OCTOBER 10, 2013
Opening blessing held for U.
S.
novitiate
Sisters, associates, co-workers and a Mercy Companion from
across the Institute gathered at Mercy Center in St.
Louis,
Missouri on Sunday, September 29 for the opening blessing
ritual for...
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OCTOBER 10, 2013
Opening blessing held for U.
S.
novitiate
Sisters, associates, co-workers and a Mercy Companion from
across the Institute gathered at Mercy Center in St.
Louis,
Missouri on Sunday, September 29 for the opening blessing
ritual for the U.
S.
novitiate located at Mercy Center.
Sisters
Pat McDermott, Institute president; Rayleen Giannotti,
novitiate minister; and others led the prayer service which
included a blessing of the novitiate space.
During the ritual, the space in which the novices gather, pray
and live in community and the two novices currently living
there were blessed as they begin their canonical year.
(The
novices’ canonical year always begins on September 29,
Catherine McAuley’s birthday.
) Go to http://bit.
ly/19C1j9i
to read more about the novices’ canonical year at the U.
S.
novitiate.
Photo: Sisters Rayleen Giannotti (Northeast), novitiate minister; Meg Quinlan (NyPPaW), novitiate community member;
Marilyn Gottemoelle
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