Accompanying the Sisters Servants of the Visitation Missions Worldwide
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"Bring to all the smile of God."
~ Ma. Vincenza Minet, SSV
One in Christ,
United in Mision
Mother Foundress, Sr.Vincenza Minet, SSV Pray for us, your Guardian of the Visitation.
"If unity is the condition of mission, love is its essence. The Good News we are called to proclaim to the world is not an abstract ideal; it is the Gospel of God's faithful love, which became flesh in the face and life of Jesus Christ. The mission of the Church as a whole is to continue the mission of Christ in the Holy Spirit: a mission born of love, lived in love, and leading to love...'...so that the love with which you have loved me may be in them.' (jn 17:26)."
~ Pope Leo XIV's Message for the 100th Anniversary of World Mission Sunday, October 18, 2026
U P C O M I N G E V E N T S
F E B R U A R Y
We Pray, We Go, We Serve!
Mission Bonding
2025 -2026
NOVEMBER 2025 VISIT TO
OL MORAN, KENYA MISSION
"SEMPRE AVANTE!"
FEBRUARY IS A MISSION MONTH for the Guardians of the Visitation. This month, Guardians will visit the SSV Mission in Borongan City, Eastern Samar, Philippines. In November 2025, the Guardians visited the SSV Mission in Nairobi and in Ol Moran, Kenya. Pictures can't capture the joy of mission... but we try.
SSV MISSION AID BATO, BORONGAN CITY, ESTERN SAMAR, PHILIPPINES
Ain Karim Children's Home is operated by the SSV Sisters as the only Catholic licensed home for children ages newborn to six and young girls and women to age twenty-one in Eastern Samar. The SSV Ain Karim Home welcomes vulnerable children and girls in crisis: abandoned, neglected, orphaned, disabled, and those in need of short-term and long-term help due to family crises. With love, sensitivity, and compassionate care the SSV Sisters nurture the children in a secure family atmosphere and according to their particular needs including medical and nutritional interventions, therapy, education, and spiritual direction.
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SSV MISSION OL MORAN, KENYA
celebrates twenty-FOUR years of service to the parish of St. Mark Catholic Church, Ol Moran, Kenya. MAGNIFICAT!! The SSV Sisters care for and serve the children and young adults in their mission home, Magnificat House, and visit the sick in their homes, especially giving care to those in remote areas, providing food and support to help families. The SSV Mission also operates a free Catholic Dispensary to provide medical aid and medicines to those who cannot pay for such services.
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Mission Matters Live
Megan Mio, Director of the Global Mission Office of the Archdiocese of Chicago, interviews the Sisters Servants of the Visitation for the podcast MISSION MATTERS LIVE!!
Listen to the three-part interview of Sr. Rubi Arellano and Sr. Jean Marie Cabatingan.
PART 1
PART 2
PART 3
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THE GREAT BABY BLANKET PROJECT
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The Great Baby Blanket Project collects new and gently used baby swaddling blankets for distribution through the SSV Sisters' Missions to very poor mothers and families welcoming a child into the world!
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Dec 2021-today we collected nearly 900 blankets! Learn more here:
GREAT BABY BLANKET
PROJECT UPDATE:
The baby blankets collected by St. Petronille Parish in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, during Advent 2026 were wrapped in gift bags to ship to the SSV Mission in PH. The swaddling blankets will be gifted to mothers and families in need who are welcoming a child in the coming year. 136 Baby Welcome Packets were shipped to the Philippines January 23rd 2026.
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GUARDIAN'S OL MORAN, KENYA MISSION VISIT EXPERIENCE 2024
THE SSV MISSION AID IN BATO: "BRING TO ALL THE SMILE OF GOD!"
WORLD MISSION SUNDAY 2020: "HERE AM I, SEND ME."
Your support of the SSV Sisters and the children is so very much appreciated.
Thank you for reaching out to sustain the SSV Missions,
Ain Karim Children's Home and Magnificat House.
GUARDIANS OF THE VISITATION
Guardians of the Visitation is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit charitable organization in the United States, EIN #83-3849590. The Guardians of the Visitation in Italy, the Philippines, Brazil, and Madagascar are Lay Catholic Associations following the Charism of the Sisters Servants of the Visitation Congregation.
American missioners, wishing to offer assistance to the Sisters Servants of the Visitation in their work with the poorest of the poor in Borongan, Eastern Samar, Philippines, established a new branch organization in the United States on February 21, 2019. The Sisters Servants of the Visitation extend love, care, healthcare, and educational services to poor children in their care facility, Ain Karim Children's Home, and to the impoverished families in the surrounding communities. In 2021 the Guardians of the Visitation expanded the scope of their efforts of support to include the SSV Mission in Ol Moron, Laikipia County, Kenya which operates Magnificat House, a home for abandoned children and rescue home for young girls and women, a Catholic Health Dispensary, and many apostolates that serve the large and widespread community of St. Marks Catholic Parish, Ol Moran, Kenya.
"BRING TO ALL THE SMILE OF GOD"
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