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Dear Aemiliana, Dear Sarah

Byskhennessey August 4, 2011August 4, 2011

Note: Mother Aemiliana Dirr founded the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration in 1849. After difficulties fulfilling their mission, she and some other sisters left the order in 1860 and lived out the rest of their lives as lay women. I have written Mother Aemiliana a letter. July 28, 2011 Dear Aemiliana, My heart is so…

Discernment | Prayer and Spirituality

“Done Made My Vows to the Lord”

Byskhennessey April 26, 2011March 11, 2021

Guest blogger, Sister Sarah Hennessey Sister Thea Bowman sings the old spiritual song. My vows have already been made to the Lord. When I was around 12 I first began to really experience God. That led me to become an active Quaker and to seek God through silence and service. Somewhere along the way I…