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DEATH IN THE MONASTERY
Mother Ruth with Mother CatarinaOur oldest nun, Mother Ruth Barry, died om Saturday August 4. It was not unexpected as she just reached her 91st birthday. She had still been doing the community’s...
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USA- A NATION THAT PRAYS
Praying- Dorina Costras (France)Interesting article this past week which give some statistics that make the USA not as bad as it can sometimes seem. The U.S. remains a deeply religious country and...
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BIRDS AND STRESS
Any newcomers to my Blog, may not know that I am an avid birder. For about 8 years I also had a 4-H birding group that always cleaned up at our county fair with their research projects.News of a new...
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WHY THE SAINTS?
I can never stress enough the effect of saints in our lives. When our youth group was here this summer I told them to look to teens their age who are up for canonization as role models. When the going...
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GIFT FROM THE CHRIST CHILD
In the midst of the on-going scandal in our home Church, I call to attention two possible American saints. to finish off the month of August, and to give us hope, that no matter how bad things seem to...
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OUT OF PARADISE
I was taught by sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, the first of the St. Joseph nuns to come to the USA in 1836. I had two friends in the St. Joseph of Orange Order (established in Californiain 1912)...
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NEW YORK BORN, ITALIAN SAINT
Newly named VENERABLE, TERESA FARDELLA de BLASIwas born in New York on 24 May 1867 of a noble family (the Counts and Marquis of Torrearsa) from Trapani (Sicily), Italy. In 1869 the family returned to...
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TRANSFORMATION IN OUR CHURCH
With the greatest crises in our Church’s history in the USA (see below) , it is encouraging to know that there is a massive “clean-up” and things of the past will hopefully not be any longer tolerated....
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RESTING IN CHRIST IN A TIME OF UNREST
Mystery of Faith- Simeon SolomonMark Kirby, OSB of Silverstream Priory (Meath, Ireland) writes: The crisis that continues to shake the Church and to burden the hearts of priests with sorrow and...
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THE HOUR OF POWER
When Venerable Fulton J. Sheen was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois in 1919, he promised to make a Holy Hour each day before the Most Blessed Sacrament. In spite of a very harried...
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AN HOUR GIVEN
“The Eucharist is the first missionary act of the Church. So if we want to be missionary towards a world in need of new saints and salvation, we have to be men and women of Eucharistic adoration… In...
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A CALL TO BENEDICTINE WOMEN: ORA ET LABORA
On September 8, the Holy Father addressed Benedictine women gathered in Rome of an International meeting. His words are something we as Benedictines strive to daily follow in our own lives. "For your...
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NEW SAINT FOR EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
While we are doing this Blog on Eucharistic Adoration, I found thisnewly blessed who devoted her life to Christ crucified, helping many priests in their own vocation and encouraging devotion to Jesus...
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NEVER TOO OLD TO PRAISE THE LORD
One of the fun aspects of doing research for this Blog, is finding information on totally unrelated searches to the initial research. In these weeks of unrest in our Church I found this inspiring...
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ANOTHER SAINT OF THE EUCHARIST
SAINT GELTRUDE (CATERINA) COMENSOLI loved our Lord and worked tirelessly to draw others to find the peace and joy they found in His presence.Caterina was born in 1847 the fifth of ten children. She...
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HE HEARS US
Franciso Guardi- Italy 1793 Our lives are transformed through frequent contact with the Lord present in the Blessed Sacrament. It is impossible to spend extended...
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SAINT AND POLITICIAN
I can’t believe I have not yet done a Blog on my namesakeBLESSED HILDEGARD BURJAN. She set up several organizations for the promotion of women's rights and for the rights of all workers and their...
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ANOTHER HILDEGARD
Another Hildegard dear to my heart for the work she is doing to promote quality art into our Catholic churches and homes, is HILDEGARD LETBETTER.In a recent talk to patrons of the arts the Holy Father...
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A MAN OF THE STARS
When I was in college in the Midwest, there was an observatory on campus. On the coldest (and I mean cold) darkest nights, one of the Jesuits would take us in and let us stargaze. This in the days...
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NEW AND OLD FRIENDS IN HEAVEN
St. Paul VISt. OscarOn Sunday (Oct. 14) the Holy father will canonize seven new saints. Two of whom we already know are ST POPE PAUL VI (see Blog 2/7/2018) and ST OSCAR ROMERO. The others are...
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