Our Annual Irish Tea
Our Annual Irish Tea, held on March 13th, supported the work of the OSP-IHM Sisters in McAllen, TX. Our Sisters there work with Asylum Seekers and their families as they reconnect with family members, sponsors and loved ones already here in the US. Sister Joan Rychalsky, IHM, recounted her two-week experience assisting the Sisters at Mary, Comfort of Migrants Convent in McAllen as they attempt to alleviate some of the difficulties facing these families, especially the children, during their brief stay at the Humanitarian Respite Center, established by Catholic Charities in Texas. The Sisters also assist in the Catholic Charities Clothing and Supply Center in McAllen and spend time each week at Casa del Migrante in Reynosa, Mexico. The generosity of all those attending the Tea will be a great support to the Sisters' work in providing some very basic necessities for our brothers and sisters there. We are most grateful to all for their support, as well as to our volunteers who are ever-present and willing to help us with this annual event! For a peek at the day's celebration, click here for the Photo Gallery page and scroll down to see the pictures. Thank you!
Our Prayer and Spirituality takes many forms and may be as individual as we are ourselves! This year we would like to focus a bit on some of the various ways you may deepen your own relationship with God. For a few months at a time, we will reference some of these forms as they appear under the Menu Title: Prayer and Spirituality. While they have been included on our website since its beginning, not everyone is aware of these resources, so we are taking this opportunity to "highlight" them for you. Clicking the link will take you to a brief explanation and you may pursue these on your own or go to the helpful website resources that are also included under the Prayer and Spirituality Menu. We hope you find this helpful on your Prayer Journey!
We continue with...Lectio Divina...Praying with Scripture |
Some Reading Opportunities...
Have you had an opportunity to read the recent...and not so recent...Encyclicals and Apostolic Exhortations written by Pope Francis? Perhaps you did not know where or how to get them! With a "click of your mouse" on the links below, you will be able to "catch up" on Our Holy Father's recent writings...Enjoy and Be Informed!
Laudato Si – Pope Francis’ Encyclical “On Care for Our Common Home”
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html
Evangelii Gaudium Pope Francis’ Encyclical– The Joy of the Gospel
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium.html
Laudate Deum – Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhoration – “To All People of Good Will on the Climate Crisis”
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/20231004-laudate-deum.html
C’est La Confiance –Pope Francis’ Apsotolic Exhoration – on Saint Therese of Lisieux (The Little Flower)
“It is the Confidence”
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-10/pope-francis-apostolic-exhortation-therese-of-lisieux-confidence.html
Have you had an opportunity to read the recent...and not so recent...Encyclicals and Apostolic Exhortations written by Pope Francis? Perhaps you did not know where or how to get them! With a "click of your mouse" on the links below, you will be able to "catch up" on Our Holy Father's recent writings...Enjoy and Be Informed!
Laudato Si – Pope Francis’ Encyclical “On Care for Our Common Home”
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html
Evangelii Gaudium Pope Francis’ Encyclical– The Joy of the Gospel
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20131124_evangelii-gaudium.html
Laudate Deum – Pope Francis’ Apostolic Exhoration – “To All People of Good Will on the Climate Crisis”
https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/20231004-laudate-deum.html
C’est La Confiance –Pope Francis’ Apsotolic Exhoration – on Saint Therese of Lisieux (The Little Flower)
“It is the Confidence”
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-10/pope-francis-apostolic-exhortation-therese-of-lisieux-confidence.html
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