2025 in Motion: Commitment, Solidarity, and Hope

The year 2025 was marked by meaningful encounters, deepened commitments, and renewed hope for the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. Faithful to their educational, social, and spiritual mission, the SNJMs continued their journey at the heart of today’s realities—building relationships, taking concrete actions of solidarity, and nurturing community life.

From integral ecology to faith lived in daily life, from life-giving partnerships to actions for social justice, and through powerful testimonies and moments of companionship, this retrospective highlights the initiatives, events, and commitments that shaped the year. Each article reflects the same guiding spirit: a presence attentive to the world, inspired by the Gospel and open to the future.

We invite you to revisit these highlights of 2025, reflections of a living mission and a shared hope, presented through six thematic areas.

 Integral Ecology

•  When the Vegetable Garden Becomes a Garden of Joy
• Inspiring Gathering on the Theme of “Water in the Contemporary Era”

Solidarity and Social Justice

• SNJM Québec Justice and Peace Committee: Many Activities and a Missioning Ritual
• SNJMs Support Seniors’ Right to Secure Housing   
• Support For the Rights of Temporary Foreign Workers
• Opening Up to Aboriginal Realities
• 400 Words of Encouragement for Back-to-School
• The Mission Exhibit Continues Its Mission… with Heart!
• A New Momentum for Maison des enfants Marie-Rose
•  An SNJM Chain of Solidarity to Support Women Experiencing Homelessness

As we look back on these significant moments in 2025, a mosaic of actions, words, and being present emerges—giving meaning to the commitment of the SNJMs today. Each initiative, whether local or international, spiritual or social, individual or communal, has helped foster life, justice, and fraternity.

This retrospective is also an invitation to gratitude: for the people encountered, the partnerships formed, the paths walked together, and the seeds of hope sown throughout the year. It opens toward the future with a renewed desire to continue the mission in many ways, attentive to the needs of the world and faithful to the spiritual heritage received.

Memories that inspire the journey ahead, in trust and hope.