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Thresholds

Thresholds

By Sr. Susanna|2020-02-15T00:29:07+00:00August 2nd, 2019|

There are many ways to describe the transitions in our lives. We may use metaphors and refer to opening doors or windows, crossing thresholds, climbing ladders or stairs, passing milestones, choosing paths or roads, undergoing metamorphosis, and even giving birth. [...]

One of the family

One of the family

By Sr. Susanna|2020-02-15T00:30:30+00:00May 14th, 2019|

The statue of St. Francis by our front door Even people who don’t know much about St. Francis know that he had a special bond with animals and birds. They may not have heard of the wolf of [...]

Life lessons from Sr. Marie

Life lessons from Sr. Marie

By Sr. Susanna|2020-02-15T00:31:57+00:00April 14th, 2019|

A page from Sr. Marie's daily planner Our blog has been quiet of late. Most of you know that on March 20th, our Sr. Marie was born into eternal life. While we rejoice at her new life, we [...]

With

By Sr. Susanna|2019-10-18T14:17:51+00:00March 14th, 2019|

Thank you for helping us make sunflowers bloom for Sr. Marie! Being a Christian means living in the tension between being and waiting. We strive to be fully present in each moment, and yet we earnestly wait for [...]

Sunflowers, for Sr. Marie

By Sr. Susanna|2019-10-18T14:23:58+00:00March 5th, 2019|

Petals for the sunflowers for Marie This week, as Lent begins, the sisters plan to decorate Sr. Marie’s room with some very special sunflowers. We are making them by hand, and they will be big, bright, and positioned [...]

So blue

By Sr. Susanna|2019-10-18T14:21:44+00:00February 28th, 2019|

“Nesting bluebirds” by Patricia Pierce is licensed under CC BY 2.0 Normally, we can find suitable words to describe the details of our lives: our experiences, thoughts, feelings, prayers. The English language offers us a rich storehouse of [...]