World Cancer Day is celebrated each year on 4 February. The 2025-2027 campaign theme “United by Unique” places people at the centre of care and their stories at the heart of the conversation.
Cancer is more than just a medical diagnosis – it’s a deeply personal matter. Behind every diagnosis lies a unique human story – stories of grief, pain, healing, resilience, love and more. That’s why a people-centred approach to cancer care that fully integrates each individual’s unique needs, with compassion and empathy, leads to the best health outcomes.
Many of us have been touched in some way by cancer in members of our families, our communities, our ministries, our networks.
Let us each remember in our prayers in a special way today all who are living with cancer and remember in our memories those who are no longer among us.
Post your prayer in our sacred space.
El Día Mundial contra el Cáncer se celebra cada año el 4 de febrero. El tema de la campaña 2025-2027, «Unidos por lo único», sitúa a las personas en el centro de la atención y sus historias en el centro del debate.
El cáncer es más que un simple diagnóstico médico: es un asunto profundamente personal. Detrás de cada diagnóstico hay una historia humana única: historias de dolor, sufrimiento, curación, resiliencia, amor y mucho más. Por eso, un enfoque de la atención oncológica centrado en las personas, que integre plenamente las necesidades únicas de cada individuo, con compasión y empatía, conduce a los mejores resultados de salud.
Muchos de nosotros nos hemos visto afectados de alguna manera por el cáncer en miembros de nuestras familias, nuestras comunidades, nuestros ministerios, nuestras redes.
Recordemos hoy de manera especial en nuestras oraciones a todos los que viven con cáncer y recordemos en nuestros recuerdos a aquellos que ya no están entre nosotros.
In 1917 on the death of Sister M. Joseph Kelly, who had been a member of the first General Council of the new congregation of the Sisters of Mercy of Newfoundland, Sister M. Antonio replaced her on the Council.
From 2021 to 2025 we have held our retreats in the following communities in Newfoundland and Labrador:
Anastasia was received into the novitiate on July 2,1855 and given the name Sister Mary John Baptist. Sister M. Francis Creedon presided over the reception ceremony although she was very ill at the time. Her death two weeks later on July 15 left the four remaining young sisters – M. Vincent Nugent, M. Francis Xavier Bernard, M. Elizabeth Redmond and M. Baptist Tarahan – in a very precarious situation. A letter from the four was quickly sent to the superior at Baggot Street, informing her of Sister M. Francis’ death and pleading for help. In this letter the grief and desolation of the little community is almost palpable and their request for assistance is very clear: “to prevent a convent which promises to give such glory to God from failing, for want of a few nuns capable of governing it.” The letter can be found in the Archives of the Sisters of Mercy in Dublin, but as far as is known, it was never acknowledged and no sisters were sent from Ireland to help the situation.
