The Holiest Week of the Church Year
Holy Week! These blessed days have finally arrived – the culmination of our Lenten preparation. Holy Week in the monastery is a very special time. We seek to have more time for prayer and contemplating...
View ArticlePalm Sunday: The Great Doorway into Holy Week
Continued Holy Week Meditations by Mother Catherine Marie, C.P. Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion Commemoration of the Lord’s Entrance into Jerusalem Since Holy Week is not a mere commemoration of...
View ArticleEvening Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Continued Holy Week meditations by Mother Catherine Marie, C.P. Holy Thursday Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper Today, the daytime hours are an immediate preparation for the Easter Triduum which...
View ArticleFriday of the Lord’s Passion
Continued Holy Week meditations by Mother Catherine Marie, C.P. The Friday of the Lord’s Passion Historical Background Before the reform of the Holy Week liturgy, the liturgical books called today the...
View ArticleTo be Presented in the Temple
Here is that marvelous reflection I mentioned in my last post. This is found in the worship booklet for the Mass of Religious Profession which will take place in 4 hours… ~ Reflection by Sr. Cecilia...
View ArticleReflections for Holy Week
Jesus loved us “to the end” – to the fullest extent possible. What other religion can boast that their god loved them so much he/she became a human being and died for them that they might know Love...
View ArticleGiving Our Lives Away for Souls
Today our community and all of the you have entered into the most sacred days of the Church Year. We have many beautiful monastic customs during the sacred Triduum. One of these is a communal gathering...
View ArticleGiving Thanks for 50 Years as a Passionist Bride
This article was originally posted August 23rd, before the big crash… +++ The past weeks have turned into busy months of planning for a great wedding anniversary – Mother Catherine Marie is celebrating...
View ArticleAn Entrance Day NOT to be Forgotten
This was originally posted in July and was lost during the blog crash earlier this month… Our Sister Mary Andrea is preparing for the great day…a truly awe-inspiring event! On October 19th at 1:30,...
View ArticleCaptivated by the Love of the Crucified Christ
Today is THE day…the day Sr. Mary Andrea will seal forever the covenant of her self-gift to Jesus her Bridegroom. I was going to take a photo of her this morning with the cake that Elizabeth...
View ArticleLiving Consecrate Life as a Sign of the Paschal Mystery
FINALLY – The long-awaited post is here! I hope there are a few of you who are still interested in seeing photos from Sr. Mary Andrea’s Perpetual Profession on October 19, 2013. (smile) All photos,...
View ArticleWhat’s the Relevance of Cloistered Life?
Today was definitely a “Martha” day as we prepared to enter a 4 day retreat, Sunday through Wednesday. The great feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Temple is Thursday and our...
View ArticlePassionist Nuns Advent Newsletter
Merry Advent one and all! The digital form of our most recent community newsletter has been published. You can view it here. This issue highlights recent events which have taken place since our last...
View ArticleSt. Charles CP Brings Us Another Postulant!
The 2014 Polar Vortex brought us a postulant but we give more credit to our Passionist Saint Charles of Mt. Argus whose feast is January 5. Sr. Cecilia Maria entered on this same feast back in 2010....
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