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17/08/2026

This year as well, from August 12–15, the formators and superiors of the Society of the Sisters of Social Service from the different regions (Cuba, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and the United States) gathered in Vác, Hungary to share their experiences and plan for the coming period. Particular attention was given to the challenges posed by societal changes, as well as the needs of the Church and the community amidst these changes.

Together, we sought to discern what the Holy Spirit is calling us to and where possibilities for new life may be found. We believe that God has life-giving plans for this new epoch as well, but we need to learn to live in it through his love—to understand and to “embrace the world” (cf. Pope Leo XIV).

13/08/2026

Dear Friends, who follow our events, you can read a more detailed news item about our International Formation Program we had at the Cistercian Monastery in Kismaros on our website:
https://2021.sssinternational.org/the-younger-generation-of-sisters-of-social-service-gathered-for-an-international-formation-program/

07/08/2026

Walking the Path of Vocation with Sr Sara
✨ DAY 7 ✨

📌 TOPIC: Being on the Way – Gathering the Fruits of the Retreat

The journey of our vocation and life is an ongoing transformation: we are all on the way, and none of us has arrived yet. At the end of a retreat or a period of quiet prayer, the true outcome does not depend on our self-evaluation or how deeply we think we immersed ourselves, but on how God has been quietly working within our hearts.

Like the disciples on the road to Emmaus, the Risen Lord joins us on our path. He listens to what makes us downcast, sets our hearts on fire through His Word, and reveals Himself in the breaking of the bread, in liturgy, and in quiet moments. Today is a time to gather and name these graces so that we may live from them in the days ahead.

💬 QUOTE FROM SISTER SÁRA: “I wanted to take one more look back at the retreat. The eight days spent at the feet of the Lord have passed. [...] It does not matter how it was; I want to live from it!” (Sister Sára, May 16, 1944)

📖 SCRIPTURE FOR REFLECTION: “Were not our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?” (Luke 24:32) Read the full passage: Luke 24:13–33

🤔 REFLECTION QUESTIONS:
📍 Looking back over your recent days of prayer, in which moments did you feel your heart burning within you?
📍 What is the specific grace, insight, or inner peace you have received that you want to live from in your daily life?
📍 How are you returning now to your own “Jerusalem”—to your daily work, relationships, and routine—strengthened by the Risen Lord?

06/08/2026

Walking the Path of Vocation with Sr Sara

✨ DAY 6 ✨

📌 TOPIC: Like Broken Bread – Total Self-Giving and Loving Service

God calls and chooses each of us, blesses us, and through the journey of life—like bread—allows us to be broken so that we may be given to others. The trials and brokenness of our lives are not the end of the story: in God's hands, every piece of brokenness becomes a pathway to becoming nourishment and love for the world.

Sister Sára’s life highlights the secret of total self-surrender. True freedom is not the absence of commitments, but the freedom to love: giving our lives to God and neighbor through quiet, daily service—or even heroic sacrifice when called upon. It is the grace to become broken bread for a world hungry for faith, hope, empathy, and God.

💬 QUOTE FROM SISTER SÁRA:

“Surrender to God! I believe this is the secret to everything. Complete and total self-giving. So that His Divine Majesty may truly do with me whatever He wills! Always and in all things seeking God’s will. [...] I want to practice serving love with readiness, patience, kindness, and genuine love.” (Sister Sára, October 16 & November 16, 1943)

📖 SCRIPTURE FOR REFLECTION: “While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, ‘Take it; this is my body.’” (Mark 14:22) Read the passage: Mark 14:22–25 / Mark 9:2–10

🤔 REFLECTION QUESTIONS:

📍 How do you surrender yourself to God daily, and how do you give yourself to those you are called to serve?

📍 Do you allow the brokenness of your life to be transformed in God’s hands into love that nourishes others?

📍 What does it mean for you concretely right now to live your vocation as “broken bread”?

05/08/2026

Walking the Path of Vocation with Sr. Sara

✨ DAY 5: BEATITUDES ✨

📌 TOPIC: On the Way to the Beatitudes – Peace Amidst Suffering

Are you happy / blessed? True blessedness is not merely a fleeting emotion, but a deep, inner peace rooted in union with God.

In the spiritual journey of Sister Sára, suffering and misunderstandings are not glorified for their own sake; rather, they become the furnace where the heart is purified. When we bring our painful wounds, resentments, and intense inner struggles before God in prayer, our hearts are transformed. Cleansed from fear and hostility, we begin to see with God’s eyes—recognizing a brother or sister in every human being.

A pure heart is free, obedient, and rooted in active love—unshakable and unmanipulated by the world.

💬 QUOTE FROM SISTER SÁRA: “Love is the greatest power on earth. Peace and joy always follow in the footsteps of love. God Himself is love, and when He fills a person with love, He fills them with Himself. [...] It is from this fire-source of eternal love that I must nourish my heart, drawing in the flame of true love that burns away all unlovingness, envy, and pettiness.” (Sister Sára, October 24, 1935)

📖 SCRIPTURE FOR REFLECTION: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.” (Matthew 5:8) Read the full Beatitudes: Matthew 5:1–12

🤔 REFLECTION QUESTIONS:

📍 Insert your own name: “Are you blessed, [Your Name]?” What is the deep peace God offers you amidst your current life challenges?

📍 Pay attention to your strong emotions and fears today. How do you discern when your heart is truly moved by the Spirit of God versus manipulative thoughts?

📍 What presents the greatest challenge for you in the Beatitudes in your daily life?

04/08/2026

Walking the Path of Vocation with Sr. Sara

✨ DAY 4: IN MISSION ✨

📌 Theme: The Spiritual Foundation of Mission – Living in the Spirit Instead of Exhaustion

How often do we feel completely overwhelmed by endless tasks, duties, and responsibilities? When we strive to give our best and serve others, it is easy to ignore our own limits and fall into stress and exhaustion. Blessed Sára Salkaházi’s honest reflections remind us that even the most dedicated people face fatigue and overwork. True mission is not our own feverish project, but participating in God's work. The answer is not to escape our duties, but to remain rooted in the Holy Spirit—doing our work together with God and letting His presence sustain our daily actions.

💬Quote from Sister Sára:
The Holy Spirit always comes as if it were for the first time. – Let us make this day into Pentecost! I reflect on the extent to which I embrace this reality that the Holy Spirit is dwelling within me. I very much felt the help of the Holy Spirit, especially this past Tuesday when I had to give a presentation. The Holy Spirit was very much with me – because my talk was successful! – I think I do all intellectual work – like community spiritual readings, speaking (lectures), and writing (articles) – together with the Holy Spirit. – How good it is to think of this! With the Spirit I am able to do it! – Yes, Yes, it is the Spirit, who gives me the thoughts. I only provide the hands and fingers to type them out. Come, Holy Spirit. Come with your grace! Enkindle within me the fire, the desire for work! And please, keep helping me with my work! (February 15, 1935)

📖 Scripture Passage
"Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. Simon and his companions went to look for him, and when they found him, they exclaimed: 'Everyone is looking for you!' Jesus replied, 'Let us go somewhere else—to the nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.'" (Mark 1:35–38)

🤔 Reflection Questions:

📍 How do you experience your personal boundaries, and in what ways do you recognize the signs of fatigue in your life?
📍 How can you consciously invite the Holy Spirit into your daily work, tasks, and responsibilities today?

03/08/2026

On the Path of Vocation with Sister Sara

✨ DAY 3: IN COMMUNITY ✨

We often think we can manage on our own, or that life would be so much easier if we were only surrounded by people just like us. But God did not create us to be "lone wolves," nor did He gather like-minded people to follow Him.

Just as a spring meadow is breathtaking precisely because of its variety of colors and shapes, our human communities are made rich through diversity. Community is not a gathering of flawless people; it is a school of love. True growth begins when we are challenged to accept different temperaments, misunderstandings, or even personal hurts. The life of Blessed Sara Salkahazi shows us that it is precisely through difficult relationships, silent prayer, and forgiveness that our hearts are polished into true diamonds.

📌 THEME

Community as a place of sanctification and growth: embracing diversity, bearing with human differences and difficulties, and practicing the discipline of forgiveness in our relationships.

📖 SCRIPTURE

"You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last..." (John 15:16)

💭 SISTER SARA'S THOUGHT (1943)

"To recognize God's different thoughts in the characteristics of different peoples and to say: we are children of one Father, we have an equal right to live, and therefore we must support each other together."

🤔 REFLECTION QUESTION

When do you find it most challenging to accept the differences or flaws of those around you, and what small step (such as a short prayer or a kind gesture) could you take today to turn toward them with openness instead of resentment?

02/08/2026

Walking the Path of Vocation with Sr. Sara

✨ DAY 2: MY JESUS, MERCY!✨

We all begin our journey with great zeal and noble dreams: we want to make the world a better place, help others, and build the Kingdom of God. But at some point on our journey, harsh reality hits hard. Things do not evolve according to our plans, God does not act in the way we expect, and we end up feeling disappointed, discouraged, or frustrated.

In these moments, we often project the blame onto others, hide from our reality, or get trapped in constant inner battles and self-condemnation. Blessed Sara Salkahazi shows us another way: looking at ourselves with relentless sincerity while resting securely in God's love. Building the Kingdom is not about ascending or placing ourselves above others, but about descending into the flow of mercy.

Stand before the cross, contemplate it, and pray only with these words: My Jesus, mercy... In order to extend mercy to others, we must first learn mercy towards ourselves: acknowledging our human frailty and choosing to nurture the goodness within us instead of feeding our faults.

💬 A Thought from Sr. Sara (October 1, 1931):

“I would like to try not to focus always on my misdeeds, anger and passions. If nothing else, this ongoing focus keeps them alive. I want instead to reflect more on the reality that I can also be good; that I have good inclinations as well. I must nurture in myself that which is good that it may grow.”

📖 Scripture for Reflection:

“The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat... The slaves came to him and said: 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?' He replied: 'No, if you pull up the weeds you might uproot the wheat along with them. Let them grow together until harvest.'” (Mt 13:24-30)

🤔 Reflection Question for Today:

How willing are you today to sit down for a moment, let go of your own expectations, and allow God to teach you His ways of mercy towards yourself and others?

01/08/2026

Dear friends, we warmly invite you on a spiritual journey with our series "Walking the Path of Vocation with Sr. Sara". This is a special year for us, as we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Sr. Sara Salkaházi’s beatification! In this Jubilee year, we have the privilege of following the retreat given by Sr. Magdolna Kővári, General Moderator, for the participants of the interjuniorate gathered in Kismaros.
Over the coming days, through Sr. Sara's life, writings, and the Gospel, we will reflect on our own life paths, callings, and daily choices—no matter our state of life or profession. Join us on this journey!

✨ DAY 1: THE CALL ✨

Topic: In every person's life, there is a call—a deep desire to live with passion and purpose. God does not always speak to us in dramatic ways; often, He prepares our hearts through our searches, uncertainties, and everyday joys. Sr. Sara’s path was filled with searching, wrestling, and inner transformation. Today, God continues to call us to step out of our comfort zones and trust His greater plan for our lives.

Sr. Sara Quote:

“And now, Lord, You see that I am happy. Not because I want to be happy, but because to everything You also give that great gift: that fulfilling and seeking Your will should make me completely happy.”

(Sr. Sara Salkaházi's Diary, September 1929)

Scripture:

“No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the kingdom of God.” (Luke 9:62)

Reflection Questions:

Where and how has God’s call touched your heart along your journey?
What comfort zone or fear might you need to leave behind to follow the path of your vocation with a whole heart?

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