Today, we celebrate the 83rd birthday of Pope Francis. This is truly “the day the Lord has made…let us rejoice and be glad in it…” What will be your gift[continue reading]
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Christmas Novena Tradition
Each year, in preparation for Christmas, Daughters of Charity sing a special novena (nine day prayer) during our evening prayer time. Each day, the prayer is the same except for[continue reading]
“Am I not here, I who am your Mother?”
Today we celebrate the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. I find the story of these apparitions the most humble and down to earth. The narration says that, on December[continue reading]
Foundation of the Little Company
“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” Soren Kierkegaard We sometimes harbor the illusion that the saints “had everything figured out” in their lives as[continue reading]
Feast of St. Catherine Laboure
Catherine Laboure was born May 2, 1806 in the town of Fain-les-Moutiers in Burgundy, France. She was the eighth child of a devout couple, Pierre and Madeleine Laboure. When Catherine[continue reading]