Lockport Dominicans - Sr. Marjorie Update!

[OP_MOM]

Hello Lauren,

Thanks for your prayers for Sr. Marjorie. It's so nice to read all the good wishes, knowing that you all support her. I will be sure to let her know that you have asked about her.

While we visited Lockport, I took a million pictures, only to find when I returned home that I had one of the settings wrong on my camera when I took the pictures and only a handful of them turned out.

Everything I posted eventually came up - I just wasn't doing it right at the beginning.

[Laurentina1975]

[quote name='OP_MOM' date='Feb 23 2006, 10:51 AM']Hello Lauren,

Thanks for your prayers for Sr. Marjorie. It's so nice to read all the good wishes, knowing that you all support her. I will be sure to let her know that you have asked about her.

While we visited Lockport, I took a million pictures, only to find when I returned home that I had one of the settings wrong on my camera when I took the pictures and only a handful of them turned out.

Everything I posted eventually came up - I just wasn't doing it right at the beginning.
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Ohhhh that's too bad OP MOM. Well, Maybe on your next visit. When is Marjorie allowed visitation? Is it just once a year or more?

Is she allowed to come home for some vacation? I know some apostolic orders allow you time to come home and visit family.

God Bless you!

Edited February 23, 2006 by Laurentina1975

[magnificat]

[quote name='cmotherofpirl' date='Feb 22 2006, 03:14 PM']One thing about the habit is that it paradoxically, makes every nun or sister stand out.  Because they all look the same, you can more clearly see their shining spirits. The superficial is gone, and the heart shines thru.
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Hmm...interesting! Never heard it put that way before

[magnificat]

Thanks OP Mom! I'll definately write her soon...can she write back or does she have to wait until Easter?

[zunshynn]

What are the other sister's names?

[OP_MOM]

[quote name='Laurentina1975' date='Feb 23 2006, 11:49 AM']...When is Marjorie allowed visitation?  Is it just once a year or more? ...Is she allowed to come home for some vacation?...

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Sr. Marjorie can receive numerous visits from us - basically once a month except during Lent and Advent. Since we live a good distance from Lockport, it is unlikely that we'll travel there more than a couple of times a year.

Although few things are written in stone, the monastic nature of the Monastery of the Heart of Jesus generally doesn't include making outside visits.

[OP_MOM]

[quote name='magnificat' date='Feb 24 2006, 07:59 AM']...can she write back or does she have to wait until Easter?
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During Lent and Advent, when the sisters observe the solemnity of the season, they neither write nor receive personal mail. During the balance of the year, they receive their mail on Sundays.

Sr. Marjorie writes to immediate family members once a month and to others at Christmas.

[sistersintigo]

Sr. Mary Agnes OP, isn't that her name in religion now? Bumping this thread up, because it might do some of us Vocation Station people a power of good, to know someone who entered and is still there. Aren't Sr. Mary Agnes's photos on the Lockport monastery's blog?

[mariaassunta]

Do you know how the girl from UK is doing?

[Saint Therese]

I think it would be more appropriate to direct that question and others regarding community affairs to the community itself.