December 2024 Communiqué
Advent-into-Christmas-into-Jubilee-Year greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ – When in Nursing School, a Professor referred to a study regarding Harvard business school alum all educated during the same time with comparable instruction. Some proved remarkably successful; others fell miserably flat. What distinguished the two was lists. Those managing flourishing enterprises maintained the habit of scribing daily lists. We likely can relate to these findings as we look at our own use and...
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Year of St. Joseph
“Act of Confidence Heart of Jesus, I adore Thee, Heart of Mary, I implore thee, Heart of Joseph, meek and just, In these three Hearts I place my trust.” Christmastide greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ! The joys and graces of Christmas cannot be held in one...
Be light!
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” — John 1:5 Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ! Advent arrives in hopes of rousing us from our spiritual drowsiness. A wide-eyed keenness of heart reminds, renews and revives! We are then...
Faithful to the Mission
“My secret is simple. I pray.” — St Teresa of Calcutta Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ! In poetic cadence, it is said, “In November we remember.” On a natural level, in this month most reminisce on the all-too-fleeting summer days and swiftly vanishing year....
Trusted Love and Protection
“Only two things can save us in such a grave hour: devotion to Mary and frequent Communion.” — St John Bosco Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ! The Church dons full regalia in October. There are treasures and a rosary in every pocket! The liturgical calendar is...
The Journey is Part of our Gift
“Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure.” — St. John Paul II Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ! With this month we enter a new season of nature. Most Seven Sisters reside in the Northern Hemisphere and thus enter Fall, while our Southern Hemisphere dwellers...
Taking our Hands
“Accept the help that the Virgin and the saints offer you. Promise that you will press forward on your way to join them.” — St. Francis de Sales Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ! The wisdom of the Church fittingly places the Feast Day of St John...
The Fuel of Mission
“If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.” — Corrie Tenboom Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ as we meet the many graces of the month of July, dedicated to devotion to the Most Precious Blood of Jesus. Fr Frederick Faber in The Precious...
Sacrament of Unity
“Cor ad cor loquitur. Heart speaks to heart.” Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ as together we are carried on the generous and swift current of Eastertide graces that transported us to Pentecost and now onward toward Corpus Christi then further still to the...
We are in His Hand
“It is too easy to forget that all we give is given to us to give.” — Dorothy Day “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” — Isaiah 65:24 Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ as we live the...
The Words and Actions of a Priest Mark Us
“It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear. ” — Isaiah 65:24 Greetings to dearest Sisters in Christ as showers of Lenten graces meet us in these unprecedented times, generously preparing us to live...
The Gift of Fasting
“The Scripture is full of places that prove fasting to be not the invention of man but the institution of God, and to have many more profits than one.” — St. Thomas More “We must fast with our whole heart, that is to say, willingly, wholeheartedly, universally and...
In Our Poverty, God’s Wisdom Guides
“Deep calls to deep… By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me – a prayer to the God of my life.” — Psalm 42:7-8 MORE INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION Oh, blessed Feast of the Presentation (2/2) into Ash Wednesday (2/26) to dearest Sisters in Christ....