January 2025 Communiqué
For the Beautiful print-friendly PDF version, Click here. Christmastide and Jubilee-Year greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ – No matter the destination, my friend of recent memory, Patti, persuasively (and always with a smile) suggested travelling a slightly diverted route to “where people need our prayers today”. Heading toward those rough neighborhoods where her steady finger pointed, I locked the car doors while Patti unlocked her deep and driven heart of intercession. Enroute,...
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Bookends of our Holy Hours
“Let us proceed each one along our path to the same goal, united in purpose and by means of God’s order which, in its great variety, is in us all.” — Fr. Jean-Pierre de Caussade Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ! Blessed Christmastide and New Year of the Lord...
All This Takes Time.
“The school of Nazareth, the school of love… past, present, future.” Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ! This month we together experience and pray within two holy liturgical seasons. Advent swells our hope, love, joy and peace. In Christmastide we rightly...
What is Prayed is What is Believed
Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ! A topic that beguiles both ear and heart of every Seven Sister, anytime or any place, is prayer. The highest form of prayer, the holy Mass, merits special attention. Our learning never ends. Liturgy is ever ancient, ever...
Joining Our Lives to Christ
“Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first of all your produce.” — Proverbs 3:9 Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ! In October 1996, at the behest of my husband, we welcomed his Moldovan friend and family to share our home. Recipient of a green card...
They are Bridges
“Do not think that He is leaving you alone, for that would be to wrong Him.” — St John of the Cross Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ! Taking a nature hike “off the beaten path” might lead to wandering into the domain of perilous critters, poisonous plants, or...
Remember
“One generation commends Your works to another; they tell of Your mighty acts.” — Psalm 145:4 Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ! The Church annually turns her attention to the Eucharist and Adoration during the month of August. Our patron, St John Vianney (Feast...
Intense Longing
Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ! How fitting in this 10th anniversary year of celebration that June marked the greatest growth of more groups for more priests (3-5 per day average!) in the Apostolate’s history. Together let us be grateful and heartened in...
Love Directs Our Prayers
Love Directs Our Prayers June 01, 2021 Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ! In June 2011, the Apostolate was launched by a core of seven groups prayerfully initiated by Barb G, Barb Y, Jean K, Kathy C, Kathy N, Terri G and myself. What trust these forerunners...
Preserve the Faith
“But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls.” — Hebrews 10:39 Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ! Easter-tide joy to you as we together move toward the 50th day of Easter, Pentecost,...
A Sweet Fragrance of Christ unto God
“The pure soul is a beautiful rose, and the Three Divine Persons descend from heaven to inhale its fragrance.” — St John Vianney Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ! April literally begins with the holy Triduum, preparing us for the Great Sunday (Alleluia!...
Tenth Anniversary
“In looking back over the years we can discover how a red thread goes through the pattern of our life: the Will of God.” — Maria von Trapp Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ! The month of March is providentially enveloped in the season of Lent and within the glad...
Consecrated Hands
“And from his fullness have we all received, grace upon grace. ” — John 1:16 Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ! The Lenten season arrives this month with special grace upon grace. We journey together in united prayers with and prayers for the bishops and priests...