Spirituality and Prayer

Pray With Us

Our Sisters shared such inspiring Lenten reflections in 2024 that we decided to publish excerpts from them for Ash Wednesday this year. Each one offers a rich opportunity for reflection.

On March 5, we observe Ash Wednesday and embark on our 40 days of Lent journey.

Pope Francis encourages us to become Pilgrims of Hope in our broken and fragile world.

The articles presented in this edition of In Mission show different aspects of how we try to respond to the call of our General Chapter. We read about education, restructuring into one new province, care of creation, reconciliation, communication ……

In Memoriam

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...
As a young girl Sister Mary Jane was inspired to become a nurse by the Public Health Nurses she encountered during her mother's extended illness. This experience proved significant and Sister Mary Jane became a licensed RN in 1970 from the University of Maryland School of Nursing. Her care for...
Always, friendly and outgoing, Sister Margaret was described by a niece as “exuding the joy of the Lord.”  Margaret was 104 years old and in the 84th year of her religious profession at her death on March 9, 2024. Her funeral and reception were held on her 105th birthday with over two hundred...

"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