Sisters’ Winter 2023 Photos
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Distribution of blessed candles at Mount St. Michael during the ceremonies on the feast of Our Lady’s Purification, February 2.
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The Novitiate Sisters would like you to meet their newest flock members, from left: Cisco, Geronimo, Paschal, Belle and Stella.
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Finnsheep ewe Freya with her twins, who were born on the feast of St. Scholastica, while Emi had triplets.
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Sr. Mary Veronica (St. Mary’s in Tacoma, Washington), is one of our many Sisters who, in addition to teaching all week, takes time to teach Sunday catechism to children who aren’t able to attend our academies.
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Sr. Maria Regina directs the student choir for the ceremonies and Mass on Candlemas Day at St. Mary’s in Tacoma. Some day these students may be able to sing these psalms and hymns in any parish they visit.
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At St. Philomena’s Academy in Middleville, Michigan, Sr. Maria Dolorosa assists students in hanging up their art projects, silhouettes of the Stations of the Cross against sunset backgrounds.
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While Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Salem, New Hampshire, does not (yet) have a school, Sr. Mary Bernadette is kept busy with many things, including adding new inventory to the parish store.
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Right before the school’s performance of The Sound of Music, Mr. John Rawson, a parishioner at St. Michael’s, donated a grand piano. Fr. Casimir Puskorius plays it for the first time, to the delight of faculty and students.
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Sr. Mary Cabrini is assisted by a student on demonstrating an experiment to her high school chemistry class.
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A Mass as in olden days! On a recent Tuesday morning, a loss of power at Mt. St. Michael necessitated the lighting of extra candles on the altar to enable the celebrant to read the Missal.
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A History Fair was put on by Sr. Maria Kazimiera, Sr. Mary Teresita and the students of St. Theresa’s Academy (Oakland, Maine).