In the Shadow of His Wings

Mary, Mother of the Church, ora pro nobis!

Sponsa Christi — Sun, 12 May 2013 19:18:14 +0000

Today is Mother’s Day! O Blessed day to all you Moms out there. Each year on this day the Mass in our chapel is offered for all of our mothers, living and deceased. To honor our heavenly Mother we just had our annual May procession, and we also installed a picture of our new Pope [...]

Heterogeneous Monastery Photos

Sponsa Christi — Sat, 11 May 2013 01:17:25 +0000

Isn’t that a neat word? – heterogeneous! Meaning “different in kind, unlike, incongruous”…I thought that a good description of the photos in this post. Really, I was just wracking my brain to think of a unique name for this post and happened upon this word. Please keep us Sisters in your prayers…the Marthas of a [...]

Prayers from Behind Bars

Sponsa Christi — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:36:00 +0000

It’s that time of year when we have our Community retreats. Beginning yesterday half of the Sisters are “in retreat”; they are the “Marys”. The other half of us are the “Marthas” and we keep the monastery running for 8 days. I always seem to have extra time during these days to catch up. Thank [...]

Ask Jesus What He Wants and Be Brave!

Sponsa Christi — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:42:56 +0000

I just came across these words of Pope Francis that inspire courage, trust and joy in responding to Jesus’ call to follow more closely. Just after ordaining 10 men to the priesthood, Pope Francis called on young Catholics to ask Jesus “what he wants from you and be brave!” “There are many young people today, [...]

An Invisible Monastery to Pray for Vocations

Sponsa Christi — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:00:56 +0000

Have you ever heard of the Invisible Monastery? Well, until a month ago I hadn’t either. On this 50th World Day of Prayer for Vocations I thought it a wonderful occasion to tell you about it. Several weeks ago I received a letter in the mail with a very interesting return address. The sender was [...]

Passionist Nuns Spring Newsletter 2013

Sponsa Christi — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:07:56 +0000

Greetings blog friends! We still haven’t gotten the comment box situation fixed yet. We are very busy and so haven’t been able to give much time to fixing the problem. We’ve tried to no avail (!) several different things listed in troubleshooting for this problem with the comment spam blocker. If you are interested in [...]

Comment Box Woes?

Sponsa Christi — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:36:39 +0000

Recently heard from a friend of ours that she was unable to leave a comment in our comment box. I have not receive any comments and am wondering if others are having the same trouble. If so, would you contact me at nunsp(at)bellsouth(dot)net? And put “blog comments” in the subject box. God bless!

Passionist Vocation Brochures Available

Sponsa Christi — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:25:34 +0000

Easter greetings to all our friends! Sorry I abandoned the internet world right at the Sacred Triduum. We had a profound experience of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of our Divine Bridegroom. We are still celebrating with Alleluias and the lovely Regina Coeli! Would any of you be interested in distributing some of our vocation [...]

Giving Our Lives Away for Souls

Sponsa Christi — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 22:17:30 +0000

Today our community and all of the you have entered into the most sacred days of the Church Year. We have many beautiful monastic customs during the sacred Triduum. One of these is a communal gathering of our intentions for our spiritual children. Earlier today our Superior shared with us the following words of encouragement… [...]