Martha had the opportunity to be a participant of the Women of Grace Foundational Study Program, "Full of Grace: Women and the Abundant Life." She says "it was there I discovered my mission and purpose in life." What a blessing Martha has been ever since to Women of Grace and her community in South Florida!
"When I started the Full of Grace Study, I was already an on fire excited convert... but I wasn't excited about being a woman. The study changed that." God worked in my heart and I was just blown away."
by Theresa Cavicchio“Now I am sending my messenger – he will prepare the way before me; And the Lord whom you seek will come suddenly to his temple; The messenger of the covenant whom you desire – see he is coming! Says the Lord of hosts” (Mal 3:1).
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Enjoy some photo highlights from our recent pilgrimage to Mexico City for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe!
Chapel of the first live nativity in Greccio, Italy (Photo courtesty of Wikicommons Images , Fiat500e, CC BY 4.0 DEED)by Theresa Cavicchio, OFS
For the many Franciscans around the world of the First, Second, and Third Orders – clerical, religious, and lay – the year 2023 inaugurated a series of important 8th-centenaries which will culminate in 2026. For our purposes, the timeliest of these has a deep spiritual significance as we approach Christmas this year.
“[The Lord] said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness’ … Therefore, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and constraints, for the sake of Christ; for when I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Cor 12:9 - 10).
Margalita Poletunow, LPC, LPCMHThere is something to be grateful for all the time. However, it is not human nature to feel thankful during difficult or painful situations. Therefore, how can a woman who has suffered a miscarriage or stillbirth find the will to be thankful while still grieving?
