Led by Our Lady (Summer 2024)
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On Saturday, May 4, 2024,
another of our junior Sisters was united to Christ her Spouse through solemn vows, promising to live in obedience, without anything of her own and in chastity, as she observes the papal enclosure so cherished by our Holy Mothers St. Clare and St. Colette.
Most Rev. Michael G. McGovern, Bishop of Belleville,
was joined by seven other priests and two permanent deacons for the Mass which enfolded the bilingual profession ceremony.
It was our joy to welcome many friends and family members from the bride’s home diocese of Owensboro, Kentucky, along with local friends of our Poor Clare community for the occasion.
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THE CALLING
“Lord, You have called me.
Be it done unto me
according to Your word.”
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Profession of solemn vows
“I vow to God, before the witness of the Blessed Virgin Mary,our Father St. Francis, our Mother St. Clare and all the saints….”
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FINAL BLESSING
“May the Holy Spirit, by whom the Virgin Mary conceived her Son, today consecrate your heart…and fill you with a desire to serve God and His Church.”
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OUR NewLY PROFESSED SISTER'S VOCATION STORY
After graduating from high school, I worked for a time for different companies. Even though my family was very devoted to our Catholic faith and I had always been involved in my parish, I had never really thought about religious life.
It was my younger sister who first asked me if I had ever thought about becoming a Sister. Her question awakened something in me, and I began to pray more intensely about where God was leading me in life. I knew some active Sisters in my parish whom I admired very much, but I felt a strong attraction to the contemplative life. My next questions were: Do such nuns still exist? Where are they? How can I contact them?”
A first search on the internet didn’t seem to point anywhere. It was early December and the novena to Our Lady de Guadalupe was about to begin, so I made my vocational discernment the special intention for her novena. Returning to the internet, I discovered a monastery of Poor Clare Nuns that wasn’t too far from my home. I called and actually spoke to a nun who offered to send me some materials. It was only later that I realized that I had been inspired to make that phone call on December 8 – the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception!
We were getting ready for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe at my parish when my sister told me that a big envelope had arrived. I opened the package from the monastery on December 12, and the first thing I did was watch the vocation video that was inside. It was the answer to my novena! When I finished watching, I was crying because this was exactly what I was looking for!
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