Franciscan Footprints

Postulant Myra entered on February 23rd and Postulant Yvonne followed the next day. They are getting settled and getting used to our horarium. What an exciting time! Unite with us in praise and thanks to God for sending us these women who wish to give their lives to God and join us in worship of Him and service to His people.

May God bless all who read this!

Today we have the joy and privledge of witnessing the Perpetual Vows of Sister Mary Faustina. In our community, Reception into the Novitiate, First Vows, Renewal of vows, and Perpetual vows are preceeded by a full 7 day retreat.

May God bless all who read this.

Two of our Sisters accompanied several groups from area high schools who travelled to Washington D.C. for the 2010 March for Life.  They were so happy to travel with these young people and stand with them witnessing to the dignity of life from conception to natural death. We (who stayed behind) were so edified to hear the events recounted by our Sisters about the March and the experiences that the high school students had.

What a blessing for our community to be invited to attend the March and stand up in solidarity with others who hold all life sacred!

A few days before Christmas we went out to the Motherhouse for the blessing and dedication of the remodelled infirmary community room/dining room.(now named the Sacred Heart Room) It was a wonderful day to gather and celebrate the the completed project and to remember Vicki(who was imstrumental in the starting & planning  phase) who dedicated herself to the care of our infirm sisters.

On Christmas Eve we gathered once more at the Motherhouse to sing Christmas carols and help our infirm sisters open gifts. It was a blessing to share this time with our sisters!

At the House of Formation we celebrated on Christmas day starting with Morning Prayer at 8am followed by a special breakfast(thanks Sister Magdalene!) and gift opening. I believe Mass was at 11am that day.

It was such a blessing to celebrate Our Lord’s birth with my sisters in community.  What was your celebration of Christmas like?

Annual Fall Bazaar

Hours:

Friday the 20th: 9am-5pm

Saturday the 21st: 9am-2pm

Check out last years blog post: http://blog.franciscansisterspeoria.org/?p=256

 

If you are in the neighborhood stop by and say hello. You might even get some Christmas shopping done

The feast of Our Lady of the Rosary was instituted to honor Mary for the Christian victory over the Turks at Lepanto on October 7, 1571. Pope St. Pius V and all Christians had prayed the Rosary for victory.

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Collect: Lord, fill our hearts with your love, and as you revealed to us by an angel the coming of your Son as man, so lead us through his suffering and death to the glory of his resurrection, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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Today is also our Sister, Sister M. Noreen’s feast day. Please join us in prayer for her and her intentions today. On a Sister’s feast day & birthday our communities’ custom is to each offer one day of prayers, works, joys, & sufferings for the Sister; it is called a “Franciscan day”.

Sister Noreen, may our Lord grant you every grace and consolation on this your feast day. Our prayers are with you!

Blessings on all who read this!
Sister M. Veronica, OSF

 This evening we attended a Transitus Service celebrating the death of our Holy Father Saint Francis. It was a time to reflect both on his life and his death culminating in the veneration of a relic of St. Francis by Monsignor Oberch (our Chaplain), and all of us Sisters. What a rich heritage we have, both as Franciscans & in our community. God is SO good to us!

Tomorrow we will leave bright and early to be back at the Motherhouse at 7am for Morning Prayer, Holy Mass, Breakfast, etc. We’ll get together again to celebrate our holy fathers’ life & be renewed by our celebrating of the Liturgy and in fraternal charity. 

Happy Feast day to all our fellow Franciscans!

God’s abundant blessings on all who will read this!

In Christ and St. Francis, Sister M. Veronica, OSF

 I’m sure you all know the life of St. Therese well, so I won’t repeat it except to offer this link in case you’d like more information. Also, today is our Sister, Sister Theresa Ann’s feast day. Please join us in praying for Sister & for her intentions on this special day. Below you’ll find a picture of Sister Theresa Ann, OSF.

Sister Theresa Ann, OSF

 

God bless all who read this!Sister M. Veronica, OSF 

 

Tomorrow we leave the Motherhouse for the second session of Ministry Development at Nazareth House in Henry, IL. (the diocesan retreat center) We’ll be there until Wednesday afternoon. I think the topic is Healthcare Ethics.

More to follow when I return! God bless!
Sr. M. Veronica, OSF

The CMSWR Eucharistic Congress will be broadcast on Catholic TV tonight and tomorrow.  See the link below for details.

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