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Hit the refresh button on your browser if the buttons here do not show up.  Click here for photos from our trip! At the end of October, Mother Dolores Marie and Sr. Imelda Marie headed back to Washington, D.C. for another meeting of all our US PCPA Monasteries. Having the Abbesses of each of our Monasteries together is a rare occurence, as we are a Cloistered Order. It was also a great grace to take a close look at our Constitutions, keeping them updated with the desires of Holy Mother Church and discussing the different aspects of our life. It was beautiful to see the Holy Spirit working as we all felt the same about the areas to be addressed and the decisions to be made. On our way to the meeting in Washington, we stopped at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in Maryland where our Friars and many of our Seminarian friends are in formation. As Divine Providence would have it, we also had the wonderful oppurtunity to meet with the Apostolic Nuncio for the U.S., Archbishop Pietro Sambi. He was so gracious and exuded a great sense of joy and love for the Church. He spoke beautifully of the importance of our contemplative vocation and gave us much encouragement and hope. Meeting the Archbishop also gave us a new impetus to pray for him, and all the hierarchy of our Church, as they have many difficult tasks in the mission God has entrusted them with. We couldn't thank God enough for this gift from Him, as the crown of our trip. | ||
