Pray With Us
Blessings and grace to you during this Holy Week. Below, you will find thoughtful cues in words, art, and music to inspire your reflection , contemplation, and communal prayer and sharing.
By Sister Maria Iannuccillo, SSND. On Good Friday, we spent the day with my grandmother and cousins. As noon approached, we were called in from playing outside to play ‘quietly’ until 3:00 pm. It took me years to understand why, and to understand why Good Friday was good.
By Sister Joan Pikiell, SSND "Joy" and "Lent" are not words you often hear together. Their pairing might seem as mismatched as peanut butter and mayonnaise! Yet, this Lent has brought me three profound moments of joy.
In Memoriam
Sister Margarida was born in the Azores and moved to Ontario with her family as a teenager. After working for 14 years, She became an affiliate with SSND and in August 1982 she entered the formation house as a postulant. This path led to her life as an educator, administrator, and beloved SSND....
Sister Marie Anna Moltz was born on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception in 1921 and baptized on Christmas Day. Her desire to be a School Sister of Notre Dame started early and her long list of accomplishments speaks to her missions as a teacher, pastoral minister, art teacher, and in community...
Sister Liliette shared her many gifts, musician and guitar teacher, softball and cheer coach, youth minister, and Math teacher with a warm and friendly smile. As a first-year Aspirant, she said she would never leave religious life, a youthful desire to which she had been faithful during her 65...
"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
