



April 18, 2008
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Renewal of Vows -
April 16 marks the anniversary of the approval of the first Franciscans Rule. Each
year we as a community renew our vows on that day at Mass. In preparation, we make
take April 14-
Jubilee -
This year we will be celebrating Sister M. Ildefonsa’s and Sister Mary Pacifica’s 70th Jubilee.
Discernment Weekend -
We have finally picked a date for our discernment weekend! If you are a single woman who is a high school graduate and under 40 years of age, please come and join us. The retreat will end with adoration of the Blessed Sacrament all day Sunday and an outdoor Corpus Christi Procession at our Motherhouse in East Peoria, Illinois. Please RSVP by May 10. Recommended donation: $20.00. More details to follow.
Spiritual Workshop -
Brother Thomas, C.S.J. will speak to the sisters on Pope Benedict XVI encyclical on Christian Hope.
Founders’ Day -
The Sisters will gather at the Motherhouse to celebrate the 131st anniversary of our founding.
St. Therese Vocation Camp -
The Diocese of Rockford will have a vocation camp for girls entering 7th grade through high school. Three of our Sisters will be helping at the camp this year. If you are in the Rockford diocese and are interested in attending, just click on the link above.
Retreat -
We will have our summer annual retreat, with Father Bill Healy, OCD as retreat master.
It’s Here!
The Sisters at our House of Formation have their first and only blog started! For right now our Postulant Jaimie will be posting in the blog. So if you are curious about what it is like to be a postulant, keep a watch on the blog at: