At the end of the meeting, the sisters presented Queen Camilla with a symbolic painting created by Sister Sandra De Filippis, a member of Talitha Kum, the UISG's global anti-trafficking network. The painting depicts the wounded yet resilient faces of women and children who have survived human trafficking, at the centre, an outstretched hand with a bird about to fly. It represents both suffering and transformation.

Learn through a crossword about the radical challenge Pope Francis gave the world in Fratelli Tutti. It is only through authentic dialogue and social encounter that we have a chance at transforming ourselves into instruments of peace.

“I am deeply grateful to all who have touched my life and helped me to this day - remembering especially my parents, all my family and my Presentation family.”

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged men and women religious to remain rooted in their charism while remaining attentive to the signs of the times, reminding them that their founders were able to respond with courage and discernment to the needs of their day.

This Jubilee Year of Hope marks the tenth anniversary  of Pope Francis's encyclical Laudato Si' 

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the 800th anniversary of Saint Francis's Canticle of the Creatures.

With our crossword, delve into The Letter that Pope Francis gave the world. 

The September issue of Nano's Echo is replete with with reflections, stories, and suggestions focused on celebrating the Season of Creation.

We are just over halfway through this Jubilee Year 2025 as ‘Pilgrims in Hope’.  Through the beautifully symbolic logo for the year, we are reminded that a pilgrim journey is not an individual undertaking, but rather something communal.

…hope is found in remembering, a remembrance that gives hope – hope that is born by remembering that the tomb of Jesus is empty, remembering that darkness does not last forever and that God will not allow death to have the final word.

Celebrating a Jubilee of Religious Profession is just as important for us as Religious as for a Married Couple celebrating their Wedding Anniversary. It’s an opportunity as well for the Jubilarian to look back on their life of service to God’s people and to thank God and the people we have ministered to, for allowing us to serve them.

A Ballygriffin crossword to delve into the story of Nano Nagle and peruse historic photos..

During World War II, a group of people would stop whatever they were doing at a certain time each day / night to pray for peace, safety and security of everyone. They did this every day and it was as if the city stood still, such was the power of prayer.
Now again some are organising a group of people globally to spend a minute praying for the security of all countries, for an end to the problems that oppress and suppress us, and for God to guide the decisions of our rulers.

Hot off the Press! In the June 2025 Friends of Nano Newsletter, you will find reflections and stories from five continents, from Friends of Nano, Associates and Cojourners in the Union, Society and Conference of the Presentation Sisters.

The English Province of Presentation Sisters recently gathered at the Presentation Convent Matlock to begin their Assembly – Journeying together in faith and hope. Having taken time to review their lives and mission since the last Assembly and looked at priorities for the next four years, they moved to the election of a new Province Leadership Team.

Mary Deane, was elected the new Province Leader for the next 4 years and Sr Janette Brown and Susan Richert were elected Team members.

I chose to think of this and my previous two opportunities as not 'meeting' Pope Francis - rather encounters with him, where he listened as I shared on Venerable Nano Nagle, and then spoke of his need for prayers.  

I met Pope Francis in 2016 in Rome at a Conference for the Vicars of Religious. It was a most memorable occurence - a true encounter - one that needed no words; everything was said to each other by smiling eyes and a firm handshake. I certainly got the feeling that during those few minutes, I was the only one in the conference hall.

We mourn the passing of Pope Francis but rejoice in his entrance to our Father’s house.

I am a pilgrim of Hope when I :

• Pray for the world in war-torn places

• Reach out to someone in pain

• Enter into someone’s story with compassion

I am a Pilgrim of Hope when :

•  I sit under a tree of blossom and hear it hum

• See the new growth sprouting up from the earth

• I hear the dawn chorus and know a new day is breaking

In this Jubilee Year of Hope may we, as Presentation People sharing the proud legacy of the work of Nano Nagle and countless Presentation People around the world, commit ourselves to being pilgrims of hope in our place and time. May we look for ways to make a difference, however small, to those who have lost hope for whatever reason. May we open ‘windows of hope’ this Jubilee year.  

On Saturday 29th March, the Convent at Matlock welcomed about sixty visiting Presentation Associates and friends from a variety of locations - for a day of Prayer and Reflection on Pope Francis’ letter “Dilexit Nos” - He Loved Us.