OLAM Dad Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 Hey everybody, This thread is going to seem very similar to [url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=44570"]my first ever Phatmass post.[/url] So similar, in fact, that the description that I wrote for Sr. Lauren's entrance doesn't need editing at all to describe Sr. Katie's entrance. If you're interested in more detail or haven't seen that thread and those pictures [url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=44570"]CLICK HERE.[/url] I had corresponded a lot with Sr. Katie the past few months (via PM) and it was very neat getting to meet her the day before her entrance and then being able to be present at her entrance. She and her family are awesome, holy people. OK, I'll quit rambling, here are the pics. Enjoy. This is Sr. Katie getting a congratulatory hug from one of her little sisters before the ceremony began. [img]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/materdei/CopyofIMG_2897.jpg[/img] The Veiling [img]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/materdei/CopyofIMG_2905.jpg[/img] The Happy new postulant [img]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/materdei/CopyofIMG_2910.jpg[/img] The two Phatmassers together. I can't wait until Jennifer enters!!! [img]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/materdei/CopyofIMG_2917.jpg[/img] [img]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/materdei/CopyofIMG_2921.jpg[/img]
Birgitta Noel Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 Awww they look thrilled : Is Sr. Katie also going to be an extern sister?
FutureIHMNJ Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 [quote name='OLAM Dad' post='1026930' date='Jul 18 2006, 02:15 PM'] Hey everybody, This thread is going to seem very similar to [url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=44570"]my first ever Phatmass post.[/url] So similar, in fact, that the description that I wrote for Sr. Lauren's entrance doesn't need editing at all to describe Sr. Katie's entrance. If you're interested in more detail or haven't seen that thread and those pictures [url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=44570"]CLICK HERE.[/url] I had corresponded a lot with Sr. Katie the past few months (via PM) and it was very neat getting to meet her the day before her entrance and then being able to be present at her entrance. She and her family are awesome, holy people. OK, I'll quit rambling, here are the pics. Enjoy. This is Sr. Katie getting a congratulatory hug from one of her little sisters before the ceremony began. [img]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/materdei/CopyofIMG_2897.jpg[/img] The Veiling [img]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/materdei/CopyofIMG_2905.jpg[/img] The Happy new postulant [img]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/materdei/CopyofIMG_2910.jpg[/img] The two Phatmassers together. I can't wait until Jennifer enters!!! [img]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/materdei/CopyofIMG_2917.jpg[/img] [img]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y19/materdei/CopyofIMG_2921.jpg[/img] [/quote] Just beautiful...especially the picture of the hug between her and her lil sister...
OLAM Dad Posted July 18, 2006 Author Posted July 18, 2006 [quote name='The Little Way' post='1026932' date='Jul 18 2006, 03:25 PM'] Awww they look thrilled : Is Sr. Katie also going to be an extern sister? [/quote] The cloister is full, so for the time being...yes.
Marieteresa Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 Beautiful pictures! Thanks for sharing! May God Bless her vocation
uruviel Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 Wow, that is so beautiful!! I cant wait to see Sr. Lauren again, maybe we (my family and me) will be able to meet Sr. Katie as well!! They look so happy! God Bless -uruviel
magnificat Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 Thanks for the pics! I bet Sr. Lauren & Sr. Katie will have a great time together
zunshynn Posted July 18, 2006 Posted July 18, 2006 Oh goodness! So awesome! I can't wait until I enter either!
zunshynn Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 By the way... I loved that statue of St. Francis... if anybody wanted my opinion
puellapaschalis Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 Michael, lovely, lovely photos. Thank you for taking them and putting the time and effort into sharing them. Love and prayers, PP
shortnun Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 Yes, thanks so much OLAMDad for sharing. These women are wonderful witnesses of Christ! May they find their lives rich with His abundant blessings!
AlterDominicus Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 SO AWESOME!!!! Haha. God is soooooooooo good!
ForHimAlone Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 I had the priviledge of being on a nun run last December with Sr. Katie. She's an incredible young woman, and I'm very happy for her!
cathoholic_anonymous Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 [quote]The cloister is full, so for the time being...yes.[/quote] The cloister is full?! That sounds so wonderful. Monasteries with full cloisters... Is the cloister full because this is Mother Angelica's order, or are many monasteries like this these days?
Piccoli Fiori JMJ Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 Thank you for sharing the pictures, they are beautiful! I love the one with the two Sisters with their Holy Father Francis
puellapaschalis Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 [quote name='Cathoholic Anonymous' post='1027205' date='Jul 19 2006, 02:53 PM'] The cloister is full?! That sounds so wonderful. Monasteries with full cloisters... Is the cloister full because this is Mother Angelica's order, or are many monasteries like this these days? [/quote] I think it's a particular feature of OLAM, actually. Although the SMME are hurrying along towards busting at the seams, so I hear! Love and prayers, PP
OLAM Dad Posted July 19, 2006 Author Posted July 19, 2006 [quote name='puellapaschalis' post='1027244' date='Jul 19 2006, 03:29 PM'] I think it's a particular feature of OLAM, actually. Although the SMME are hurrying along towards busting at the seams, so I hear! Love and prayers, PP [/quote] Not only is the cloister full, but it is a relatively large cloister at that, 45 cells. pp is absolutely correct. It's not just Mother, though she is amazing. I think more than anything they are being blessed with vocations because: 1. They are orthodox. 2. In the spirit of St. Francis they focus on the beauty of religious life. The Shrine is beautiful, their habits are beautiful, their Masses are beautiful, their music is beautiful, and Northern Alabama is beautiful. Couple the beauty with the very intensly felt presence of Our Lord there and the place really does have a hard to resist draw to it. 3. The friars. They are served by wonderful and holy priests who ALWAYS give knock out homilies and are great confessors and I'm sure great SDs. 4. Mother Angelica and her sisters. In Sr. Lauren's case, it was the Shrine itself that drew her. That and the Franciscan spirituality. She started visiting orders when she was 13 and although she knew about the PCPAs and had visited EWTN, she didn't initially feel called to the order. It was a totally unplanned visit to the Shrine about 18 months ago that sealed her fate.
the_rev Posted July 19, 2006 Posted July 19, 2006 Sorry for my "ignorance" but what is an intern sister? Also, could you please distinguish for me which one is Sr. Katie and which one is Sr. Lauren in the above images. In the Lord, Ed
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