We hope your summer has been pleasant and refreshing thus far. Much has been and will be happening in the Parish Visitors community this summer, but we had time for some relaxation, picnics, outdoor fun, and extra time together.
Miniature golf, courtesy of the owner
A picnic by the scenic Hudson River
Summer weeding of the novitiate pathway
A group of Parish Visitors will be attending the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis in July. May this event, and the pilgrimages leading up to it, bring much honor and glory to our Eucharistic Lord and bring many people closer to Him! In July we’ll also have our annual eight-day retreat. Our annual retreat is a time for deeper prayer and reflection, a time of
drawing nearer to the Lord and spiritually preparing for the coming year. It’s always a time of many special graces. In the various parishes we serve, many of our Sisters were involved with the Vacation Bible schools, youth events, and so on. Our Marycrest Youth Day will be held on August 3. Information is on our website; just click the top section on our home page.
Great News!
In August we’ll have perpetual professions! Three Sisters will profess their final vows on August 15 here in the US, and on August 22 in the Philippines another Sister will make her final vows. Here are photos (now, and as postulants and novices) and a little information on those who will have August professions:
Sister Rebecca Miriam, born in Georgia, grew up in Arizona. She has two brothers and two sisters. After reading about us on the internet, she had a chance meeting with a Parish Visitor in a Home
Depot parking lot in Arizona! She has been serving God’s people in the Bronx.
Sr. Marie Meaghan is from Long Island, New York, and has one brother and one sister. She worked for an environmental firm before entering the convent, and she can tell you all about the rocks found at Marycrest. She also served in the Bronx, and in the coming year she’ll be assigned to our Marycrest convent.
Sr. Alina Marie grew up in Georgia but was living in Michigan before entering the convent. She has three brothers. She worked for an internet software company before entrance. She is quite artistic and can come up with drawings for any occasion! She serves in our Ohio convent.
In the Philippines, Sr. Maria Rowena first met the Sisters when they were doing apostolic work in her home parish. She had her novitiate in the US (before we had a formation house in the Philippines). We’ll all be with her in spirit at her profession in the Philippines.
Here are the above four Sisters as postulants and novices.
In January Sr. Mary Leticia made her final profession in Nigeria, but unfortunately we don’t have her photo, or the photo of the two who recently professed first vows in Nigeria, Sr. Mary Bernadette and Sr. Mary Calista. Our prayers are with each one of them!
Another event was the 70th anniversary in religious life of Sr. Mary Roberta. Imagine all the prayers she has offered and all the good she has done in these 70 years!
As of late August we’ll have a new Vocation Director, Sr. Theresa Marie. She’ll be living at our Ohio convent. Her email will be the same as this one, pvmi@frontiernet.net; the phone number there is 330-646-5681. God bless you, Sr. Theresa Marie!
May God bless you and continue to guide you as you discern His will for your life. He loves you and will never fail you!
In Jesus,
The Parish Visitor Sisters