By Katie Beckmann Mahon, Communications Manager
February 3rd is National Women Physicians Day.
This annual observance celebrates how women have influenced and enhanced the practice of medicine and the 200th birthday of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to obtain a medical degree in the United States.
Sister Agnette Bengal will turn 107 years old on February 4. A milestone in the Sisters of Christian Charity. Another huge milestone, possibly a first in the country, is the fact that Sister is celebrating her 90th year in Religious Life! With God's grace, the community celebration will be held in June. Sister Agnette still comes to meals and participates in community as much as she is able, with assistance. She resides in Sacred Heart Convent, Willmette, IL. God bless her!!
Would you like to join your little sisters of Marian House Poor Clare Colettines in Nottingham, UK, praying together?
We will be inviting Saint Colette to pray with us, as usual around her feast, for those who long to conceive a child, expectant mothers and the sick, especially sick children.
We join in prayer to the Lord for the healing of our world from the coronavirus and a new beginning in God’s love.
Kathryn Getek-Soltis, Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics at Villanova University and former Catholic chaplain at Suffolk County House of Corrections in Boston, explores the U.S. prison system through the eyes of Christian mercy and ethics. Her workshop, Christian Mercy and our American Prison System, is offered virtually from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. EST Thursday, February 18, 2021, through Weber Retreat and Conference Center.
Monday, February 8th marks the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita and the International Day of Prayer to End Human Trafficking. The Ursuline Sisters of Louisville are collaborating with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth to present a virtual prayer service. It will be held at 7:00 pm ET, Monday, February 8th, on Zoom. All are welcome to join this 30-40 minute service.
Link to the Zoom call:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85477079527?pwd=KzZPU0VQRmVqY3k4Rk9zSXBzQUpzQT09
By Katie Beckmann Mahon, Communications Manager
Before the pandemic, Sr. Maggie McDermott, OP, used to attend Mass every morning at St. Barnabus Church in the Bronx before she started her ministry as Executive Director of the Tolentine Zeiser Community Life Center.
Those daily masses were an ideal way to start her day, as once she arrived at her ministry, she was quite busy overseeing the pre-kindergarten program for three and four-year-olds.
The Dominican Sisters of Peace were blessed by the First Profession of Vows for Sr. Phuong Thuy Vu on December 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
The ceremony was held in the Chapel at St. Mary’s Dominican High School, New Orleans, LA, founded by the Congregation in 1860. Sr. Phuong ministers as an assistant in the school’s Guidance Department.
The Dominican Sisters of Peace welcomed Maria Tram Bui, 41, as a candidate on December 7, 2020, the vigil of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
Born in 1979 in Binh Gia, Vietnam, Tram and her family, including her eight siblings, immigrated to America in 1999. The family moved to Houston, TX, in 2005.
Tram earned a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Lubbock, TX. She served as a full-time physical therapist in North Houston.
We are an Adult Education Centre, located in Dublin, Ireland and our website is www.lumenop.ie.
On our website you can read our Mission Statement:
Lumen Dominican Centre derives its mission from the educational ideal of the Congregation of Dominican Sisters, Cabra within the Order’s tradition of teaching and preaching.
by Gloria Switzer, Dominican Associate of Grand Rapids, January 19, 2021
Today, Friday, January 22, 2021, the International Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) enters into force and becomes International Law.
How inspired and inspiring were the messages of unity coming from the steps of the United States Capitol in Washington D.C. this week!
Did you know that the 59th Inaugural National Prayer Service on Thursday featured two vowed women religious? Sr. Carol Keehan helped get the Affordable Care Act passed under the Obama Administration; and Sr. Norma Pimentel is the director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley and has been working among immigrants at the border in Texas.
Dear people, our/your human presence at the boundaries makes a difference!
Nun Run 2021: To Heaven on Foot
"You get to heaven on foot"- St. Julie Billiart, Our Spiritual Mother
The Pauline Biblical Year
2020--2021
The Biblical Year of the Pauline Family with the theme “That the Word of the Lord may speed on,” was launched by the Pauline Family, Goa along with the Diocesan Centre for Biblical Apostolate on November 26.
The inaugural Mass by Archbishop Filipe Neri Ferrao was televised on CCRTV on 26 November at 7.00 a.m.
Join artists, advocates, survivors, and service providers from across the nation on January 27th @ 6:30pm EST for a live national simulcast on how YOU can engage in the work of anti-human trafficking. Hear a special message from 2020 Billboard Music Award winners FOR KING & COUNTRY, songwriter Michael O'Brien, Jason Roy of Building 429, and Christian singer Evan Craft, as well as messages from Senator Ben Cardin (MD), Attorney General Daniel Cameron (KY), Survivor Leaders Annie Lobert, Bekah Charleston, and many more.
The International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking happens Monday, February 8th. We will hold a special Mass at 11:00 Eastern time. This special Mass will be available to watch via livestream at www.poorhandmaids.org/live
By Katie Beckmann Mahon, Communications Manager
After 25 remarkable years ministering at Saint Luke School, Sr. Grace Augustine Canevari, OP, recently began a new ministry at St. Frances de Chantal School in the Bronx.
“Going to a new ministry after Saint Luke was going to be different, but I find my new ministry welcoming. I am pleased that I can work with children. I am very grateful to the good Lord for all of these blessings,” shared Sr. Grace.
By Sr. Arlene Flaherty, OP
We, the Sisters of the Holy Names, U.S.-Ontario Province, are appalled by the violence that took place in our nation’s capital on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.
The General Council of the Adrian Dominican Sisters issued the following statement in response to the unfolding events January 6 at the U.S. Capitol Building.
Like other Americans around the country, we are horrified by the events at the Capitol, iconic home of our nation’s representative government. As soon as this insurrection is quelled, we urge all members of Congress to act immediately to confirm the results of the Electoral College as certified by every State.
Redemption and Hope, an event surrounding faith and justice, will spark a conversation between you, Sister Helen Prejean CSJ, renowned author of Dead Man Walking, and Renaldo Hudson, a policy advocate, community leader, and former death row inmate.
The Well Spirituality Center and the Illinois Prison Project are delighted to present this virtual conversation about Redemption and Hope, moderated by Dana Divine of 95.1 F.M. Our conversation will take place on Saturday, January 9th.
The Sisters of St. Francis Franciscan Peace Center in Clinton, Iowa, and the Iowa Network Against Human Trafficking and Slavery are co-sponsoring Iowa’s Freedom Summit in recognition of Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. A live webinar will be held Tuesday, January 12, 11:30 a.m. 1:00 p.m. CST. Join the movement to make Iowa free of Human Trafficking. The panel of speakers includes Heather Brown, a survivor and advocate; former Senator Maggie Tinsman, founder of Braking Traffik; Dr.
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia have long offered one-on-one spiritual direction, with the sisters and staff of Manna House of Prayer also offering directed retreats on a variety of topics.
However, the threat of Covid 19 has made most in-person meetings impossible or impractical. The sisters at Manna House quickly assessed the situation and began offering both spiritual direction and many of their retreats virtually.
The Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity will be hosting an online discernment retreat, January 29th and 30th for single women, ages 18+ that are considering religious life. Join MSBT sisters in prayer, reflection and hear MSBT sistres share their stories on mission.
Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat has closed due to covid, but we now offer online retreats and free online community outreach events. The Prairie Retreat theme for 2021 is “Living Lightly on Earth.” We will embrace and explore how we can care for Earth and take action to change the climate crisis we are in. Pope Francis continues to call us to take seriously how climate change is “one of the most serious and worrying phenomena of our time.” Take a look at our web calendar and join us!