#SisterSaturday Meet Sister Gabriel! Originally from Pennsylvania and Cape Cod, Sister Graduated from our very own AHF! Now teaching Art classes at her alma mater, Sister shares her love for Our Lord and for all things art with her students. Her favorite Scripture verse is
This weekend and next, the first and second Saturdays in May, are traditionally set apart for First Holy Communions in Catholic parishes across the nation. This Saturday, May 6, I attended the celebration of First Holy Communion of some twenty second grade boys and girls.
For a very long time, this fourth Sunday of Easter has been called Good Shepherd Sunday. The readings and prayers for the Liturgy of the Mass speak of—and to—the Good Shepherd of our souls (John 10:1-10). We’ve all seen images of the Good
How embarrassing it is when we find ourself talking to someone whom we know we should know, but we just can’t place the person. We continue the conversation hoping we won’t say something foolish that will let the other know that we don’t remember him,
#Sister Saturday is back with this special “edition” on Divine Mercy Sunday, Saint Faustina, and our own Sister Faustina! Future posts will remain at their regularly scheduled time on Saturday mornings =) The devotion to Divine Mercy has spread far and wide since Our Lord
John 20:19-31 Today we meet, as we do every Easter Season, St. Thomas the apostle who was not present with the other apostles when Jesus appeared to them on Easter Sunday. I wonder where he was, and why he wasn’t with them. Imagine missing the
Divine Dialogue of God with the Soul Reflection for Mercy Sunday, 2023 One week ago we celebrated the Resurrection of Jesus. Today we celebrate the Feast of Divine Mercy. In the Gospel reading at Mass this weekend, we hear the story of ‘Doubting Thomas,’ who
Easter Sunday Reflection by Mother Marie Julie, SCMC Acts 10:34a, 37-43/Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6b-8/John 20:1-9 Alleluia! We come to the Day of Resurrection! Our God lives! Throughout the Christian world people are finding ways to celebrate the rising of Jesus from the dead. It
Friday of the Passion of the Lord Reflection by Mother Marie Julie, SCMC (Isaiah 52:13-53:12 • Psalm 31 • Hebrews 4:14-16; 5:7-9 • John 18:1-19:42) My Dear Good People, As a child I could never understand why today was called ‘Good.’ I had my own name
Palm Sunday Reflection, 2023 We begin today’s Liturgy with the procession with the palms, calling out “Hosanna to the Son of David!” But within the hour we are calling out (though reluctantly), “Crucify him,” as we read the Passion Gospel. How could such a
Reflection for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, 2023 John 11: 1-45 Once I made a dental appointment after a very long absence from my dentist. I made it with a new doctor who wouldn’t know how long it had been since my last cleaning. But
Today marks the half-way point of our Lenten Journey. Here is a thought to carry us through these last three weeks before the remembrance of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus: The great sculptor Michelangelo once ordered a small block of marble
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As Sisters of Charity of Our Lady, Mother of the Church we embrace our two-fold mission of sanctity and service. In a spirit of simplicity we aspire to live a life rooted in the Gospel, in imitation of Mary and expressed by prayer, charity, self sacrifice and loving obedience. We devote ourselves to the works of charity, and as true daughters in the heart of the Church, we serve others through the apostolates of education, caring for the sick, the aging and the poor, wherever there is a need.
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