Maputo (Mozambique). On 1 August 2021, in Maputo, at the Provincial House of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians of St. John Bosco Province (MOZ), the 50th anniversary of the Religious Profession of Sr. Lucília Monteiro Teixeira FMA was celebrated.
The Spiritual Exercises, which took place from 23 to 30 July, in an atmosphere of recollection and prayer in St. John Bosco House in Namaacha (Maputo), prepared us to live the event with fervor, guided by the phrase: “In the heart of the Trinity, we are God’s wheat for the world.”
The Eucharistic celebration was presided over by Archbishop Francisco Chimoio of Maputo, who in his homily commented on the Word of God and underlined Sr. Lucília’s tireless dedication to the poorest and her ability to be detached from material goods, so that others may “have life and life in abundance” (Jn 10:10).
The celebration took place in joy, expression of praise and gratitude to God for the wonders he worked in Sr. Lucília in her 50 years of loving and gratuitous self-giving to the poorest.
Muy feliz aniversario S. Lucilia, canto contigo el Magnificat por estos 50 años de fidelidad de Dios en tu vida y de tu generosa entrega. Un abrazo fraterno desde Uruguay