..::Praised Be Jesus Christ::..

Here are some pictures from Corpus Christi Monastery. This is hopefully where I will be in about a year! Just here to the left is a bird's eye view of the monastery and part of the grounds. sorry about the dark line in the middle, the picture was scanned from a book on Sister Mary of the Trinity, Poor Clare of Jerusalem.

The next picture are the chapels. The one on the right is the public chapel and on the left, the cloister chapel for the Sisters. If you look at the monsterance and the "keyhole" that it is in, it can be viewed in both chapels at the same time because the altars are back to back. I believe that the chapel itself was built in 1919.

Next we have Liturgy of the Hours and the cross form prayer which is done daily (I think twice daily!) for a few minutes, but I cannot remember if it is after or before the examination of concience.

Next we have the cell and the library. In the picture from the library you can see they do not wear shoes, and if you can read the bit at the bottom, it explains they only wear shoes outdoors when working.

Next, we have some celebrations! Investiture! The little Postulant clothes herself in the Holy Habit of the Poor Clares! It also looks like that new Novice is the Novice Mistress now... At least that is what it looks like.

This last picture speaks for itself, no other words are needed from me! God Bless and Mary Protect!

..::Blessed Be God::..

Well, it seems as though nothing has happened here in a month or so. Well, my scanner is not hooked up and hasn't for over a month now. I don't know if it ever will any time this summer. But I did get to go to Sister Mary Veronica's First Profession Ceremony and it was beautiful! I only had expected to stay for Mass and then say hello to Sister afterwards, but Mother Mary Regina wanted me to hang around a little longer to chat. I did have a chat with Sister Dominica, the Novice Mistress. She is absolutely wonderful and what I would expect a nun to be! We talked about camping and the Franciscan places in Italy and Germany for when I go to World Youth Day. Sister Dominica was so excited to tell me about all the places and I want to go visit them all!

Well, in case anyone has been wondering when I would be entering, I am sure hoping it is not after I graduate from college. I really do long to enter next summer, July if possible. Thing is that my mother is so against me leaving at that time. She is set on me finishing college, even though college wasn't what I wanted to do. I even picked my major thinking, "What will allow me to help support my community?" I thought art simply because I am pretty okay at it and I could somehow use that to help the community. Honestly, I wouldn't mind if I rarely got a chance to use my artistic skills.

Recently, I thought I had mailed out a letter to Mother Abbess, but it turns out I hadn't and I cannot mail it until Tuesday! I think I might be stopping by the Post Office to get it off to a quick start! That is about all for now, I just pray that St. Anthony will watch my vocation and pray for me! God Bless and Mary Protect!