Happy Hallow's Eve and All Saints Day!

Sr. Mary Jude dressed up as a Red M&M at St. Ann's Nursing Home where she works part-time. She enjoys entertaining the residents!

Election Prayers

We're joining everyone as we pray pray pray for the upcoming election! Vote Pro-Life!

Join us as we pray for the upcoming election!

40 Days for Life! Pray and fast to end abortion!

I heard on the radio the other day that a doctor in California was sued because he wouldn't go against his conscience to do something. The California Supreme Court ruled against him! In other words, this could lead to the state forcing a doctor to perform an abortion even if it's against his/her conscience, or he/she would risk losing his/her license! What is this country coming to? http://www.lifenews.com/state3452.html

Let us pray and stand on the faith that God is with us through all of this mess!

Mary, pray for us!

Sr. Celine pictured here with one of the residents from St. Ann's Catholic Nursing Home (right next door to us) where Sister works. They are visiting our beautiful rosary garden!

Mary, pray for us and our nation!!! Pray for the protection of the unborn!!!

Chapel Renovation!

The Chapel Renovation is underway! If you or someone you know would like to buy a pew, a stained glass window, or contribute toward the overall cost, just let us know! Here is a link to the page explaining the project: http://www.panhandlefranciscans.org/chapel_renovation.html

If you want to pay for a window, we will be posting the names of each window shortly!

FUN Raiser Tickets for Sale!

The tickets are on sale for our Reverse Raffle. $100 tickets for the Dec. 13 drawing of the Mercedes Smart Car or $10,000 Visa Card! For tickets, call us at 806-537-3182, ext. 21.

God bless you all! Pray hard for the election coming up! VOTE PRO-LIFE!

The 1st Words of Christ (TOB)

In the TOB (Theology of the Body), Pope John Paul II refers to what he calls, "The First Words of Christ". They're not literally Jesus' 1st words, they are the 1st words in Pope JP's reflection.


It's from Matthew 19 when the pharisees asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" Jesus said several things after that question, but we focus first on this, "In the beginning, it was not so."


"In the beginning" -- Wow, Jesus is inviting us to look back at the "beginning", before the fall of Adam and Eve, to see why we were created and how. Gen. 1: "Let us make man in our image."



"Male and female we will make them"! In the Diving Image we will make them! (this is not an exact quote)

God made us IN HIS IMAGE! We are called to reflect God (in our lives) in the ETERNAL EXCHANGE OF LOVE of the Holy Trinity!

More on this soon.....



We were created male and female!

Radio -- a Great Way to Evangelize!

This is Stephanie Frausto and I (Sr. M.M.) on St. Valentine's Radio a few days ago! The radio is such a great way to evangelize....

To listen to Steph and I, go to St. Valentine's and click on it:
http://www.kdjw.org/index.cfm?load=page&page=35

To listen to us on EWTN Radio with Barbara McGuigan, click here:
http://www.ewtn.com/vondemand/audio/resolve.asp?audiofile=gf_09202008.mp3

God bless you!

Thank you Fr. Peter!

Fr. Peter and his dad stopped in for Mass the other day! It was awesome having our old friend with us again.

Pray especially for Fr. Peter's little brother who was killed in a car accident recently.

God bless you all!

School Sisters FUN Raiser and Advent Gala!

We have been working hard to plan our first annual FUN Raiser.

Check out the details! http://www.panhandlefranciscans.org/FUN_Raiser2.html

We'd love to have your presence! God bless you!

UD -- Love Rocks!

Love Rocks -- Even (Especially) for Priests and Religious!

We traveled recently to University of Dallas to talk at the Dinner and Discourse night about love and the celibate vocations. We threw in a lot of Theology of the Body. We really enjoyed meeting everyone there! God bless you all!

St. Faustina's Feast today!

Today is St. Faustina's Feast Day! She is very important to most of us in our Community. Her Diary has made a huge impact on us. We not only have a devotion to the Divine Mercy, we also love the lessons that can be learned from her Diary. It's full of wisdom!

Happy Feast of St. Francis!!!

HAPPY Feast of St. Francis!!! He is a great example of someone who has embodied this intimate relationship with the Holy Trinity and with the people of God (the Body of Christ).

St. Francis, pray for us! God bless all Franciscans and Dominicans today in a special way!

Love Rocks -- Even (Especially) for Priests and Religious!

You know, love is such a big thing. We all long for it. We all want it and want to give it.

Someone told me recently that . . . well, they were explaining vocations. They said that all people are called to marriage. Many are called to marriage to a human. The two are hopefully longing for intimacy with God together.

Some are called to marriage and intimacy in a special way with God.

This has become a huge interest of ours -- helping people understand this concept. We all long to share in the Eternal Exchange of Love with the Holy Trinity.

More on this in the next posts. . . . In the meantime, receive God's powerful and passionate love for you!