CELEBRATING THE 25th YEAR OF THE RELIGIOUS CONSECRATION OF SR. PURISIMA CONCEPCION CAÑONERO, SSJ ON THE 122nd DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF FR. FRANCISCO BUTINYA, SJ(DECEMBER 18, 2021)
Today, December 18, 2021, in the Eucharistic Celebration presided by Fr. Robert Sablon, MSP here in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, as we celebrate the 122nd Death Anniversary of our dear founder- Fr. Francisco Butinya, we are also celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Religious Consecration of Sr. Concep. Twenty-five years ago, she decided to leave her family in order to follow the call of God to be a Sierva de San Jose (Servant of St. Joseph), embracing the life of a woman-worker religious. To answer to the invitation of Jesus to follow Him is not easy because it means a lot of letting go but when there is Love to do the will of God, like Mary and Joseph in Nazareth who also offered to God their Yes to take care of Jesus, then nothing is impossible. For sure, Sr. Concep had many very meaningful experiences of serving God in her different ministries and what have been sustaining her were: her Faith in God’s love Who is always faithful, her hope that God will always be with her in all he