{"id":19420,"date":"2025-02-17T12:45:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T11:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vedruna.org\/bicentennial\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T18:30:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T17:30:39","slug":"bicentenary","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vedruna.org\/en\/bicentenary\/","title":{"rendered":"Bicentenary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Bicentenary of the Congregation<\/strong><\/h1>\n

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Generous love, mission <\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n

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The Bicentenary is an opportunity to remember with gratitude, to renew our spiritual and community life, and to project the Vedruna charism to the new generations. We do it as a universal Family, in synodal key, discerning together and together new ways of mission, presence and commitment to justice, care for life and fraternity. <\/span><\/p>\n

During the year 2026 we will hold celebrations in all the Vedruna Provinces of the world, of which we share the stories in the news section of this page. In addition, there will be several significant celebrations at the general level, such as the solemn opening and closing in Vic, the Extended General Council, the International Meeting of Vedruna Youth and other educational, pastoral and cultural initiatives. Through all these proposals, we will renew our shared identity and our desire to continue to respond boldly to the cries of the world. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

General Programming<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>
February 26 - Solemn Eucharist, Vic, Spain<\/h5>

We want to celebrate these 200 years of shared history and generous service from Vic, the place where Joaquina de Vedruna embraced a new way of life and where our Charism began. From there, united as a Family, we also want to renew our mission and project ourselves into the future with creativity, fidelity and shared hope. <\/span><\/p>\n

It will be a solemn, festive day, with international, intergenerational, intercultural presence of the Vedruna Family in Mission and other persons and institutions invited for the occasion.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Eucharist will be transmitted live through this link: <\/span><\/p>\n

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Afterwards, a recording of the celebration will also be available for viewing. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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February 26 \u2014 Opening of \"Casa Manso. Joaquina de Vedruna,\" Vic<\/h5>

This space is the foundational starting point of the Congregation of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity Vedruna. Here the novitiate of the first young women who followed Joaquina was born and the first school was created. <\/span><\/p>\n

On the occasion of the Bicentennial, this house has been rehabilitated after the multiple transformations suffered over the years. Now, the space is reopened to the public with the desire to make known the life and work of Joaquina de Vedruna, as well as the institution founded by her, with a new design. <\/span><\/p>\n

The objective of this renovated space is to provide an experience around the life and work of Joaquina de Vedruna, highlighting the most significant spaces of the house and highlighting the foundational elements; as well as giving access to the spiritual itinerary lived by her and the presence of this Family spread throughout the world in its wide and diverse interculturality. The tour also offers a reading in dialogue between the past, the present and the future of the Congregation. <\/span><\/p>\n

The official inauguration will take place on February 26, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n