St. Louis: Japanese Festival

Monday,
September 7:
Sr. Assumpta, Sr. Rebecca, Sr. Emi, and Emily went to the Missouri Botanical Gardens in St. Louis for the Japanese Festival! We saw a sumo wrestling demonstration, ate yaki soba (fried noodles) for lunch, saw a Japanese drum concert, and much more. Sr. Emi, whose mother is from Japan, was our great tour guide and shared with us many interesting things about her experience of visiting her family in Japan. It is a blessing to live in such an international community among sisters who are so happy to share their culture!

St. Louis: Parish Book Exhibit

Sunday,
August 30:
Emily and Sr. Rebecca went to St. Gianna's Parish for a book exhibit. St. Gianna's is such a new parish that they don't even have a church yet! They have Mass in an old shopping center while they wait to build their church. There were many young families, and they were very happy to see us. They especially liked our book about St. Gianna!

St. Louis: Adoration with Young Adult Group

Thursday,
August 27:

Emily and Sr. Emi went to a meeting of the "Spirit and Truth" group at Annunciation Parish in St. Louis. This is a group for young adults that meets once a week for Eucharistic Adoration. To start, everyone introduced themselves and answered the question, "How was grace at work in my life this week?" Then we went into the church for a time of Adoration. During Adoration, there was a talk and the opportunity for confession. We finished with a time of sharing and praying together. It was beautiful and inspiring to see how many young adults came together to be with Jesus. We hope to go back!

St. Louis: Sr. Assumpta's Jubilee!

Sunday,
August 23:
We had a special Mass and dinner at our bookcenter for Sr. Assumpta's fiftieth anniversary of religious profession. One hundred people -- and seven priests! -- came to celebrate with us! We moved all the shelves of books into one corner, and set up chairs for Mass and tables for dinner. Many people helped us to prepare the bookcenter, the Mass, and the food. It was a wonderful celebration, and we really saw how people love our community and love Sr. Assumpta!

Happy Birthday to the Pauline Family!

Thursday,
August 20:

Today is the feast of St. Bernard. Maybe you wonder, why is St. Bernard important to the Pauline Family? The answer is that this feast is the birthday of the Pauline Family! On this day in 1914, Bl. James Alberione began the Society of St. Paul, the first of ten religious congregations, secular institutes, and lay associations that he would found.

Bl. Alberione says about the Pauline Family, "You were born of the Eucharist. Your food is the Eucharist. Your spirituality is the Gospel lived in its entirety as explained by St. Paul. Your mother and model is Mary."

Happy Birthday, Pauline Family! :)