Consecrated Life – An Evolving Reality
Reflection for the World Day for Consecrated Life (2 February 2024) Consecrated life is an evolving reality. To explore what it really means and matters for our world today, we need to engage in conversation about it. Recently I asked some Sisters to consider these questions. These are some of the thoughts they raised. I […]
Why would some people choose Religious Life today?
Annually in the Australian Catholic Church, we celebrate National Vocations Awareness Week, this year being held from 6-13 August. Why do some people choose chastity? To live a life of poverty? To life a life of obedience? The goal in each vocation is to love God with all one’s heart, mind, soul and strength, and […]
‘Circling’ with Fresh Courage
Written for World Day for Consecrated Life which is on the feast of the Presentation of the Lord – 2 February 2023. Recently, nine Sisters of Saint Joseph gathered at Mission Bay, Auckland, in Aotearoa New Zealand. We sought to respond to God’s call, “Enlarge the space of your tent, spread out your tent cloths […]
February Prayer Intention: Religious Sisters and Consecrated Women
Each month, Pope Francis asks for our prayers for a specific intention. For February, the prayer intention is for Religious Sisters and Consecrated Women. Pope Francis reminds us we are on a Synodal journey with the universal Church in communion, participation and mission, and that we are to do our part. (Letter to all Consecrated […]
World Day for Consecrated Life 2022
On 2 February every year the Catholic church celebrates World Day for Consecrated Life. It is a day for Women and Men Religious to celebrate the gift that is theirs for the church and the world. This year Pope Francis focussed on the scene in the gospel of Luke 2:22-38 with Anna and Simeon in […]
World Day for Consecrated Life
Each year the Church sets aside 2 February, the feast of the Presentation of the Lord, as a day dedicated to the celebration of consecrated life. The choice of this day for the commemoration is deliberate as the feast celebrates both waiting in hope and the encounter with Jesus. On this day, Jesus was brought […]