Come and See -- Pauline Vocation Day

Saturday
April 18,

2009
1 to 4 p.m.

Daughters of St. Paul
9804 Watson Road
St. Louis, MO 63126

If you are interested,
please contact Sr. Rebecca Marie at (314) 965-3512




Schedule for Pauline Vocation Day
1:00 Arrive and visit bookcenter and chapel
1:20 Conference and presentation
2:20 Break
2:30 Questions and Answers with the Sisters
2:55 Break
3:00 Guided Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
4:00 End of day (those who want to stay and speak with the
Sisters or look around Pauline Books & Media, a Catholic
bookstore, are welcome to)

"Nuns' Night Out" at the Knights of Columbus

Sunday,
March 8:
Sr. Caritas, Sr. Emi, Sr. Rebecca, Sylwia, and Emily went to the Knights of Columbus
"Nuns' Night Out" -- an annual dinner and afternoon of recreation for religious sisters in the St. Louis area. More than one hundred sisters were there! The Knights gave us a delicious lunch and provided many games, including bingo, darts, and ping-pong. They also provided many excellent prizes! Sr. Rebecca and Sylwia won at bingo, and Emily took second place in the ping-pong tournament. It was a lot of fun to play together, and it was very good to see so many different communities enjoying the time together.

A Perfect Day for Biking

Sunday,
March 8:
Sunday was perfect weather to be outside: not too warm with a nice wind, and on Saturday Sr. Carolyn, one of Sylwia's teachers, gave us a new bike. So we took the opportunity to go biking on Grants' Trail close to our house. We biked for an hour and a half and returned home just fifteen minutes before a rain storm -- perfect!

Visitation from Sisters in Boston

Wednesday,
March 4
to Saturday,
March 7:
Sr. Joan Paula and Sr. Karen Marie came from Boston to visit the St. Louis Community. They spent time with the Sisters to update them, listen to them, and share with them. On Thursday they spent the day with the postulant community. We prepared a presentation about ourselves and our families with many pictures, and shared with them our vocation stories and our experience of postulancy. In the afternoon, we went with them to the St. Louis Arch and prayed with them. We had a great time with them and hope that they can come back to St. Louis soon!

Vocation Talk in Washington!

Wednesday,
March 4:
Sylwia and Emily went to Washington! (Washington, Missouri, that is.) We went to give a vocation talk to the students at St. Francis Borgia School. We used clips from the movie "Evan Almighty" to talk about vocation. Then we told them about the Daughters of St. Paul and about our own vocation stories. After they had time for questions. It is always a good experience to speak with the young people about vocation.

P.S. "Everything I do, I do because I love you!"
(Evan Almighty)