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6.26.2015
6.19.2015
Retreat Day – “Revitalizing in the Light”
By Natalie Salameh
We hosted a “Revitalize
in His Light” retreat day for 27 people on Saturday, June 13 at the Mother
of Light Convent in Dartmouth, MA. The
theme was taking time out of our busy daily schedules to reflect on two of the
many gifts that God gives us to draw close to Him-- the Holy Mysteries
(Eucharist) and the Word of God in Sacred Scripture.

We were blessed with a
beautiful sunny day, so we gathered for a picnic lunch outside with lots of
fellowship.
Sr. Therese Maria
presented the second session of the day on inviting God to speak to us and
within us through His Word, the Sacred Scriptures. She guided the retreatants
in a lectio divina (sacred reading) and helped them to pray with God’s Word by
meditating on Matthew 6: 25-34, which is Christ’s teaching on depending on God
for everything in our lives and to stop worrying. Christ Himself tells us “do not worry about your life” (Mt 6: 25)
because our Heavenly Father knows exactly what you need. Sr. Therese Maria
explained that the Word of God is living and effective, it should be spurring
us to change for the better in our lives. In their sharing on the meditation of
St. Matthew’s Gospel passage, many retreatants mentioned that God was asking
them to trust more in Him and less in themselves.
Consider a retreat
event for your parish group, call the Sisters 508/996-1753.
Celebrating 100 Years - Daughters of St. Paul
On
Sunday, June 14, we attended the Eucharistic Celebration commemorating the Centenary
of the Daughters of St. Paul in at the Roman Catholic Church of St. Theresa of
Avila in West Roxbury, MA. The Principal Celebrant of the Liturgy was His
Eminence, Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston, along with a
number of other clergy.
The Daughters of St. Paul is a Roman Catholic international religious congregation founded in
1915 in Italy by Blessed James Alberione and Venerable Mother Thecla Merlo. The
Daughters of St. Paul are called to live by the way, truth and life of Jesus
and to give this to the world by the use of every available means of
communication. They carry out a new form of evangelization by living and
witnessing to the Faith through communications and the media. May God
continue to bless their ministry with many holy vocations.
6.12.2015
Teen Retreat – Easton MA
The retreat began with Divine Liturgy celebrated in the Chapel
of Our Lady of Sorrows with Fr. Carlos setting the tone for day by reminding
the students that they are the “salt of
the earth” (Mt 5:13), and are meant to bring the flavor of Christ to
others. Fr. Carlos elaborated on this
theme in the first reflection by reminding the teens that each person has an
infinite value and dignity as a child of God, and how things can often go wrong
in our lives when we forget to live up to this dignity.
6.05.2015
Entrance Day at Maronite Servants

Petra Nakhoul comes from Perth, Australia, and is the daughter of Sarkis and Georgette Nakhoul, parishioners of St. Charbel’s Maronite parish. Please join us in praying for Petra and her family as she begins the journey of religious life.
The Maronite Servants of Christ the Light are a newly founded religious congregation in the Maronite Diocese of Saint Maron and more information on their mission can be found at:
Maroniteservants.org or on their Facebook fan page (Maronite Servants).
Cody Shidell and Angela Chan received all three
Mysteries of Initiation (baptism, chrismation and eucharist) on Saturday May 30th
at Our Lady of Purgatory, New Bedford celebrated during the vigil Liturgy
by Father Jack Morrison, pastor.
Both candidates were regular attendees at
Mother of Light Convent, receiving their catechetical formation and preparation
from Mother Marla Marie. Cody said the
weekly classes “helped me to have a
deeper understanding of the faith and have helped me to get closer to God with
a life full of prayer”. Angela added, “the
classes led me spiritually, and Mother Marla was there to guide me mentally and
spiritually through the process.”
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