“To live is to be slowly born.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Sunflower Seeds
Celebrating Everyday Spirituality
Albert Schweitzer said, “Aim for service and success will follow.” This axiom describes so many of our world’s finest citizens. Today we honor George Washington, a man in service of the ideals of freedom, unity, and democracy. Make this a day of service. Perhaps success will follow.
Every day of the year is a saint’s commemoration; however, not every saint has a special day with prayers at the Mass. Canonized saints’ days are usually the date of their death, considered their birthday into heaven. Archives and Catholic research may have dozens of saints on the same day.
On July 4, 1874, the foundress of our Congregation, Sister Maria Aloysia Wolbring, stepped onto American soil, having been exiled from Germany by Bismarck. What was our foundress feeling? What fluttered her heart? I imagine that her feelings foreshadowed the feelings of Sister Mary Dianne Rumschlag who on July 5
As Sisters of Notre Dame, Mary is a model for us as we seek to experience and express God’s goodness and provident care in the unfolding of each day. Join us on the journey!
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