Category: Reflections

Profound Gratitude

11/28/2024

Dear Friends,

Praised be Jesus and Mary! Happy Thanksgiving! It is with profound gratitude that we thank God for each and everyone of you on this day for giving thanks.

Ecclesia de Eucharistia: Part II

11/8/2024

Let us resume our document study of Pope St. John Paul II’s encyclical: Ecclesia de Eucharistia. In his Introduction the Holy Father expressed his intent of rekindling in the faithful our amazement at the gift of the Eucharist. In Chapter One was emphasized the presence of the entire Paschal Mystery of Jesus Christ – Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity – in every Eucharistic consecration at Holy Mass. From this foundation St. John Paul II then looks to how the Eucharist “Builds the Church” and at its “Apostolicity”.

Ecclesia de Eucharistia, Part 1

9/28/2024

It has been a long while since a Church Document study has been featured on our blog.
Throughout the Church here in America much attention has recently been redirected to Pope St. John Paul II’s last encyclical: Ecclesia de Eucharistia. Let us reflect on some of the highlights from this magnificent encyclical.

Church Tours: Part 4

8/29/2024

Star of the Valley, Santa Rosa, CA

"If the Priest knew his dignity he would die of joy."
- St. John Vianney -

Our novices continue their reflections on the Eucharist and the priesthood each Thursday in August in light of their recent pilgrimage to many of the churches in our diocese.

Church Tours: Part 3

8/22/2024

St. Bernard, Eureka, CA

Our novices continue their reflections on the Eucharist and the priesthood each Thursday in August in light of their recent pilgrimage to many of the churches in our diocese.

Church Tours: Part 2

8/15/2024

Vietnamese Martyrs Mission, Santa Rosa, CA

Our novices continue their reflections on the Eucharist and the priesthood each Thursday in August in light of their recent pilgrimage to many of the churches in our diocese.

Church Tours: Part 1

8/8/2024

With every new group of young women who enter our community, there is an opportunity given to them to better know the diocese in which they will live and serve. This program in our formation process is called our “Diocesan Church Tour Experience”. On it, novices are given the chance to visit several of our diocesan churches to learn about our local history, and to pray in a spirit of thanksgiving for all the good God has done in our parish communities, especially through our priests.

St. Mary Magdalene

7/22/2024

St. Mary Magdalene by Carlo Dolci

“Afterward he journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. Accompanying him were the Twelve and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out” (Lk 8:1-2).

Joyful News

5/19/2024

Dear Friends in Christ!

Praised be Jesus and Mary!

We are pleased to announce the election and installation of our new Mother Superior, Mother Caritas Marie, and our Vicaress, Sr. Mary Victoria. This milestone is the culmination of months of prayer and communal discernment under the guidance of Bishop Robert Vasa, Father Thomas Nelson, O.Praem. (an expert in Religious Life), and Mother Joan Paul, CK.

Co-Workers in Redemption

11/15/2023

“The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.”
(Gen. 2:15) In the beginning man and woman worked but it was with ease and delight for they were in right relationship with God, each other, and all of creation. After the sin of Adam man continued to work, but now it was toilsome and difficult: “…cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life…in the sweat of your face you shall eat bread” (Gen. 3:17, 19). With the triumph of the Incarnation of Christ and the Redemption He has won for us man is still invited to work – to be co-workers in the redemption of souls through the mission of the Church.

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Profound Gratitude

Ecclesia de Eucharistia: Part II

Ecclesia de Eucharistia, Part 1

Church Tours: Part 4

"If the Priest knew his dignity he would die of joy."
- St. John Vianney -

Church Tours: Part 3

Church Tours: Part 2

Church Tours: Part 1

St. Mary Magdalene

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