May 20th, 2013

05/20/2013

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Here we are with Fr. Ray Ryland and his newly published memoir, "Drawn from Shadows into Truth." Fr. Ryland celebrates Holy Mass in our chapel every Monday morning. He just celebrated his 50th anniversary of coming into the Catholic Church yesterday!
Every year during the month of May we make a Marian Pilgrimage--a day trip to a nearby convent or Marian Shrine. This year we went to Pittsburgh, PA, to the Sisters of Divine Providence.
You have to be a courteous driver if you tool around town with a license plate like this one! 
The convent of the Sisters of Divine Providence is HUGE and looks like a castle! They also have beautiful grounds and well-kept courtyards. There are approximately 70 Sisters living here now.
The beautiful arches flank the covered-drive entry to the convent. Sr. Mary Francis took this picture looking down from the second story. The two Sisters (in case you can't tell) are Sr. Mary James and Sr. John Mary.
We had a lovely lunch with the Sisters of Divine Providence and then Sr. Mary James somehow got roped into singing for them. (Sr. Mary Peter may have had something to do with that one!) Since our visit was in honor of Our Lady, Sr. Mary James sang Marian hymns in Latin. 
Praying together in the Chapel. We offered this pilgrimage in a special way for our dads.
This was a beautiful antique painting in one of the parlors of the convent. I'm not sure which Community it represents.


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Mission Trip

05/16/2013

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The Sisters of Reparation is a 501(c)(3) Organization looking for gifts of air-miles and/or monetary donations to help with our upcoming mission trip to Sicily in October.

Two Sisters will be working with the Frati Minori Rinnovati di Patti (Franciscan Friars) who live a very austere life and follow the primitive rule of St. Francis and serve the mountain village of Pettineo, Sicily.

For more information please contact us at http://www.sistersofreparation.org/contact-us.html
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Virtues of Holy Mary

05/14/2013

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Sr. John Mary's Graduation

05/11/2013

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MA Theology
Everything new we learn about Jesus is a new reason to love Him!

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First Friday Sacred Heart Ticket

05/02/2013

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Sr. John Mary at St. Peter's, Steubenville

04/27/2013

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For the honor and glory of God
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Spring has Sprung!

04/27/2013

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St. Mark, pray for us!

04/25/2013

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Feastday: April 25
Patron of notaries

The second Gospel was written by St. Mark, who, in the New Testament, is sometimes called John Mark. Both he and his mother, Mary, were highly esteemed in the early Church, and his mother's house in Jerusalem served as a meeting place for Christians there.

St. Mark was associated with St. Paul and St. Barnabas (who was Mark's cousin) on their missionary journey through the island of Cyprus. Later he accompanied St. Barnabas alone. We know also that he was in Rome with St. Peter and St. Paul. Tradition ascribes to him the founding of the Church in Alexandria.

St. Mark wrote the second Gospel, probably in Romesometime before the year 60 A.D.; he wrote it in Greek for the Gentile converts to Christianity. Tradition tells us that St. Mark was requested by the Romans to set down the teachings of St. Peter. This seems to be confirmed by the position whichSt. Peter has in this Gospel. In this way the second Gospel is a record of the life of Jesus as seen throuhh the eyes of the Prince of the Apostles. His feast day is April 25. He is the patron saint of notaries


http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=305

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Mother in MN

04/16/2013

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Transubstantiation

04/14/2013

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What is Transubstantiation?

At the Last Supper when Our Lord said, "This is My Body," the entire substance of the bread was changed into His Body; and when He said, "This is My Blood," the entire substance of the wine was changed into His Blood. After the substance of the bread and wine had been changed into Our Lord's Body and Blood, there remained only the appearances of bread and wine.

Appearances of bread and wine: color, taste, weight, shape and whatever else appears to the senses.

The substance of anything is what it is. The appearances (sometimes called 'accidents' but not in the sense of 'mistakes'--it just means the non-essential aspects) are what it looks like, or feels like, or tastes like, etc. For example, an apple is a substance. It looks red and round. It feels smooth. It tastes sweet. Redness, roundness, smoothness, and juiciness are appearances. 

The change of the entire substance of bread and wine into the Body and Blood of Christ is called Transubstantiation. 

There are different kinds of changes which may take place in things: A change of appearances happens when a green apple ripens to a red apple. A partial change of substance happens when oil burns and changes to smoke. A complete change of substances (transubstantiation) happens only in the Eucharist. 

No one will ever understand transubstantiation fully, but even the effort to understand it is pleasing to Our Lord. It is faith seeking understanding, and everything new we learn about Jesus is a new reason to love Him.
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