On Palm Sunday, Sister Marie Therese presided over a lovely little ceremony in the chapel of our new convent. Over a year ago, the Sisters started a prayer society for the young ladies in our community: the Sursum Corda Society. After a winnowing process, two young ladies renewed their promises, two more were re-instated, and [...]
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Posted 12 April 2009
† Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M.
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Please rejoice with us over the first vows of two of our Sisters: Sister Maria Rosaria and Sister Marie Gabrielle. They made their professions on March 25 (Feast of the Annunciation), taking vows for three years as Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Semper Deo gratias et Mariae!
(A special thank you to Carolyn Kamuda [...]
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Posted 12 April 2009
† Sister Maria Philomena, M.I.C.M.
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Also tagged: America, Catholic, child of God, heaven, Mary, modesty, Our Lady, sister, Spouse of Christ, vow
A blessed Epiphany to you! The Three Kings have arrived at all the Nativity scenes. We have had more snow and ice (it is snowing right now). However, we have power, school has started, and everything is “back to normal.” Deo gratias!
On New Year’s Eve I took a few night-time pictures of the Christmas lights. [...]
When you come in our front door, the Holy Infant is waiting to welcome you:
Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year to all our readers!
We are having a lovely Christmas season that started with the three Christmas Masses. The weather has been strange: rain and wind, but now it is snowing and now it looks properly festive outside .
All the manger scenes include the Holy Family and the shepherds, [...]
In the early morning of December 12, 2008, southwestern New Hampshire and a large section of Massachusetts lost power due to a devastating ice storm. The tops of trees snapped off, branches broke, entire trees were uprooted (one narrowly missing two of the Brothers). We (the religious at Saint Benedict Center) are still without power, [...]
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