Dominican Sisters Christmas Appeal
Posted by: tony on 12/10/2007 03:00 AM
Updated by: tony on 12/10/2007 03:04 AM
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Expires: 01/10/2008 12:00 AM
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 A couple of years ago, I made the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist the supported religious orginazion of the Catholic Pillow Fight blog.
Now the sisters are having a vocation crisis:
Through God's infinite goodness, we recently welcomed eleven outstanding young Sisters to our thriving community of consecrated religious women.
Yup, the vocational crisis is too many sisters to house comfortably. We should all have such a crisis. But all joking aside, the crisis is real for these ladies.
What they offer us is of infinite value. Being Dominicans, they are dedicated to teaching and preaching. Who they are teaching are Catholic school children (K-8) in the Spiritus Sanctus Acadamies. When I went to Catholic School over 40 years ago, I remember the holy sisters in their blue habits. Well... They're back, though the habits are black.
Here is a day in the life of the sisters:
5:00 Rise
5:30 Eucharist Holy Hour
Office of Readings
Meditation
Lauds
Marian Consecration
6:30 Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
7:05 Breakfast
Professed
7:30 - 4:00 Apostolate
Novitiate
8:00 Duties
9:00 Classes
11:30 Meditation (novices)
12:00 Divine Office – Midday prayer
12:15 Lunch
1:00 Rosary
1:30 Athletic Recreation
2:45 Classes
3:45 Personal time for pray, study, work
4:30 Spiritual Reading
5:00 Divine Office –Vespers and Rosary
5:30 Dinner
6:30 Community Recreation
7:30 Spiritual Reading
7:45 Divine Office – Compline with Salve Procession
8:00 Silence – time for personal prayer and study
10:00 Profound Silence
If you'll allow me to steal from the Blues Brothers, "These sisters are on a mission from GOD!". They need our help.
I'd like to see everyone who can dig deep, and try and help these sisters out. I will match every donation of my readers between now and Jan 1, up to $250.
You can donate online by clicking this link.
If you wish to donate by mail (and you don't like the online thingy), please download this brochure [PDF], print in out enclose your check and send it to the address listed.
Either way, be sure to include in the comments on the online form, or enclose a note in the paper donation saying that you are donating via www.catholicpillowfight.com.
For more info about the sisters, you can click on the icon on the right sidebar of the home page.
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