Sister Ann McGovern and Sister Marilee Heuer represented the Community at Franciscan University in Steubanville, Ohio on October 12th. Along with approximately 75 religious communities from around the country, the Sisters set up an attractive display and spent the day talking with many young women about the Congregation and religious life. Not only students, professors […]
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Saturday, October 6th, Sister Janet and Sister Marilee drove with Dr. Ray Guarendi to Cleveland to tape segments for his program, Living Right With Dr. Ray which will air on EWTN during this coming season. Some of the Loreto family also came to be part of the audience: Miss Peg Ferguson, Mrs. Harry Wagner, Mrs. […]
Contemplation means to gaze attentively. God knows all of us gaze and stare into space and nature. All we have to do is train ourselves to fix our gaze on Someone specific, look for His Presence in our lives, in the people we touch or who touch us. Try it . . . . awesome […]
What part does prayer play in your daily program? Is it something to be said, a kind of job-to-be-got-through — an activity fitted into a neat slot among other forms of BUSYNESS? Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend and Guide
Keep your perspective; we need humbly to esteem the daily routine. It can bring us the richness of eternity. We are seekers of the Kingdom, and as we continue our search, the Holy Spirit casts the fire of His love into our hearts as the fear of our doubts is cast out. Mother Patricia O’Connor, […]
There must be unity between my spiritual ideals and my concrete moment-to-moment actions. The small things of each day must be the vessels that carry my ideals. Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend and Guide
The truly heroic is hidden in simple daily tasks. We are often too “busy” — jobs are predictable — so unlike people. So we hide behind our jobs; safe hiding. It is harder to be available than to polish a floor. Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend and Guide
Are you doing all the right things with an empty heart? Jesus denounced the Pharisee. Do you come with a self-righteous attitude regarding others, protecting yourself? The Publican came before Jesus humbly begging for mercy. Jesus teaches us . . . it is not what we do that counts but the attitude of heart coming […]
There is wisdom that seems to get at the root of what Jesus is saying to us. It seems to be human nature to judge others, to assume the worst about another’s behavior. we all do it, and even though we think we have the right to do it, in the end it just makes […]
You cannot carry on a love affair with God bemoaning lost illusions, dwelling on the past, on the imprudences, the mistakes, selfishness, vanities. We ought really to keep a journal if only to say or to write daily “Ego Amo Te, Lord, I love You. Mother Patricia O’Connor, CDS Founding Superior, Friend and Guide