{"id":10760,"date":"2026-02-10T10:57:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T09:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/?p=10760"},"modified":"2026-02-10T13:47:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T12:47:49","slug":"bicentennial-launch-in-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/2026\/02\/10\/bicentennial-launch-in-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bicentennial launch in Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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On February 1, our sisters in Turin celebrated the opening of the Bicentennial as a community with a Mass of Thanksgiving for the 200 years of the congregation, followed by a delicious meal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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On the afternoon of February 1, the communities of Rome (Generalate and Italian community) inaugurated the Bicentennial of the Foundation in the parish church of San Fulgenzio. It was a meaningful celebration, marked by symbols, the Word, and gratitude, which led the assembly into a true \u201cpassing through the threshold\u201d: two hundred years of history preserved, wounded, and healed by the hands of God. <\/p>

The celebration began with the presentation of the image of clay and gold, the symbol proposed by the General Government for the entire jubilee year. Inspired by the art of Kintsugi, this image does not hide the fractures but welcomes them, fills them with light, and transfigures them. It is a key that tells the very story of the Cenacle: fragilities are pierced by grace, cracks become paths of light, lives are stitched back together by mercy. An image that tells the very story of the Cenacle, born in Lalouvesc with Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Couderc and Father Stephen Terme, and which grew in fragility, fidelity, and new beginnings until it arrived in Rome. <\/p>

One of the most significant moments was the entrance of the \u201cclay and gold vase\u201d in procession, placed next to the Word, the Constitutions, and images of the founders.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The celebration continued with the reading of Acts 1:12-14 and a passage from the Constitutions, recalling the Cenacle as a place of waiting, listening, and communion.<\/p>

It was followed by a communal act of remembrance: a moment of silence, a written message on a piece of paper, a brief sharing between two people, and finally a procession to the jar, to unite personal history with that of the Congregation.<\/p>

Then, several sisters and lay people led prayers of invocation for the Church and the world. Our Superior General, V\u00e9ronique Fabre, then invited everyone to live the jubilee year in faith and openness, leading the assembly in the Bicentennial prayer. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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At the end of this time of prayer and sharing, each participant received a lit candle and the Bicentennial prayer, symbols of a light to keep and carry in daily life. The evening ended at the Cenacle with a moment of fraternal friendship with the participants. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Participation was high, prayerful, and convivial, and many wished to share their experiences afterwards. Among the messages received were: <\/p>

\u201cSunday was a special day, with every detail carefully planned. I felt privileged and deeply grateful to enjoy such a great gift… to be among you.\u201d<\/h5>

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\u201cGratitude and affection bind us to the Sisters of the Cenacle in Rome. The bicentennial celebration was one of the many graces we received through you. We feel like family.\u201d<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Source (with more images): website of the Province<\/a><\/h6>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our Bicentennial Year was launched on February 1st in our communities all around the world. In Italy, the festivities took place in Turin and Rome. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bicentenary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10760"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10772,"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10760\/revisions\/10772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cenacle-gen.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}