On the evening of 15th September 2005, 18 FMA provincials from Europe who are currently visiting Israel paid a short visit to our Ratisbonne community. The FMA provincials had been in Jerusalem for five days as the first part of a pilgrimage/retreat which was led by one of the staff at Ratisbonne, Fr Juan Vernet, a Spanish Salesian. The next day the group left for five days in Galilee.

Fr Francis Preston, Rector of the Ratisbonne community, has sent this picture of himself with Sr Elizabeth (left) and Sr Norah, the FMA provincials of the UK and Ireland.

Sr Pat Devine, a member of the British province, who is spending a sabbatical term in Jerusalem, was also among the group who visited Ratisbonne.