Pray With Us
Now that it's Lent again, my thoughts turn to a long-standing tradition in my home parish, St. Joseph Monastery in Baltimore. It was customary in the parish for a large group of parishioners, crossing generations, to produce a Passion Play. "Veronica’s Veil" was staged on each Sunday during Lent.
It was Lent,1963, and the 8 of us at Our Lady of Hope in Baltimore were getting our new habits ready for The Change, March 25th. Sister Mary Lea Abell, our superior, put a shoebox on her desk to collect our large cincture rosaries.
In these later years I have been looking forward to Lent, probably because it signals the sure coming of Spring. Even though Winter has retained its hold on the thermostat, there is something new in the air, so that gardeners have begun thinking of digging into rain-soaked earth to encourage new...
In Memoriam
Sister Irene Marie Hughes was educated by SSNDs and found them "joyful and caring.” After her novitiate year, she was sent to Puerto Rico and fell in love with the island, spending 19 years there. Eventually, teaching ESL classes at Caroline House in Bridgeport, she wrote “I found this to the...
Sister Mary Margaret was a dedicated teacher, helping students in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Chicago through the years. As a leader of SSND Associates at St Columba she assisted many. Her life of service continued in retirement at Marian Village in Homer Glen, Illinois. May Mary Margaret rest in...
Creative, caring, generous, and perceptive are some of the words used to describe Sister Maria Natividad. For 70 years, Natividad served the SSND mission in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Puerto Rico. No matter the location or service she provided “She was always in the right place at the right time...
"Prayer is true heavenly food and nourishment for the soul, which will starve without it. It is a remedy for the sick who desire to recover again, joy for the afflicted, strength for the weak, medicine for sinners, delight for the just, mutual support for the entire church.”
-BLESSED THERESA GERHARDINGER
