friars

Preparing to Celebrate Saint Clare of Assisi

By |2020-08-09T13:22:02-07:00August 1st, 2020|Blog, Nun News Blog|

[We invite you to join us as we begin the Novena of St. Clare on Aug. 2nd and to join us, as well, on Aug. 10th and 11th as we celebrate her Solemnity.  Scroll down for details] Lately I have been considering how Our Holy Mother Clare responded when Saracens threatened to invade the [...]

Sr. Mary Brigid of the Good Shepherd

By |2020-02-18T19:48:31-07:00February 18th, 2020|Blog, Nun News Blog|

On the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, Angelle Damare was invested in the Holy Habit and received her new name: Sr. Mary Brigid of the Good Shepherd.  We hope you enjoy these video highlights of the beautiful day!  Also, we wanted to share Rev. Mother Marie Andre's  powerful exhortation on this occasion - just [...]

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 [...]

Grateful and Longing Hearts

By |2013-12-04T01:00:51-07:00December 4th, 2013|Nun News Blog|

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 [...]

Gift and Mystery

By |2012-06-01T03:35:00-07:00June 1st, 2012|Nun News Blog|

"I am often asked, especially by young people, why I became a priest.  Maybe some of you would like to ask the same question.  Let me try briefly to reply.  I must begin by saying that it is impossible to explain entirely.  For it remains a mystery, even to myself.  How does one explain the [...]

A Day to Remember

By |2012-03-15T18:02:00-07:00March 15th, 2012|Nun News Blog|

Saturday, March 10th - the 3rd Annual Nun Run 2012 - was a day to remember!  From beautiful weather to the 1,135 participants, the day was perfect from START to FINISH.Jeff Fuentabella - our faithful photographer - uploaded his 1100 photos.Be sure to check them out:Nun Run 2012 Photos, Part INun Run 2012 Photos, Part [...]

The Sisters are HOME!

By |2011-02-12T18:44:00-07:00February 12th, 2011|Nun News Blog|

To all of you who viewed EWTN's Life on the Rock...didn't the Sisters do a wonderful job!  We're so proud of them.  Miss the Show?  No worries...here's a link to watch on EWTN's YouTube channelWe had a wonderful response from the show - over 2500 hits on the website in 2 days!  It actually overloaded [...]

Though miles apart…

By |2011-01-20T21:23:00-07:00January 20th, 2011|Nun News Blog|

As mentioned in the previous blog, Sr. Marie Andre and I recently traveled to Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Hanceville AL for a formation conference.  Traveling in the middle of January is always a little dangerous with winter weather.  However, when you are traveling from Arizona to Alabama, you just don't give it [...]

YES…We Have Moooooved In

By |2010-11-16T05:06:00-07:00November 16th, 2010|Nun News Blog|

Sr. Augustine Marie and Sr. Marie Andre standing inside the door of our new dwelling: Angelica House - named of course after our beloved Mother Mary AngelicaWell here we are in Tonopah Arizona!  We've been here about 2 weeks, which is hard to believe!  Time flies when you are unpacking boxes!!!  It seems like it [...]

Go to Top