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10th Anniversary Countdown: 2016
Answers from yesterday:2017 Photo #1: Sr. Petra (then Sara Lynn), prays at the Sea of Galilee during our pilgrimage to the Holy Land. This particular location is the place of the calling of the first...
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10th Anniversary Countdown: 2015
Answers from yesterday:2016 Photo #1: Meeting one of the original Missionaries of Charity after the profession of perpetual vows of our friend Sr. Brigid of the Sisters of Life.2016 Photo #2: Mother...
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10th Anniversary Countdown: 2014
Answers from yesterday:2015 Photo #1: One of many unused photos from our "photoshoot" for the poster for our first fundraising dinner, "Mumford & Nuns BBQ." As you can see, this one didn't quite...
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10th Anniversary Countdown: 2013
Answers from yesterday:2014 Photo #1: In St. Peter's Square, during the canonization of St. John Paul II and St. John XXIII, Mother Cecilia holds up the monastery copy of St. John Paul's Apostolic...
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10th Anniversary Countdown: 2012
Answers from yesterday:2013 Photo #1: Mother (then Sister) Cecilia enjoys a misty evening on the road down to the shrine (the Shrine of Our Lady of Mariapoch, across the street from the monastery)2013...
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10th Anniversary Countdown: 2011
Answers from yesterday:2012 Photo #1: Visiting Sr. Flora and Sr. Adalberta in the nursing home. These are the two Social Mission Sisters from Hungary who lived in our monastery for many years before us...
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10th Anniversary Countdown: 2010
Answers from yesterday:2011 Photo #1: Mother Cecilia (then Julie) helps her mom to cut out our first set of habits. Before then, we had permission from the bishop to wear a black skirt and black...
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Today is our 10th anniversary!
Today finishes up our 10th anniversary countdown! On April 3, 2009, Mother Theodora (then Sr. Celeste) and Mother Cecilia (then Julie) moved into our monastery, and even though the journey began a...
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Great & Holy Week Schedule
Monday, April 15Great & Holy Monday3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.Liturgy of the Presanctified GiftsTuesday, April 16Great & Holy Tuesday3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.Liturgy of the Presanctified GiftsWednesday,...
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Boys & Girls Camp Registration Open!
In honor of the Eparchy of Parma’s 50th anniversary celebration, Boys and Girls Camp will be hosted June 19-22 at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, as a joint event for high school students; the...
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We'll miss you Scout!
Our dear monastery cat, Scout, died on Thursday, with all of the nuns surrounding her. She lived with us for nearly the entire 10 years of the monastery; the month after we moved in, we adopted her...
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Save the date for the Bridegroom's Banquet
Our Bridegroom's Banquet will be a month earlier than usual, so be sure to save the date! We hope you can join us for a great evening! In the meantime, have a blessed Holy Week & Pascha as we...
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The Eternal Sabbath
Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!"For He has made known to us in all wisdom and insight the mystery of His will, according to His purpose which He set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of...
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Entering through the closed doors
This morning before Divine Liturgy, I was praying with the Gospel accounts of Christ's coming among the Eleven in the Upper Room, both on the first day of the week, and eight days later (John 20). I...
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Join us for our spring work day, May 25
Join us for a day of outdoor and indoor work projects, prayer, food and fun at the monastery and the Shrine of Our Lady of Mariapoch on Saturday, May 25. Volunteers of all ages and abilities are...
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2 days left to register for Boys & Girls Camp; opened to 12-year-olds
There are only 2 days left to register for Boys and Girls Camp - June 19-22, in conjunction with the Eparchy of Parma's 50th Anniversary! The deadline is Friday, May 31st. Since there are still spots...
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"I will not leave you orphaned"
Happy Feast of the Ascension!A reflection from Mother Cecilia:A couple of weeks ago I was on my annual retreat, and I was at a retreat center where there was a beautiful path through the woods with the...
View Article"Who ME? Contemplative prayer?"
Contemplative prayer may sound like a complicated undertaking that's just for monks and nuns, but the Catechism of the Catholic Church explains that it is "the simplest expression of the mystery of...
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Thank you to our Spring Work Day volunteers!
A great crew of volunteers joined us on Saturday, May 25, for our Spring Work Day. They helped us with many outdoor projects and indoor spring cleaning, including the repairing of a stone wall,...
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The Holy Spirit
Happy Feast of Pentecost! Today Bishop John joined us to celebrate this great feast that completes that Paschal Mystery! The Holy Spirit is an incredible gift that allows us to have God living within...
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