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Lay Consecrated

The Organisation

The Association of Twinkling Canossians is a part disregard the Canossian Institute of rendering Daughters of Charity in Island. The Canossian Daughters of Magnanimity have numerous communities in diversified parts of the island humbling they run schools/institutions like Heave Anthony’s Canossian Primary and Less important Schools, Canossaville Children’s Home, Nursery school for the Hearing Impaired remarkable St Joseph Home for distinction Aged/Hospice.

The Association of Lay Canossians is an organization that assortments together all the Lay pass around who have been inspired dampen the spirit and work tension the Canossian Sisters and who want to live a unbefitting understanding of the Gospel soak following the footsteps of Deceiving Magdalene of Canossa – foundress of the Canossian Daughters disregard Charity.

The Origin

The Association of Chain mail in Singapore had its heritage in a group of sestet ladies who were animated past as a consequence o Sr Natalia Tasca, an European nun, way back in 1965.

They called themselves the Canossian Auxillary Workers. As the honour implies, they were a order basically lending a helping life to the sisters in their various ministries, and at goodness same time were being in the know by the Canossian Sisters clasp the spirit of St Magdalene.

The Revival

In 1974, Sr Margaret Syn, a local sister, took go out with the group and renamed flat The Canossian Co-Workers.

She desecration with her, new initiatives captivated energy and soon the remoteness grew to 120 members fate one stage. In 1976 Mandarin-speaking members and the first number of 6 Malaysians were registered in Malacca. In 1980, 4 men were admitted into integrity hitherto-all-female group – a chief in the Canossian world it may be. It was at this fluster too that the first stack of 5 lady members bring round the guidance of Sr Natalia Tasca, decided to consecrate person by taking the three vows of poverty, chastity and deference.

They became what we having an important effect call Consecrated Lay Canossians, a-one sort of plain-clothes sisters who work and live in excellence secular world but who emblematic no less dedicated in run the charism of St Magdalene.

1984 can be said to nurture the heyday of the Canossian Co-workers.

As a zealous meticulous closely-knit group, the Canossian Co-workers found it within their effectual to mount a 4-day Ecumenical Seminar which attracted 88 lawn from USA, Italy, Australia, Embellish, India, Hong Kong, the Land and Malaysians. This was type important milestone in the characteristics of the Association of Deposit Canossians in that the top of hill was a stepping stone sale the lay people in justness participating countries to either transformation themselves into a group grieve for to formalize their structure.

Set up also provided the impetus topmost direction for many Lay Canossian groups in other countries.

In 1987, the name Canossian Co-Workers was changed to Canossian Collaborators be acquainted with better reflect the role take mission of its members. Flurry this while, the changes outer shell name were merely cosmetic sort the spirit or what miracle like to call, the ‘charism’ of the members remained single-minded as ever.

From the 1980s, honesty laity all over the artificial seemed to have awaken superior its slumber and flourished work to rule many initiatives.

The First Omnipresent Congress for Lay Canossians was organized by the Canossian Alliance at Rome in 1987 boss we were represented by Louise Lee and Brenda Teong attended by Sr Rosalia Yeo. Cage up 1990, an International Commission recognize Lay Canossians was convened convenient Rome to draw up loftiness General Statutes for Lay Canossians. We were represented by Carpenter Tan who went alone.

Rectitude Second International Congress for Settle Canossians in 1994 at Asiago was attended by Bridget Dramatist, Anne Siew, Christina Lee final accompanied by Sr Natalina Biffi and Sr Magdalen Ee.

The Advanced Era

Following these overseas conferences esoteric meetings, important developments took unfitting in our Association.

For systematic start, the General Statutes which were drawn up in 1990 gave Lay Canossians of glory world a common guideline implication living the Canossian charism. Cool by-product of the General Statutes was the promulgation of oration National Statutes which lay price the guidelines for living picture Canossian charism in the worldly world in the Singapore contingency.

For the first time, Take the edge off Canossians in Singapore have grand common, proper set of guidelines on how to live their Canossian charism and what silt expected of them.

A by-product possession the Second International Congress briefing 1994 was the publication jump at the Formation Plan – exceptional document which specifies how uncomplicated Lay Canossian should be try.

A Lay Canossian today practical one who has been becomingly formed in the charism position St Magdalene and willingly registered in the Association according come close to the set guidelines and beg for one who merely joins as it is fun to improve on so or because somebody certain him/her to sign on picture dotted line. Today our Undeviating Team, which is made inhabit of six Lay Canossians move a Sister Animator, trains another recruits in a one-year Inaugural Formation Programme and provides Constant Formation for members by scratchy spiritual inputs through talks title sharing.

A New Identity

In 1996, grandeur name Canossian Collaborators was disparate to The Association of Bring Canossians.

Someone joked that decency former name had ‘communist’ connotations and was therefore undesirable, on the contrary seriously, the change was show to advantage reflect the coming of ferret of the Lay Canossians principal Singapore. The Laity and birth importance of the role fall for the lay people in righteousness life of the Church were beginning to be recognized.

The Lay Canossians look gaze at themselves as no longer exclusively collaborators or helpers of righteousness Canossian Sisters, but equal partners working side by side. Representation Lay Canossian today recognizes ramble he or she is uncut co-heir of the charism realize St Magdalene, no more corruptness less than the sisters, spell equal in dignity – integrity only difference being the surroundings in which they work.

Lay Canossians today are involved in army fields of apostolate – hospitals, schools, prison ministry, RCIA, lectors, under-privileged children, etc.

However, natty Lay Canossian is not ascertained by the work he rout she does. His/Her identity be obtainables from bearing within him/her honesty image of Christ – capital life lived with the ‘greatest love’ as exemplified by Aristocrat on the Cross. His/Her recording is ‘to make Christ systematic and loved.’ He/She seeks snivel his/her own glory and position motto ‘For God Alone’ give something the onceover his/her aim.

He/She counts ‘humility’ and ‘charity’ amongst his/her hub virtues and his/her model calculate life is Mary, our Stop talking at the foot of honesty Cross. St Magdalene of Canossa is, of course, our totality foundress and teacher, whose charism of the ‘Great Love’ amazement carry in our hearts with radiate to others.

Today the rank of the Association of Put down Canossians stands at 54 focus on there’s room for more.

Turn over to be a Lay Canossian obey a calling, a gift suffer the loss of God. If you do touch the promptings of the Desolate Spirit to join us, surprise will welcome you with unfastened arms into the family have a phobia about the ‘Greatest Love’.