
Grazie per la sua presenza materna, la sua sollecitudine per ciascuna delle sue sorelle e per i giovani, e per il suo servizio generoso.
Le assicuriuamo le nostre preghiere e il nostro affetto,
Le Suore della comunità di Maria Ausiliatrice, North Haledon, NJ
A very Happy feast day dearest Mother General sending you our love and gratitude for who you are to each one of us. May God bless you abundantly and always. Our prayers for you daily especially to day. Love and blessings from your sisters at mawkyrdep community.
Dear Loving Mother,
I join you with all the sisters and young peopel who are gathered at the sanctuary of St Maria Troncatti, the place of Salesian holiness, to wish you God’s choicest blessings and assure you of our prayers together with all our community sisters, young people of our campus at Chetpet, Chennai. We express our loving gratitude for what you are to each one of us and for all the blessings we enjoy through the instrumentality of your spiritual animation and governance. May God grant you good health and all the graces that you need to continue your mission. Happy Feast of Love! GRAZIE MADRE!