As we celebrate the special “double feasts” of Triumph of the Cross and Our Lady of Sorrows (September 14-15), we at St. Joseph’s are giving thanks for another “double” blessing: our two newest postulants!
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February 2nd, the Feast of the Presentation of Lord, is also the World Day for Consecrated Life … Here at St. Joseph’s, we have even more reason than usual for celebration this year: on December 18th, our Aspirant Holly officially entered the monastery!
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You want rosaries? / I got twenty! / But who cares? / No big deal / I want more …
I wanna be where the sisters are / I wanna see, wanna see ‘em praying …
The Christmas Season may have officially ended with the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, but the joy of Our Lord’s birth never passes away. We wanted to share with you some photos of our community Christmas celebrations — as well as some community news!
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Yes, you read that title right — the Lord has blessed us with a second aspirant during this Year of St. Joseph! Holly, who hails from Cincinnati, Ohio, was accepted to enter the aspirancy program on the first Saturday of November.
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We welcome with joy our newest aspirant, Hannah, who on Pentecost Sunday entered formally into this period of deeper discernment with our community! Women in our aspirancy program continue to live in the world for at least 12 months, but they also come for live-in visits to the monastery and begin taking classes with our Novice Directress, Sr. Mary Veronica.
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We all knew something was afoot when Aspirant Abbey entered the chapel one day with a smile bright enough to dazzle the casual observer.
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If you had been a lady bug sitting on our chapel windowsill a couple of Fridays ago, you would had seen an unusual sight. . .
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This week (Nov. 3-9, 2019) is the USCCB’s National Vocation Awareness Week. What better time could there be to share some thoughts on vocational discernment from our newest aspirant?
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A friend of the community once quipped that a postulant is a half-baked nun, while the key word of aspirancy is being "poured out" - like batter! It's an apt analogy for the process of discernment and formation, perhaps even better since our newest smiling face in the monastery has already been enlisted for a few baking projects.
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