On 10 and 11 May 2025, there will be a meeting of faith and joy among the ‘Pilgrims of Hope’, as Sister Geneviève emphasises. She shares and extends to all the invitation to participate in the Jubilee of Bands and Popular Entertainment.
To participate in the event, registration is required via this link, no later than 13 April 2025. For more information visit the Jubilee website or contact the following e-mail address: info2@iubilaeum2025.va
A life, that of Sister Geneviève, dedicated to serving the poor with extreme hospitality and a heart full of joy. Born in 1943 in Longechaux, France on the Swiss border, Sister Geneviève entered the congregation inspired by the charism of St Charles de Foucauld, Little Sisters of Jesus, at the age of twenty-three, professing her first vows in Rome two years later.
A little sister among the entertainers who for most of her life lived in a caravan in the Eur district of Rome, then at the Luna Park in Ostia Lido in a caravan together with Sister Anna Amelia Gigli. Precisely there in the amusement park in Ostia, the sisters animated a stand where children are always winners.
With the youthful smile that distinguishes her, Sister Geneviève brings with her more than 50 years of consecrated life spent mainly in the circus world. She says she has learnt a lot from the circus people and their families: ‘We live among the people, together with them, working like them. It is my little paradise and it was what I wanted for so long’ (Interview, 2018). Sister Geneviève has dedicated her life to helping others, and from 1969, she travelled around Europe meeting amusement park workers from all over the world who taught her the love of freedom, play and hospitality. After years of service, in 2024, the Little Sisters of Jesus will end their work in amusement parks while remaining deeply in love with this life, for which they are extremely grateful.
Remembering that their presence in the world of amusement parks began in 1965 at the behest of the foundress, Little Sister Magdeleine, with the first stand named ‘Nuit de Lumière’, Night of Light, the congregation has committed itself to a profound work of love.