Hearts Wide Open, Sacred Fire Inside, Burning within from the dawn of all time, We bear the Flame Divine.......(Jan Novotka).This was certainly how we felt as we came to the end of our time together in New Orleans. Mary Hanrahan reflects.....

Jan Novotka, inspired by the life of Nano and the theme of our meeting in New Orleans, wrote four songs in honour of the Jubilee Year: Hearts on Fire, Being in Communion, We Gather as One and In Your Eyes. These are now available on CD.

The Nano Nagle Commission has made arrangements for a Jubilee Mass in honour of Nano Nagle. It will be celebrated in Kilavullen Parish Church on Sunday, 5 April 2009 at 11 a.m. and will be televised live by RTE.

A number of reflections have been added to the website for the Month of March. These include reflections from the Spirituality Focus Group, the Indian Unit, Bernadette Flanagan (on the Dignity of Women) and the CLT.

Fatima Rodrigo P.B.V.M. is the IPA representative at the United Nations. Fatima has agreed to send us regular updates on her work there.

In honour of the Jubilee Year, the Nano Nagle Centre, Ballygriffin - Nano's birthplace - has devised a number of programmes and retreats.

Mount St. Anne's Retreat & Conference Centre, Killenard, Portarlington, Ireland offers a range of opportunities for renewal.

This year's Challenge to Change Seminar will take place on Thursday, 14th May 2009 in the Springhill Court Hotel in Kilkenny, Ireland. Participants will have the opportunity to display their project, talk about it and exchange ideas with other students.

In August 2008, twelve Sisters from the Presentation world gathered in Ennismore, Cork for the beginning of the long-awaited Horizon programme. The excitement, the anticipation and the sense of adventure was palpable. Helen Hyland, one of the organisers, reflects on the experience.

Sisters Margaret Harte, Vera Butler and Wiona Engel, who are living in three separate areas in the southeast United States, are forming a Cluster Community this year.

International Women’s day gets highlighted in our mission places each year. This year we have reports from a few places how, by celebrating this day, we tried to make a difference to women with whom we work.

The South West Province, Ireland this month reports that two Presentation Sisters - Pauline Casey and Eucharia Buckley - are being honoured for the commitment and generosity they have brought to their work over the years.

A few Sisters of the Extended Leadership Team availed of the opportunity to visit the United Nations on their way to or from their meeting in New Orleans in February.

All editions of the Newsletter Celebrating Union Life, published since November 2007, are available to members online. Just click on the Newsletters Tab at the top of the page from within the Members Area.

Scoil Mhuire, Clane, Co. Kildare, Ireland has just celebrated its 25^th Anniversary as a Community School. Bishop Jim Moriarty concelebrated Mass before a large gathering of students, staff, past-students, parents and members of the local community.