Accompanying the Sisters Servants of the Visitation Missions Worldwide
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"Bring to all the smile of God."
~ Ma. Vincenza Minet, SSV
"Missionaries of Hope Among all Peoples"
Mother Foundress, Sr.Vincenza Minet, SSV Pray for us, your Guardian of the Visitation.
“Missionaries, in fact – of whom Therese is patroness – are not only those who travel long distances, learn new languages, do good works, and are good at proclamation; no, a missionary is anyone who lives as an instrument of God's love where they are. Missionaries are those who do everything so that, through their witness, their prayer, their intercession, Jesus might pass by.” ~Pope Francis, June 2023
U P C O M I N G E V E N T S
J A N U A R Y
F E B R U A R Y
The Great Baby Blanket Project 2025
Shipped Jan. 23, 2026
The #GBBP collected over 400 blankets during Advent 2025!! Thanks to the work of the St. Petronille Buddy-Mentor Program and the 7th- grade and 2nd-grade students, we received a record number of swaddling blankets. On January 9th and 10th, students sorted and packed welcome packets for shipping to the SSV Mission in Borongan, Philippines.
We Pray, We Go, We Serve!
Mission Bonding 2026
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.
#givingtuesday
Thank you to ALL who made the 2025 Giving Tuesday Fundraiser such a success to benefit the SSV mission in Kenya, the Philippines, and Brazil! The Guardians of the Visitation and the Sisters Servants of the Visitation, the children and families in their care, thank you for your generous support to sustain and increasethe impact of the presence of the Servants of the Visitation in the mission field.
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
MCP 2025
MAGNIFICAT!! The Sisters Servants of the Visitation give thanks for the joyful encounters they experienced greeting the parishioners of the Diocese of Buffalo, New York and the Archdiocese of Chicago during the USCCB Mission Cooperative Plan (MCP) in June and July. The Guardians of the Visitation will hosted Sr. Rubi Arellano, SSV from Brazil, and Sr. Jean Marie, Cabatingan, SSV from Kenya, during their stay in the US.
Diocese of Buffalo, New York
GIVING TUESDAY 2024 GREENHOUSE PROJECT, OL MORAN, KENYA
UPDATE!
Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois
MISSION DAYS
2025
We pray, We go, We serve!
RENEWING THE MISSION OF HOPE
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"This is precisely why the work of missionaries ad gentes—those who leave their homelands to bring the Gospel to others—remains vital. Pope Francis expresses deep gratitude to these missionaries, men and women, religious and lay people alike, thanking them for their witness to the universal call to evangelization: “For this, I thank you most heartily! Your lives are a clear response to the command of the risen Christ, who sent his disciples to evangelize all peoples.” ~Pope Francis, 6 February 2025
GIVING TUESDAY 2024
"RAISE THE ROOF" PROJECT,
BORONGAN , PHILIPPINES
AIN KARIM WALKWAY ROOF PROPOSAL:
Guardians of the Visitation
Borongan City, Eastern Samar,Philippines
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-two years of service to the parish of St. Marks 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.
GUARDIAN'S OL MORAN, KENYA MISSION VISIT EXPERIENCE 2024
MILK FOR MANY PROGRAM
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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 500 blankets! Learn more here:
GREAT BABY BLANKET
PROJECT UPDATE:
The baby blankets collected by St. Petronille Parish in Glen Ellyn, Illinois during Advent 2022 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.
EIGHTH GRADE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM ASSEMBLES #GBBP GIFT PACKETS, JANUARY 2023
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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