As part of our Jubilee year celebrations in November we met with the Mercy and Ursuline Leadership teams as a way of acknowledging and celebrating our shared story.

The Congregational Leadership Team, Terry, Emer, Joan, Mary D and Mary H wish you all a blessed and peaceful Christmas.

Marlette Black has prepared a beautiful Christmas Prayer for the International Presentation Association. It is available in the Members Area.

The NGO Committee for Social Development, with the collaboration of the UN Non-Governmental Liaison Service, has published the results of a survey of best practices of Social Integration/ Inclusion. Presentation projects feature strongly.

Presentation Day was celebrated around the world. Here we present a flavour of the stories submitted about those celebrations this year.

Presentation Day in Galway

Presentation Day in Bhopal

Presentation Day in Philippines

Presentation Day in Delhi

Nelly Hidalgo is a former Healing Touch student who now trains others in the process. Here she describes the great good that has followed after two Presentation Sisters introduced Healing Touch to Chile.

In this article, Sr. Eileen Nash looks back to this time last year and reflects on the progress made over the past 12 months.

Niamh Burke, a Presentation student from Cork, recently won frist prize in the annual Cecil Woodham Smith Writing Competition. She tells her story here.

The 20^th November 2009 marked the end of the Jubilee year celebrations of the 225th anniversary of the death of Nano Nagle in Jhelum.

The annual inservice for Principals, Deputy Principals and Sisters of Presentation Primary schools (NP) was held on 28 November 2009.

In December a Friends of Nano Nagle group was formed in Jhelum. Rhada Nasir has sent us an account of the event.

The November meeting of the 1950’s Group (Sisters born since 1950) was held in Mount St Anne’s, Killenard.

Liam O' Brien, a student at Presentation Secondary School, Ballingarry, Co. Tipperary has won the Junior Section of the Poetry Aloud National Poetry Speaking Competition in Ireland.

The Lisbon Treaty allows for a Citizens' Initiative. We need one million signatures to help ensure that European Governments meet their aid pledges in full. Be one in a million. Sign this petition today.

We added several articles on climate change and the Copenhagen conference this month. They are listed below:

A Service of Prayer for Climate Change

Earth Hour at Copenhagen Summit

The Survival of the Fattest

Senan's Blog from Copenhagen

Join the Wave

Bhopal Novitiate addresses Climate Change

Climate Deal - Pocket Guide

Sr. Elizabeth Ryan has written an account of the Presentation Spirituality and Charism Retreat which took place in Mount St. Anne’s in August 2009.

Here we present a number of stories from our Novitiate in Bhopal, India.

We have come across the following where someone has taken liberties with 1 Corinthians 13 and adapted it for Christmas. Enjoy!

Sr. Marcela Cruz from Ecuador has spent some time in Ireland recently. As her visit comes to a close, she reflects on her experience.

This month we have added two new reflections.

The Presentation Sisters recently celebrated 50 years of service at Our Lady Of Lourdes School, in Montclair, California.

As Nagle House celebrates its 50th Anniversary, Sr Bridget Keogh looks back and reflects on her time ministering in Zimbabwe since 1961.

On Friday 11 December 2009, Sr. Teresina Coyne quietly surrendered herself to God in the early hours of the day. Her eulogy is is available in the Members Area.