Christmas is coming quickly! We are already well into the 2nd Week of Advent! Wondering what to get for the person who has everything? Looking for a gift like...nun-other? :) We have a few ideas: 1.) GIFT REGISTRATION for the Desert NUN RUN: Got an athlete in the family? A runner? A walker? Register [...]
You turkeys! We were blessed to have Fr. Bob Reddy from Canada and Sr. Genevieve, OSB join us for our Thanksgiving festivities! A belated happy Thanksgiving to you! We hope your day was filled with much joy, as was ours. Thanksgiving gives us a great opportunity to reflect with gratitude on [...]
Here at the Monastery things have been rather busy! Earlier this month we were blessed to have Jennifer join us from the San Francisco area. She is doing her candidacy with us now (a 3 month live-in discernment period). Do keep her in your prayers, as she discerns and experiences our life at PCPAs. Last [...]
Love. I've been slowly making my way through The Hidden Life from the Collected Words of Edith Stein. Quite uncharacteristically and quite providentially, I actually read the editor's introduction. And I came across a lil' gem: Edith Stein possessed this gift that Gabriel Marcel appropriately calls 'creative fidelity,' which means making ourselves interiorly open and [...]
On October 11th, all of the remaining Saint windows were installed in the Chapel. It is simply incredible. For all of you native Phoenicians, make the trek to Tonopah to see them in person! It is quite a glorious sight. We extend our sincere thanks to each and every donor who made these windows possible. [...]
Your intentions were remembered during the St. Francis Novena Truth be told: Pope Francis delights me. And he challenges me. And he encourages me to go beyond my comfort zone - way beyond my comfort zone. When I read his homilies and addresses, I sense the Spirit not only moving, but shaking things [...]
I want to be an apostle like you, from the heart of my dear solitude. I want to work for the glory of God, and that means I MUST BE FILLED WITH HIM." (Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity, Letter to a priest, June 22, 1902) One of my duties is to go grocery shopping each [...]
During a recent family visit, I had the unique experience of watching my 2 1/2 year old niece drink a Dr. Pepper. My brother opened it for her and she took the shiny can in her hand and looked like her excitement was going to brim over. She took a sip with a huge smile [...]
We are gearing up to begin the Novena to Our Holy Father Francis from Sept. 25th through Oct. 3rd, in preparation for his Feast Day on the 4th. Please send us your petitions so that we can remember them during the novena. The intentions that you send to us will be printed and placed in [...]
E-Newsletter Subscribe For quite awhile now, many of our friends have encouraged us to send email updates. So many of our supporters send us their email addresses for that very purpose - 'in case you ever decide to send e-updates' and so on. At long last, we've begun...not one E-Newsletter, but TWO!!! DESERT NUN NEWS [...]
