Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th December, a meeting was held to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the opening of the first women's fraternity in Savigliano (CN) . For the occasion We gathered from all the Italian female fraternities along with those coming  from  the houses abroad. We came from  all the different realities of community life : some have been in the community for a few days , some for 20 years, some are consecrated , some are married , some are  missionaries, some  simply walking in their” being a woman”. Little by little  the girls who  started the female presence in the community joined us – today they are women  , wives and mothers . Saturday began with a pilgrimage on foot to the shrine of Our Lady of Health, in Savigliano : a beautiful procession of an hour and a half  praying the Rosary , on a cold but clear day. We went to say a big thank you to Mary for having opened us the doors of the Community. Father Stephen  celebrated Mass inside the Sanctuary , during which , to the delight of all, also Mother Elvira joined us . In the end we all knelt , more than two hundred women , in front of the painting of the Madonna and with a simple prayer we asked for  Her protection  and thanked Her for these twenty years of walking together. Then we went back into the fraternity of Savigliano for a good meal given by Providence and prepared with love by the girls of the fraternity. After we passed in procession for a moment in the small chapel of the brotherhood and we thanked Jesus for having hosted the first girls there. In the early afternoon we all moved to the House of Formation in Pagno (CN) to spend an afternoon of prayer and testimonies with Mother Elvira and "our" Missionary Sisters of the Resurrection”. After praying together the Chaplet of Divine Mercy and living a sincere and heartfelt moment of spontaneous thanksgiving before the Eucharist , the first three girls who had come into the community twenty years ago , Rita , Cynthia and Alice ,  witnessed , between tears of emotion ,their presence inside  ' the Cenacolo Community  . None of them would have imagined that the little  "yes" said then to the project of Mother Elvira would have become the occasion of salvation and rebirth for many other wounded girls, allowing many young people to regain their  identity as  women. After the testimonies, lived with intense joy even by Mother Elvira , always smiling  among us , we had a typically female" chat"  in front of a good pizza prepared and served by the consecrated brothers . Then we went all together to the meeting held on the first Saturday of the month in our fraternity of Envie , to live a monthly evening of prayer and joy that unites us to the many young people who come to pray with us. In worship and in the Mass we were guided by the faith of Mary , the Immaculate Conception. On Sunday morning we were, all of us, in Envie . We welcomed Mother Elvira with a song written for the occasion to thank her for accepting , educating and loving us too. After a few words of Father Stefano on our being  women , we prayed the rosary together and then Mass . We then heard the testimony of Chiara Peyron , a friend of the Community since the earliest times , who was in Rome a few weeks ago for a seminar on women, during which she happened to meet Pope Francis for a greeting  on behalf  of Mother Elvira and the community. After lunch we experienced a moment of break, to meet and share experiences with the sisters of the other houses . In the afternoon, a group of girls and  the Sisters  prepared some dances. Finally Father Stefano  called on the stage  all the wives who live in the community , followed by the " servants for love ", the girls who are  responsible in their fraternities, and then the women already living in the world : each of them, so simple and at times moved, was able to say a thank you from the heart to Mother Elvira, who listened to all with eyes full of wonder, then hugged them one by one . We thank the Lord for these two days of meetings in which we could learn more about our history and where we came to know that the first girls with their " yes" have allowed our arrival in the Community. Each of us has been able, through catechesis and testimonies, to remember our own history and what Jesus has done in our being "Women" . Thank you with all our heart because Mother Elvira has proposed and educated us according to an authentic model of  “woman”, not only with her words but by living it herself ! We thank Mary , Our Lady, because we now know that looking at her  we see the dignity and discover the joy of being "Women" .