On Monday, September 15th, we celebrated the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows, a feast dear to the heart of our Community... And we also welcomed a new novice! Abigail Newman received her novice-habit and her beautiful new name: Sr. Mary Anastasia of Our Lady of Solitude. Congratulations to Sister and her family! A Fun Fact: her "title day" is Holy Saturday.
On Sunday, September 14th, the Feast of the Triumph of the Holy Cross, Sr. Mary Agatha Rose of the Precious Blood professed, for the first time, the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity, and obedience according to our Rule of Life as Daughters of the Virgin Mother. Following Sr. Mary Agatha Rose's ceremony, Sisters Mary Lydia and Mary Philomena renewed their own vows for another year. Deo gratias! Needless to say, the graces continue to abound. And then, on the following day, we got a new novice...
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