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Febrero 2025 Communiqué
Saludos a las queridas hermanas en Cristo que en este Año Jubilar vivan como peregrinas ejemplares de la esperanza. No nos cansemos de dar testimonio de amor y de espera llena de esperanza. ¡A todas nos esperan gracias en abundancia! Ya sea que estén corriendo para servir a los demás o sentados en silencio, las abuelas siempre están atentos. Cuando hablan, todos los oídos (deberían) escuchar. Durante nuestros primeros años de familia, de una manera amable pero convincente, mi suegra a veces...
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May: A Month of Discernment
Greetings dearest Sisters... "Walk with your feet on the earth, but in your heart, be in heaven." - St John Bosco May is traditionally a challenging month to our calendars - BUT for the Catholic, at the heart- it is the happily anticipated and beloved month of Mary...
Strength in Prayer
Greetings dearest Seven Sisters... "Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way; say to those with fearful hearts, 'Be strong, do not fear; your God will come'." - Isaiah 35:3,4a A memory from my childhood holds both fondness and lessons for the...
What I Was Made For
Greetings dearest Seven Sisters... "This is what I was made for!" - St Joan of Arc It is said that as God's directive toward raising the siege at Orléans was assuredly unfolding in Joan of Arc's heart, she espoused that she knew nothing of wars or horses. In trust,...
To Jesus, Through Mary
Greetings dearest Seven Sisters... "De Maria numquam satis"-"Concerning Mary there is never enough" Ancient adage of the Church When we go to Mary she points to Jesus, she gives us Jesus - always. How fitting that each New Year of the Lord begins with the Solemnity...
A Gift that Lavishes
Greetings dearest Seven Sisters... "For it is in giving that we receive." - St Francis of Assisi Most of us have likely received a gift that has overwhelmed our heart either because of its extravagance, an element of surprise or a grace of insight into the bigness of...
Giving Thanks
Greetings dearest Seven Sisters... "Thou that hast given so much to me, Give me one thing more - a grateful heart; Not thankful when it pleaseth me, As if Thy blessings had spare days; But such a heart, whose pulse may be Thy praise." - George Herbert Being grateful...
Bless Me, Father
Greetings dearest Seven Sisters... "In failing to confess, Lord, I would only hide You from myself, not myself from You." - St Augustine Somewhere along the time line of 'finding the perfect gift' for newly ordained priests, my husband, Jeff, and I settled in on...
Into the Deep
Greetings dearest Seven Sisters... "Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch." Jesus, St. Luke 5:4 Our dear Shepherds are far from land lubbers. With faces set as flint (Is 50:7) they learn to peer both upon and beyond the water, studying pleasantries...
The Gift of Prayer
Seven Sister: One holy hour/one priest/each week/one heart of prayer Greetings dearest Seven Sisters... "The best consolation is the next prayer." - St. Padre Pio When I arrived for holy Mass yesterday at the Missionaries of Charity Chapel in Minneapolis, Sr Dominique...
Renewing our Commitment
"Real love is demanding. I would fail in my mission if I did not tell you so. Love demands a personal commitment to the will of God." - Pope St John Paul II Greetings dearest Sisters... The appointed calendar time meets our heart readiness! The reward of our time...
Seven Sisters in Art
Greetings dearest Sisters... When I happed upon this Legros paintingI swiftly passed a copy onto our Chaplain, Fr Joseph Johnson, with a re-title: "The Original Seven Sisters". And indeed perhaps this century plus painting has something to say to us, the modern-day...
Discerning our Commitment
Greetings dearest Sisters... Early in the month I offered a Holy Hour for you - for the special intention of your active discernment regarding your involvement in Seven Sisters in the upcoming year. I have not ceased smiling (or praying) as I so very often considered...