Dear family, friends and benefactors,
Yesterday a few of us had a unique
opportunity…we attended morning Mass with some of the novitiates of the Community
of Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal.
After Mass we ate breakfast with them and then visited a second convent,
where the postulants are living their first years of religious life.
In addition to praying and visiting
with the sisters, we helped them with all sorts of little tasks in their
mission of serving the poor: sorting food-donation bags for the one hundred and
fifty poor families who will likely knock on their door, begging for food this
week. Pre-cooking and freezing food for
a week-long retreat that they will be attending, with other sisters in the
area. Weeding, planting and cutting back
trees in their yard, and finally, joining the “Rosary Club” at a neighboring
Jewish-owned Nursing Home.
We give thanks to God for having had the
opportunity to serve alongside such joyful and simple women whose lives are
totally consecrated to Jesus. Their
invitation to pray at the beginning of each activity was a reminder to us of
how much more our lives could become a prayer of thanksgiving and self-offering
to Our Father. We thank each of you for
making this mission possible for us, and we commit to continue praying for you
and your intentions.
God bless you.
Affectionately yours in Christ,
Mary Our Queen Mission Team 2012
Check out franciscansisterscfr.com if you’d
like more information about the sisters!
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