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The second year novices are currently on their mission.  Come back soon to hear about their experiences.

 

Sr. Mary Benedict

From: Salem, Wisconsin

Mission: St. Matthew School, Champaign, IL at Mary, Queen of the Universe Convent

I am currently on mission at St. Matthew Parish in Champaign, IL.  I teach two sections of third grade religion, one section of fourth grade religion, and one section of fourth grade math as well as help out in the three kindergarten classrooms and one first grade class.  On the weekends, I teach RCIC for children who are coming into the faith.

            My mission experience has thus far been great.  I am learning to balance a life of prayer, contemplation, sacrifice, religious study, apostolic witness, and community involvement while at the same time trying to give myself completely to the students I serve in my active apostolate.  Although I have my specific duties, I also have a bit of flexibility in my schedule on certain days of the week which allows me to be of service to others at school who may need some unexpected assistance.  I sometimes feel like St. Paul trying “to be all things to all people” as I move quickly from tutoring a first grader in reading to moving music stands for band to recess duty to creating a bulletin board to grading English papers.  One of the things that I love about being a Sister is that people are never afraid to ask me for help because they know that, unless I am on my way to pray, I am available to serve them.  I also love the Christian view of the human person that allows me to serve so many different people in so many different ways because it has given me the habit of mind to see the whole person, made in the image of God, to whom I am ministering.  It allows me to say that I need to be more gentle or understanding with this person today while it may require me to have a more firm hand to serve the needs of another child.  The fact that I am a Sister, a visible sign of Christ and His Church to both those I serve and myself, reminds me that I am always called to supply the love of God to every situation in which I find myself, and my Thuiner Franciscan habit calls me to strive to show the merciful aspect of that love first.  It is a good thing that prayer is the primary duty of a religious because it would otherwise be an impossible task to provide loving service day after day in an apostolate.  I must constantly receive love and the strength to persevere directly from Christ in the Eucharist to be effective.  Once again, it is St. Paul who comes to mind: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

 

 

From: Hastings, Nebraska

Mission:  La Crosse, Wisconsin at Mater Redemptoris Convent

My name is Sr. M. Chiara and I am 24 years old.  For six months, I am on "mission" (which is kind of like a nun internship) in LaCrosse, Wisconsin.  I help with our House of Formation for young women discerning religious life and in the Diocesan Office of Consecrated Life.  In the spring, I return to the Novitiate to begin preparation for first profession!

Sr. M. Chiara

Sr. Mariela

 

 

From: Kansas City, Missouri

Mission: McCarrick High School, Somerset, New Jersey at St. Elizabeth Convent

Sr. Marysia            

                                                        From: Royalton, Minnesota

                  Mission:  Apostolic Nunciature in Washington DC