A NEW MISIONARY TO ASIA, IN ENDE-INDONESIA
Almost a year ago, three missionary sisters have been assigned to the new foundation of the Congregation in Ende-Indonesia. But the pandemic has not made it possible for the sisters to reach their mission site yet until this day, July 15, when by a miracle one of them finally arrived. This is Sr. Zuzana Mazecova from Slovakia. It was with great joy that the 2 sisters who were in Ende-Indonesia with 4 girls in community have welcomed Zuzana Mazecova together with all the Sisters of the Delegation of Asia especially through mesages in the Whatsapp grup after having many experiences during the trip and now this dream became a reality already in the Community of the 2 sisters. We  give thanks because His time is always the best. And we pray for the coming soon of the other Sisters that we are still waiting; May the will of God be done in us, for us and through us!

NOVENA TO ST. MARIA ROSA MOLAS
We can say that everything is going in a different way since the Covid-19 pandemic appeared. Some things are going positive while some are going negative. One of the positive ones was the Novena to St. Maria Rosa Molas this year that we were able to follow live streaming. During the 9 days of the Novena we saw different sisters, youth, laity, from different places, communities, and using different languages, we appreciate the preparation to be able to understand it! Wow! Wonderful experience that we went through with our Mother. Even though we had the limit of distance we felt closer and in union in heart and mind with all the congregation and the Consolation family. It makes us have more courage to continue to share the joy of God’s Consolation through our lives and realize we belong to a big Family!

CELEBRATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE NEW DELEGATION SUPERIOR
Yesterday, commemorating the 206th anniversary of the birth of our Mother Foundress, St. Maria Rosa Molas and the 6th anniversary of the constitution of the Asia Delegation, the General Government met with the sisters of the Delegation online to read the decree of appointment of the new Superior of the Delegation, Carmen Villalon Letelier, who will be accompanied by Ana Maria Perea Arnaiz and Hyekyung Park Filomena as councilors. In a simple and profound celebration, the General Government invited us to place ourselves in the presence of the Lord with the song Caring, praying, consoling. Then the presentation of the history we have lived so far under the guidance of God who shares his Vision with us so that we can make it our own and live it in depth invited us to welcome this "something new that is springing from God". After a moment of sharing from the heart what we must let go off and let come so that the new can germinate in us, Antonia Munuera, Superior General, solemnly read the decree of appointment of the new Superior of the Delegation, as the moment required, asking for an open attitude of obedience. She then encouraged the new team of leaders of the Delegation to live as an authentic community of life for the mission. She encouraged them to go out and at the same time encouraged the sisters of the Delegation to go out like the first sisters, tireless, daring, always dedicated to the poorest and to continue to give the Delegation of Asia an ever more Asian face. Finally the members of the new government of the Delegation have shared their feelings with all the sisters and in a fraternal atmosphere of celebration some sisters have encouraged the new team committing all of us to collaborate so that the Delegation continues to grow. Special gratitude to the General Government that always accompanies and encourages the Delegation in its steps and to Montse Trias who accompanied us in the celebration as English translator. Let us entrust the Delegation into the hands of God with the hope and certainty that the Mother Foundress and Our Lady of the Consolacion accompany us in every step.

NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM
We are happy to announce that the Asia Delegation has a new leadership team in government. Sisters Ana Maria Perea Arnaiz and Hyekyung Park Filomena will accompany the new Delegation Superior, Carmen Villalon Letelier, in this service as councilors. We thank God for the availability of the three sisters. May God's grace and wisdom be with them. We will continue walking in communion to bring the charism wherever it is needed.

“IN YOUR CHURCH OH LORD WE WANT TO BE, IN YOUR CHURCH OH LORD WE FOLLOW YOU …”
This is the song that resounded loudly in our hearts yesterday. Every March 14 we gratefully celebrate being "daughters of the Church" but yesterday it had a special connotation. The Philippines celebrates 500 years of Christianity. The jubilee year will solemnly open on April 4, Solemnity of the Resurrection, but yesterday March 14, the Filipino community in Rome and with them all Filipinos throughout the world celebrated a Eucharist presided over by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. Our community unites in prayer and joy participating in the online Eucharist, feeling we, all are brothers and sisters, all united in the same family: The universal Church, our house and home. Mª Rosa Molas and the first 11 sisters felt it that way, that is how they lived it. Today 164 years later, the Consolation family gratefully professes the same love to the Church. “In your Church oh Lord we want to be, In your Church oh Lord we follow you …”  

COMMEMORATING MARCH 14TH
In the Cebu community we had a celebration yesterday to commemorate the signing of last year's Eco-statement. The same people who signed last year's manifesto gathered to deepen our commitment and strengthen it before the Lord with a prayer centered on the story of creation. We offered before the altar where the invitation to continue in communion with the Church (daughters of the Church), to listen to the cry of the poor and the earth and to regenerate human relationships in the fraternity of sons and daughters of God made in his image and likeness on a poster, the four basic elements in creation, water, fire, air and earth, presided. We prayed with each of these elements listening to the Lord's call to be brothers and sisters and to take care of each other. We were accompanied on this occasion by the parish priest of San Lorenzo Ruis who thanked us for the opportunity we offered him to participate, in his own words, in "a profound and very meaningful celebration ". After the prayer we shared a simple snack with the food that each one generously contributed in a fraternal, joyful and simple banquet. The legacy of Mother Foundress and the first sisters continues to encourage us to live our charism.