Newsletter – December 2019

November 29, 2019

Upcoming Events

Advent Sunday Evening Prayer Services – each Sunday evening of Advent at 7pm at our Chapel.  All are welcome beginning Dec. 1st.

We have chosen the theme, O Word of God, Come.

 

Feast of the Immaculate Conception – December 8th.  We celebrate this day as the Feastday of our American Province as we ask Mary’s intercession on behalf of our Congregation and Country.  We will gather for an afternoon of prayer and sharing as is our annual tradition.

 

 

 

 

Come & See Retreats– Seeking a deeper faith and relationship with God? We offer retreats to explore questions of faith and to share an experience of our life of prayer, community, and  service.  For more information please contact Sr. Kim to learn when the next retreat will be offered.

 

 

Holy Hour 1st Friday of each month at our Redeemer Chapel. You are welcome to join us for Eucharistic Adoration between 4 – 5pm on Friday, December 6th.

 

Redeemer Associate Gathering – December 12th,  7pm at the Province Center.  This month there will be an Advent Reflection with a guest presenter Learn more about Redeemer Associates

Christmas Liturgies  All are welcome to join us at our Redeemer Chapel:

Christmas Eve at 7;30pm

Christmas Day at 11:30am

 

Please note:  There will not be an evening Mass on the last Monday of the month for December.  We will resume Evening Mass on the last Monday of each month on January 27th.

Recent Events

We celebrated the 60th Jubilee of Sr. Mary Alphonse Hamel  on November 17th with Mass and a special meal with community, family, friends and past co-workers.  Congratulations!

sister alphonse

Reflection

by Sr. Ana Dura CSR

As shared above, our Province has chosen a theme to accompany us during the Advent season.  The theme, “O Word of God, Come” is taken from a song by Ricky Manalo a Paulist priest, entitled, “Word of God.”  The refrain contains the following words:

O word of God, come into this space,

O word of God come send us your grace

Open our minds; show us your truth

Transform our lives anew 

This theme invites us to reflect upon

The Word – both as Jesus and the message in Scripture that continues to speak to us and our world today

Making space – for the Word to find a home within us and in our daily lives, words and actions

Being attentive to God’s truth – and exploring the deeper meaning of truth in our lives

Transformation – relying upon God’s grace to continuously become more deeply the person whom God has created.

We hope this can become a prayer during your Advent season as well.