Yearly Archives: 2016

Video from Sr. John-Mark’s Profession

By |2016-12-29T13:56:33-07:00December 29th, 2016|Nun News Blog|

Enjoy this video from Sr. John-Mark's Perpetual Profession on December 12th, 2016! It was a most glorious day as evidenced in the photos! A special word of thanks to John Bering for the glorious photos! And another word of thanks to the wonderful folks at Papercastle Records for providing the beautiful and moving music (Starlight [...]

Radiant Bride of Christ

By |2016-12-13T18:40:35-07:00December 13th, 2016|Nun News Blog|

With high praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God, we are happy to share with you that on December 12, 2016, Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Sr. John-Mark Maria became a perpetually professed Poor Clare of Perpetual Adoration. Our much beloved Bishop Olmsted celebrated the Mass of Profession along with Bishop Nevares and over a [...]

St Therese and Mercy

By |2016-09-30T22:33:48-07:00September 30th, 2016|Nun News Blog, Reading Reverie Book Reviews, Year of Mercy|

Celebrating the Feast of St. Therese in the Year of Mercy seems very significant to me.  After all, Mercy is mentioned about 75 times in her writings.  Her path to holiness, the Little Way, was cleared and made ready by Mercy.  And, a pivotal moment in her life is when she wrote and made the [...]

Little Poor Man of Assisi

By |2016-09-22T18:06:39-07:00September 22nd, 2016|Nun News Blog, Year of Mercy|

On Sunday, September 25th, the Novena to St. Francis will begin.  Pray it with us and/or send us  your intentions for the Novena via the form at the bottom of this post. Also, all are invited to join us as we celebrate the Feast Day of this Little Poor Man of Assisi at Our Lady [...]

Laughter is the Best Medicine

By |2016-06-30T23:45:53-07:00June 30th, 2016|Nun News Blog, Year of Mercy|

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. -GK Chesterton Ever since I was a little girl (and my brother freed me from those cumbersome training wheels) I have always loved a nice long bike ride - the peace, quiet, wind in my hair (or now in my veil!) and the open road. I was [...]

This, That, & the Other Thing

By |2016-06-23T01:40:08-07:00June 23rd, 2016|Nun News Blog, Year of Mercy|

Things here at Our Lady of Solitude have been quite busy!  So this is a "catch-up" blog, reaching as far back as May!  My heavens! - where has the time gone?!?! May Crowning:  May Crowning is always such a beautiful day and this year was no exception.  Some of our local Tonopah children brought "flowers [...]

A Spring Update

By |2016-04-12T21:52:20-07:00April 12th, 2016|Nun News Blog, Year of Mercy|

Spring in the desert has been beautiful, blessed, and busy! Things started getting busy with the Nun Run and are only now beginning to slow down!  Speaking of the Nun Run, we recently uploaded about 50 photos - more will be added over the next few days.  Check them out!  With over 900 participants, it [...]

Mother Mary Angelica, PCPA

By |2016-03-29T03:29:03-07:00March 29th, 2016|Nun News Blog, Year of Mercy|

Rev. Mother Marie Andre with Mother Angelica, 2002 On the very day when we celebrate Our Lord's victory over death, Mother Angelica passed from this life to the next. Mother holds a special place in our history and our hearts.  She received into Religious Life Mother Marie André, Sr. Marie St. Paul and [...]

Our Lady of Solitude, Guardian of Memory

By |2016-03-26T20:14:35-07:00March 26th, 2016|Nun News Blog, Year of Mercy|

Today is the patronal feast day of our Monastery, as Our Lady of Solitude is "Our Lady of Holy Saturday".  Our patronal feast day is spent quietly, unlike other celebratory days...because today is different.  As Melito of Sardis said in today's Office of Readings: Something strange is happening - there is a great silence on [...]

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