- Tweets from LCWR 2018 Assembly Opening, thanks to Global Sisters Report @sistersreport unless attributed to others:
- The 2018 LCWR assembly begins tonight. We're live-tweeting now. Stay tuned!
- Sr. Teresa Maya opens #LCWR2018 with a warm welcome to St. Louis...and the return of the fidget spinner, representing the trio of LCWR leaders on stage. This year's theme is "Being the Presence of Love: The Power of Communion."
- As #LCWR2018 begins, LCWR president Teresa Maya encourages attendees to be the presence of love in St. Louis, a city torn by poverty, violence and racism, and to our own communities around the world.
- LCWR welcomes Sr. Carol Zinn, the conference's new executive director. GSR reported on Zinn's transition to LCWR earlier this year. Zinn began her job on July 1. https://globalsiste.rs/2rwTCVA #LCWR2018
- Fr. Henry Lemoncelli greets the members of LCWR via video at the opening of the assembly, representing CICLSAL [the Vatican Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life] with a message from Prefect Joao Braz de Aviz. "I encourage you to be hope-filled ... to challenge those who need to be challenged with compassion."
- This year at #LCWR2018, sisters are in attendance from Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico and the United Kingdom, as well as the United States.
- From Religious Formation Conference @relforcon: Last night's opening prayer service at the #LCWR2018 assembly was incredibly moving! Check out this video clip of participants raising their voices in song. "We will praise you with wonder & awe. Alleluia!" [I can’t figure out how to attach the video here.]
- The 2018 LCWR assembly begins tonight. We're live-tweeting now. Stay tuned!