Sunday, August 5, 2012

A picture worth a thousand words....

Messages of Support for LCWR Participants

Send your messages of prayers and support to the participants if the LCWR National Assembly, August 7-11, 2012 in St. Louis, MO. Messages will be streamed on the exhibit floor. Click here....



Martha Zechmeister, CJ to the Conference for Religious of Ireland

Christian mysticism always is a mysticism of the way: following Jesus – risking ourselves for the sake of those who are in danger of getting trapped between the cog-wheels – losing ourselves in the mystery of God. “Wanderer, there is no path, the path creates itself in the walking,” is one of the most beautiful verses of the Spanish poet Antonio Machado. Our path is, however, not one of solitary walking, but rather a being on the road together with a people. It is a walking together with my fellow men and women and together with my wounded brothers and sisters who become companions and guides on the way to the mystery of God. Read more....

Nun's diary of uncharted waters an inspiration for women today

After three months at sea, four Carmelite sisters stepped onto shore in Maryland 222 years ago this month, prepared to establish the first order of nuns in the 13 colonies. Clare Joseph Dickinson was one of those first foremothers of faith. A woman of the word, she left us a detailed diary of her journey. Read more....

Vow Preparaton

These are the waning hours of the out-of-state portion of my formal preparation for final vows.  I leave Concordia, Kansas early tomorrow for the trek home.  I have been here in Concordia since the 11th of July, first for an eight-day, silent, directed retreat and then ...

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  1. Sisters of St.Joseph of Carondelet in Los Angeles are praying for you.

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