Jesus Caritas

Bienne

Our country though small has a rich culture with four national languages and many immigrants from all over the world.

Welcoming others in their diversity is a priority in all our communities. There where we live we want to make space for meeting the other with all their gifts.

In our five communities there are altogether 30 Little sisters. Einsieln, Berne and Bienne are in the German speaking region and Aubonne and Geneva in the French speaking Cantons. Berne and Bienne are bilingual.

The workshop in Einsedeln.

Community of Einsedeln

In Aubonne and Einsiedeln the Little sisters do craft work and this puts them in contact with many people.

Aubonne chapel

...always plenty of jobs to do.

Especially in Aubonne the Little sisters are in touch with friends from different church backgrounds and in Einseideln they are in touch with people with a disability and with those seeking asylum. Einsiedeln is also a place of pilgrimage and the Little sisters have a hermitage where they can go to pray and rest.

Geneva chapel

In Bienne, Berne and Geneva the Little sisters have varied jobs such as working in a supermarket on the till, in the cafeteria of a home for the elderly, nursing and care work and being a presence among prisoners.

Working in the cafeteria kitchen