April 9, 2015

" . . . We, the Jesus and Mary sisters, as per the legacy bequeathed to us, pledge once again to give of ourselves fully and totally to God and to the cause of value based education, in and through our schools, colleges and other institutions. This is our gift and our pledge, that all who pass through the sacred portals of our JM institutions be harbingers of peace, forgiveness and love, respecting and working for the dignity of women and the girl child. . . ."

- Sr. Monica Joseph of India, superior general of the Religious of Jesus and Mary sisters' communities, headquartered in Rome, Italy, from her statement about the March 14 attack on the Convent of Jesus and Mary school in Ranaghat, in Nadia District