May His union with God through Jesus Christ be a light that would guide us in the mission and discipleship

As we commemorate the 105th year of his birth into Heaven, let us be reminded of his words which also reflects the reality of the present world, “For while the world is dazzled by its progress, while man exults in his conquests over matter and lords it over nature, disemboweling the earth, yoking the lightening, cutting isthmuses to mingle the waters of the oceans, eliminating distances; while nations fall and rise and renew themselves; while races mingle, spread, and fuse; above the roar of our machines, above all this feverish activity, over and beyond all these gigantic achievements and not without them, a much vaster, nobler, and more sublime work is developing: the union in God through Jesus Christ of all people of good will. (Speech to the Catholic Club of New York, Oct. 15, 1901 (L'Araldo Italiano - The Italian Herald," New York, Oct. 24, 1901)

If we consider this present world is in the state of progress and in times this progress enslaves the people particularly the migrants. “It is undoubtedly a good thing for both those who go and those who remain, a true safety valve, relieving the country of excess population, opening new avenues for commerce and industry, blending and perfecting civilization, broadening the concept of motherland beyond physical boundaries, making the whole world man's motherland. But it is always a very grievous individual and national evil when it is allowed to take place without laws, limits, guidance, or effective protection.” “Emigration, in this case, would not mean lively and intelligent forces working for the good of the individual and of society but forces in conflict, often destroying one another in turn. It would mean exploitation of the emigrants, to their detriment and shame and that of the land of their birth. It would not mean life-giving waters but torrents without banks, which lose the riches of their waters among boulders and thistles, let alone destroy the cultivated farmland. (First conference on emigration) (AGS 5/3)

Real progress is not a showy display of new roads, new machines or new systems. All this is the ornament, the exterior veneer of civilization. But this is not civilization, it is not progress. The real progress of a people consists in its education. But authentic education, education that civilizes all aspects of life, consists primarily in the development of the intellectual and moral faculties and in the development of the heart and formation of the spirit; in the development of the heart, so that it may cherish goodness; in the cultivation of the spirit, so that it may prevail against matter.

We should bear what our Blessed Founder had written to his flock, “Jesus Christ is the author of progress.” Indeed, real progress has no purpose other than Jesus Christ: Jesus Christ, living in human beings; Jesus Christ embodying himself in humanity and embodying humanity in himself; Jesus Christ gradually extending and lifting himself in space and time; Jesus Christ the center of all harmony that is restored, all beauty that regains its freshness, all greatness that becomes greater. Everything that is most true, everything that is most holy, everything that is perfect must come forth from and go back to him, for Jesus Christ is the beginning and the end, as well as the link that joins the two. Cfr. Lett. Past. (...) per la Santa Quaresima del 1879, Piacenza 1879, pp. 30-35


Today, certainly is a different time, yet we are facing the same social situations, as sons and daughters of Scalabrini, we continue to bear witness the love of Christ to our brother and sister migrants and propose them the Gospel values and message of salvation. May Blessed Scalabrini’s exemplary life sustains us, and may he intercede for us as we become His living presence all the corners of the Earth in serving the migrants and refugees!

May the Triune God pour their blessings over us and lead our lives and projects as heirs and shares of Scalabrinian charism and may we be witnesses to the Gospel of Jesus Christ in world of migration


Happy Feast Day of our founder,
Blessed John Baptist Scalabrini, Apostle of migrants!


With our constant prayer and communion,


Sr. Marcina Zambiasi, mscs – Provincial Superior
Sr. Marissionaia Daltoe, mscs –First Councilor and Provincial Econome
Sr. Gloria Rosetto, mscs –Councilor
Sr. Maruja Padre Juan, mscs – Councilor and Coordinator on Apostolate
Sr.Elizabeth Pedernal, mscs – Councilor and Provincial Secretary