Pro-Life and Loving Others

One of the privileges that we have as School Sisters is to promote a Culture of Life, especially with the students in Catholic Schools, our Faith Formation Classes, and evangelization of youth! Here is a picture of some of us at the local March for Life.

Even though most Christians are "pro-life", how many of us realize how the culture is trying to trick us into this trap? In usually small ways, are we living the culture of life to its fullest? Are we loving every neighbor with the love and dignity that they deserve? This is something we all have to ask ourselves and be on guard for . . .

Lord, help us to live fully the Culture of Life and to help others know and experience your love! Amen.

Congratulations to our New Candidate!

Congratulations, Crystal! May Mary give you many graces to love her Son, receive His Love, and to Share His Love! We are so happy for you!

Crystal became a postulant at a beautiful ceremony on Friday evening (Jan. 13). She will now prepare for the Novitiate which, God willing, will begin July 13th. Pray for her!

Pray also for those hoping to Enter July 15th!

God bless you all! We are united in love!

Another Christmas Play!

You know, having the Catholic School Christmas Play after Christmas was different but meaningful! How many people continue on with their lives after Christmas, forgetting that it is still the Christmas Season (in the Catholic Church)?!

This school play got snowed out before Christmas, so we had it the other night. Awesome! It's so awesome watching the children celebrate Jesus' birth, singing at the top of their lungs . . . well, some of them are anyway. Some are scared to be on stage and others are just proud that their mom and dad are there to watch them!

This is one of those moments when teachers and parents and children can really be proud and happy how God is working in our lives through this experience in a Catholic School.

May you all continue to be blessed and well! Remember, God loves you! What else is there for happiness?

Merry Christmas!

Many have already taken down their Christmas decorations or turned off their lights. We have just started celebrating (since Christmas Eve)! In the Catholic Church, we celebrate Advent in preparation for Christmas until the evening of Dec. 24. We then celebrate the Christmas Season for 8 straight days in a row! That's how big it is to us! Many keep their decorations up until Feb. 2 -- the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple.

We hope that you all had a great Christmas. We did. Just being together, praying together, eating junk food together, trying out the new Christmas gifts . . . but most importantly, enjoying each other. We've said this many times -- we have so much more fun when all the Sisters are home from the schools. It's a good time!

We have certainly remembered all of you in our prayers of gratitude and love. God bless us, every one!

God's Beauty -- Have we opened our eyes and hearts to it?

Sr. Mary Jude renewed her vows for one year on Dec. 17. Congratulations!
May God continue to bless you with deeper intimacy and love!
May you be a bright witness of Jesus' Truth and Love and Joy!


Christmas Plays are among our favorite "jobs" of being involved in Catholic Schools!
What a delight . . .
Many times the students will have songs to sing and dance to, lines to memorize . . .
It's always one of our favorite things to watch during December.

2 Sisters were able to attend the ordination of a Benedictine Monk friend in Pecos, NM
this past week. Father, you're in our prayers!

On the way home from the ordination, we discovered the beautiful "Canadian River Canyon"
in New Mexico. What a surprise! Amazing how you live fairly close to some of these things
and do not even know that they are nearby.

This is alot like God and His Awesomeness! We have so many treasures nearby

(the Holy Scriptures, Adoration, the Holy Mass, His Love and Truth, and . . . so much more),
but we many times take them for granted or do not even know the depth of their beauty!

May we spend this Advent and Christmas asking God to draw us closer to Himself and
to open our eyes to His beauty that is so near to us!

Advent -- A Beautiful Time to Reflect

What a privilege it has been to be able to share some time with the beautiful married couples (pictured above) with their TOOLS groups! It has been a delight getting to know them better and helping them reflect on their vocations and being Centered on Christ!

We've had 2 Marriage Retreats this month! God is SO good!

Also above, we had a cookie decorating party yesterday. It's become a tradition for some local friends to bring their children to spend time with us decorating cookies for Christmas. What a blast that was! (The picture in the chapel was us praying before they went home.)

Families -- what an awesome time of year to have families here! May the Christ Child be born in our hearts in a new and powerful way this Advent and Christmas.

We're having a Christmas Novena of Masses said for all of you before Christmas. In this most powerful prayer (the Mass), we are asking for blessings and graces in an awesome and overabundant way! God bless you all!

Blessed Advent to All!

Dear Friends,


During this very important Advent Season, may we all take extra time and effort to reflect on God, on His Love for us, on what He's asking of us, how He wants us to grow and to make some changes for the better . . .

Come, Lord Jesus, Come! Come into our Hearts in a new and awesome way! Open our hearts to be open to You and your life-changing and healing love. Amen.

On another note, check out some of the pictures from our recent FUN Raiser - Click Here!

God bless you all!