Sisters of Life http://sistersoflife.org Sat, 12 May 2012 21:16:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Spring Break with the Sisters of Life http://sistersoflife.org/spring-break-with-the-sisters-of-life http://sistersoflife.org/spring-break-with-the-sisters-of-life#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:30:21 +0000 admin http://sistersoflife.org/?p=3639 This past March, 75 students from colleges and universities across the country converged on Villa Maria Guadalupe, our retreat center in Stamford, CT, where we hosted a 10-day alternative spring break experience.  Throughout the week, the students were immersed in prayer and the love of God and of the Sisters while also engaging in a wide range of experiences, from a 2 day silent retreat to start the week to volunteer days at our motherhouse to a “Saints in NYC” tour to attending presentations by well-known Catholic speakers Peter Kreeft and Vicki Thorn as well as attending our Co-Worker of Life training.  By the end of the week friendships had deepened and many new friendships had been forged as the Lord generously and abundantly poured out his grace on these students!  

In the weeks that followed this 10-day experience, we hosted volunteer days at our motherhouse for several other spring breaks trips who were in NYC for their spring breaks.  What a joy it has been to meet these students who are deeply in love with the Lord and who are ever ready to generously give of themselves in service to the other!

Article about the 10-day spring break trip from the Diocese of Charlotte’s Catholic News Herald

]]> http://sistersoflife.org/spring-break-with-the-sisters-of-life/feed 0 Catholic Women’s Conference http://sistersoflife.org/catholic-womens-conference http://sistersoflife.org/catholic-womens-conference#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:45:28 +0000 admin http://sistersoflife.org/?p=3502 Hear from our Sisters at the 2nd annual Catholic Women’s Conference in Syracuse.
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]]> http://sistersoflife.org/catholic-womens-conference/feed 0 Come & See Vocations Retreat http://sistersoflife.org/come-see-vocations-retreat http://sistersoflife.org/come-see-vocations-retreat#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:12:39 +0000 admin http://sistersoflife.org/?p=3221 .
Weekend includes: daily prayer (Mass, Liturgy of the Hours, Eucharistic Holy Hour, Rosary), conferences by Sisters, opportunities for meetings with the vocations directors, Sacramental Confession, apostolic visits, and time to just be with the Sisters and other women who are discerning a vocation to religious life.

To register for this retreat, please call Sr. Antoniana Maria, S.V. at 718.863.2264

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Throughout the Spring months, we will be having volunteer days periodically at our new motherhouse in Montebello, NY.  If you would like more information about these volunteer days, please contact Sr. Mariae Agnus Dei at volunteers@sistersoflife.org.  

]]> http://sistersoflife.org/spring-break-with-the-sisters-of-life-college-students-only-2/feed 0 Our New Motherhouse http://sistersoflife.org/our-new-motherhouse http://sistersoflife.org/our-new-motherhouse#comments Sat, 07 Jan 2012 16:07:50 +0000 admin http://sistersoflife.org/?p=3105 Since its inception, the Sisters of Life have seen evidence of the miracle of God’s grace in the foundation and growth of this new religious family.  Entrusted with a charism of life (a gift of God’s Spirit) for the Church and the world; blessed with a steady and growing stream of vital, young, talented and good women entering the community (we now number 76 members); charged with numerous missions in New York, Toronto and Connecticut, and an outreach of evangelization throughout our nation and internationally – all at the service of proclaiming the sacredness of human life and God’s plan for human love – the Sisters of Life now need a place which can serve as the spiritual epicenter for our growing religious community.  In the traditions of the Church, a central house which draws all the members of a women’s religious community together as family is called a motherhouse. 

 Following the Spirit’s promptings to ‘house the graces’, we will open the doors of our first motherhouse this year.  The motherhouse project will secure the deep foundations laid in the past 20 years and simultaneously respond to the blessings of growth in members and missions.  Immediately, this large convent will fulfill a long-standing need for the Mother Superior and her assistants (the Generalate) to live side-by-side with our Novitiate — the youngest members of the community.  It is for the youngest that a mother has special regard and responsibility.  The formation and integration of our newest members in a thorough-going spiritual way of life is a paramount duty, and a way of reverencing God’s great grace and gift of a call to religious consecration. 

 We invite you to continue with us to follow the graces God bestows by becoming part of this new chapter in our lives through your prayers and continued support.  If the Lord does not build the house, in vain do the builders labor. (Psalm 127:1)
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]]> http://sistersoflife.org/camp-veritas/feed 0 National Courage Conference http://sistersoflife.org/national-courage-conference http://sistersoflife.org/national-courage-conference#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:29:05 +0000 admin http://sistersoflife.org/?p=3493 Join our Sisters at the National Courage Conference this summer.

From the Courage website:
“Courage, an apostolate of the Catholic Church, ministers to persons with same-sex attraction and their loved ones. We have been endorsed by the Pontifical Council for the Family and our beloved John Paul II said of this ministry, ”COURAGE is doing the work of God!”  We also have an outreach called  EnCourage which ministers to relatives, spouses, and friends of persons with same-sex attraction.”

This year’s conference features many excellent speakers including:  Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, Fr. Paul Check, Msgr. John Esseff, Dr. Rick Fitzgibbons, Andrew Gill, Th.Psy.D., Fr. Benedict Groeschel, CFR, Fr. Jeffrey Keefe, Timothy G. Lock, Ph.D., Bishop Thomas Olmsted, Fr. Paul Scalia & Sean Stevens, Ph.D. 

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]]> http://sistersoflife.org/national-courage-conference/feed 0 Ignite Your Torch Catholic Youth Conference http://sistersoflife.org/ignite-your-torch-catholic-youth-conference http://sistersoflife.org/ignite-your-torch-catholic-youth-conference#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:21:03 +0000 admin http://sistersoflife.org/?p=3491 Join our Sisters in Springfield, Kentucky for the Ignite Your Torch youth conference.
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]]> http://sistersoflife.org/ignite-your-torch-catholic-youth-conference/feed 0 Day of Prayer & Healing for Women http://sistersoflife.org/day-of-prayer-healing-2 http://sistersoflife.org/day-of-prayer-healing-2#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:00:19 +0000 admin http://sistersoflife.org/?p=3000 More information about Hope & Healing After Abortion and how to register for this retreat

]]> http://sistersoflife.org/day-of-prayer-healing-2/feed 0 Young Women’s Retreat: Put Out Into the Deep http://sistersoflife.org/young-women%e2%80%99s-retreat-put-out-into-the-deep http://sistersoflife.org/young-women%e2%80%99s-retreat-put-out-into-the-deep#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 20:23:24 +0000 admin http://sistersoflife.org/?p=2912 Join us for this retreat for young women (ages 18-35) led by the Sisters of Life.
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