Novitiate News & Updates

Heart of Jesus, to love Thee and make Thee loved! Thanks to God, many young ladies with a vocation continue to knock at our doors, and most of them are Americans. Just to give you an example, last year we had ten American pre-postulants here with us in Phoenix. They lived with us for the entire year, received the beginnings of their religious formation, and also learned Italian quite well. In June, we accompanied them to the novitiate in Italy, where they will spend the next

God has ways which are hidden to our human eyes. In the month of March 2025 our Mother General, Mother Maria Rita, Fr. Emmanuel and Sr. Maria Veronica, the Superior of the Novitiate, decided to visit a few priories in the United States to talk about our Congregation and ask for help for the construction of the new church at the motherhouse in Vigne, Italy. During the visit in Denver Fr. Robinson arranged a meeting with Mr. Jerry Linnebur, who desired to donate us a piece of l

Dear faithful, On this feast of the Epiphany, I want to pass on to you some wonderful news. With the permission of Bishop de Galarreta and Fr. Fullerton, the Consoling Sisters of the Sacred Heart will be constructing a novitiate in Watkins. What does this mean? This means that the Sisters have chosen St. Isidore’s and Watkins as the place where they want to build a house of formation for future Consoling Sisters coming from North America. A novitiate is the equivalent of a se