Spirituality and Prayer

Pray With Us

Please find Sr Eileen Denny's World Environment Reflection here.
When Mother Theresa died on May 9, 1879, at the age of 82, the congregation had approximately 2250 sisters worldwide. As of today, we have 2410 living sisters in our congregation. We pray in gratitude for her many gifts to us and ask her assistance as we live out the new directional statement, "...

Dr. King reminds us that “human progress never rolls in on wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts of people willing to be co-workers with God. … Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity." On the...

In Memoriam

In Memoriam: Sister Catherine Goodell, SSND
When she was a fourth grader, the family moved to Chicago, and a year later she enrolled in St. Cyril’s School and met the Sisters of Loretto.  “It was here, in the sixth grade, that I first thought I would like to be a sister.”
Catherine Staab was received into the novitiate on July 16, 1947 and was given the name, Sister Mary Bernadetta.
Sister Mary Theresa Prior, SSND
Eileen Prior and her twin sister Theresa were born to John Prior and Mary Heslin, both from Co. Leitrim, Ireland, on May 9, 1931, and were baptized at St. Andrew the Apostle Church in Forest Hills, Massachusetts.

"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