St. John’s 

　This is the birth of a new member who will follow in the footsteps of our foundress, Fuku Okamura while learning the spirituality of St. John's for the next two years. Our congregation is a small flower that has bloomed in Koganei, and although it will not become a big flower, as our founder always said, we want to be a small but blooming congregation that gives hope and smiles to the people around us. Two of our practitioners will receive new religious names. They are both saints who have ministered to the sick and suffering. Now the world is really suffering in front of a new infectious disease, and everyone is suffering. The Pope is encouraging us to pray together. I don't know what our congregation can do amid the dark future and the cries of the suffering of so many people. However, I believe that there is hope in the way that each member makes use of his or her own gifts to advance on the path of service. The two of these, as new members of the Congregation of John, will continue on our path of service under the protection of the saints which they have received. Both of them, despite their completely different lifestyles and habits, will walk the path of service for the Kingdom of God, supporting each other as dear friends and sisters who walk the same time together. To do this, we need the support of other members, but we also need your prayers to make their journey stronger. Thank you very much for your prayers.
　After the acceptance ceremony of the two girls, there was a vow renewal ceremony for the sisters. This is a time for us to renew our steps as consecrated persons in our daily lives. We hold candles and renew our memories of the day we made our first vows and the day we became lifelong consecrated persons. I'm sure many things happened in each of our walks to date. However, I believe that everyone's heart today is filled with the satisfaction of being alive with God's love and walking the path of hope and trust. Every year, more and more sisters find it difficult to carry a candle in the procession, but with the energy of the younger sisters, we renewed our vows like young people at heart, expressing our gratitude to God for each of us, even if we could not make the procession.