CYPRUS
The geographical location of the island and the activities that take place there are conducive not only to trade, but also to the meeting of all civilizations and religions. Cyprus is open to the Eastern and Western world and students of all religions and nations attend the Sisters' Community, where they learn respect, love of neighbor and tolerance.
CATECHISM, PASTORAL FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES
"In the encounter with Jesus Christ, life finds its meaning and basis." With this call and example, the sisters conduct pastoral care for the community.
THE MISSION OF EDUCATION
For years, the community of Limassol, an important shopping center, has felt the need for a Catholic school for girls.
MERCIFUL AID FOR THE POOR AND THE NEEDING
At present, the sisters continue to work with love and dedication for the benefit of the elderly and abandoned people of different cultures and religions.
CATECHISM, PASTORAL FOR YOUTH AND FAMILIES
Limassol
“In the encounter with Jesus Christ, life finds its meaning and basis.” With this call and example, the sisters hold pastoral care for the community. In Limassol, the sisters serve two parishes: St. Catherine's Latin and St. Charbel's Maronite.
As in both parishes, the idea of creating a church choir in which lay people from the community participate was born and realized.
In St. Catherine's, the choir is made up of adults, all Filipinas, who dedicate their day off with great dedication to serve Christ in the Church, offering the gift of their voice to glorify the Lord and animate the Liturgy.
In St. Charbel, the choir consists of teenagers and young people who are eager to meet the Lord through song, prayer, and reading. Young people are committed to growing in their faith and in fraternal relationships with others around them, with the Church, and with Jesus.
In addition, the sisters are involved in the preparation of various meetings such as the World Youth Meetings and the Youth Days,
organized by the Maronite Patriarchate in Lebanon.
Another parish activity is that of the Legion of the Virgin Mary, a secular Catholic organization whose members serve the Church on a voluntary basis in almost all countries. In Limassol, the group consists of about 30 participants who gather every Sunday, whose priority is the spiritual and social well-being of each member. Members participate in the life of the parish: they visit families to pray the Rosary together; visit patients both in their homes and in hospitals; cooperate in every apostolic missionary activity of the parish. Each participant performs a weekly spiritual activity in union with Mary.
In addition, the sisters hold religious classes at the school for all Christians, while every Saturday there are catechism classes for Catholics, especially in preparation for the sacraments. Students from different schools attend the Doctrine with curiosity about the world, faith and its strengthening.
Kormakitis
Remaining after the Turkish occupation, the sisters, despite great difficulties, offered their daily help to the Christian community, caring for the few remaining children and adults who did not leave the Christian village. They also set up a mission in the Association of the Legion of the Virgin Mary, accompanied by young people and a ministry in the Parish.
THE MISSION OF EDUCATION
Limassol
For years, the community of Limassol, an important shopping center, has felt the need for a Catholic school for girls. The Custody of the Holy Land (Jerusalem) undertook the construction of a building that could be used as a school college for young people, and then entrusted the leadership of the Franciscan Missionaries to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
The Terra Santa School in Limassol was opened on December 2, 1923. It initially operated as a primary school, but later secondary and specialized secondary schools were added, offering language courses in English, French, Italian and Greek. Subsequently, trade courses were added.
The school achieved such a progressive development that the significant increase in the number of students required an expansion of the school building. Therefore, on February 11, 1965, under the patronage of the Virgin Mary of the Immaculate Conception of Lourdes, the first stone of the new school was blessed, which on June 19, 1966 was opened with a blessing by Archbishop Alberto Gori, Patriarch of Jerusalem, and the building and bears the name of the "Virgin Mary".
Today, the school accepts about 1,000 students aged three to eighteen from any language, culture, religion and nation. To facilitate learning, the school is divided into Greek and English sections, starting from kindergarten, continuing to primary school and then to secondary school, which is subsequently divided into two branches: scientific and literary. The main goal is to cultivate human and Christian values and principles that will accompany students on the path of their lives.
After completing their education, students have the opportunity to be admitted to universities in different countries,
by choosing their preferred branch: law, medicine, literature, etc. We can call it an ecumenical, multilingual and multicultural school, where children learn to accept the other, the different, with love and respect!
Kormakitis
The sisters arrived in Kormakitis in 1936 at the invitation of Mons. Antonio Triandafilides, Vicar of the Maronites, to open a school run by the Franciscan Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, according to the wishes of all the inhabitants of Cormacity. The school flourished for the good of the locals until the Turkish invasion in 1974.
MERCIFUL AID FOR THE POOR AND THE NEEDING
Larnaca
"Regina Pacis" officially began work in Larnaca on October 16, 1960. The trustee is Father Fermin Lopez de Aberasturi, a delegate of the Custody of the Holy Land, who in a sermon to the nuns emphasizes the beauty of the spiritual and bodily charitable deeds they were called to practice in the retirement home.
On November 29, 1972, the grand opening of the new building, called the Rest Home, took place in the ecumenical presence of various Catholic and Orthodox priests. Currently, the sisters continue their work with love and dedication for the benefit of elderly and abandoned people from different cultures and religions. This mission is highly valued by both the Church and society today.
