Fatima Shrine at Malvern Retreat CenterWomen of Grace is returning to Malvern, Pennsylvania for its annual retreat and this one is bound to be even more powerful than usual because we will be celebrating a quintessential moment in the history of the Church – the 100th anniversary of the Marian apparitions at Fatima.
“In Ramah is heard the sound of moaning, of bitter weeping! Rachel mourns her children, she refuses to be consoled because her children are no more.” -- Jer. 31:15
In my bifurcated mind in that most horrific moment, I wondered who was slaughtering an animal in our back yard until I realized the piercing cries were coming from myself – a mother’s intense grief in learning that her only son had been killed in a vehicular accident shortly after his return from Iraq. It was then the Scripture passage quoted above entered into my left-brain to inform my right – “This is what it means in Scripture when its says Rachel wails for her children who are no more.” I am Rachel.
Today, all of Manchester, as well as the greater part of the civilized world, mourns the loss of the young girls and teens who were brutally injured and savagely murdered by the attack of a suicide bomber who, I feel certain, was aimed at taking out those who would bring the next generation to life.
Today was graduation day for Young Women of Grace at Regina Academy at St. John the Baptist in Ottsville, Pennsylvania.
If you are a Catholic woman who is interested in becoming an active leader and mentor in the world, the Women of Grace® Benedicta Leadership Institute for Women® is offering several new courses for graduate credit at SS. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Orchard Lake, Michigan from June 19 – 30.
Our Lady’s superior peacemaking skills will be on display at the United Nations on May 12th in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Fatima apparitions – and Johnnette will be there!
The majestic National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa was the scene of the graduation of two Young Women of Grace homeschool classes on Friday.
Today is National Star Wars Day and many of the film’s fans will be offering the movie’s famous greeting ,“May the force be with you,” or its pun for the day, “May the fourth be with you.” Judging by world conditions and the strife that abounds both at home and abroad, we could use some force and power to bring relief, order, and justice to our beleaguered globe.
On May 12, 2017, the United Nations World Apostolate of Fatima Pilgrim Statue of Our Lady of Fatima will be carried into Conference Room 2 at the UN for a two-hour event commemorating the 100th anniversary of the apparitions at Fatima. What most people don’t know is that she’s been here before – in 1952 – and she has been orchestrating a return journey ever since.
Today was “test day” for the Young Women of Grace at Regina Academy in Ottsville, Pennsylvania where the course is part of the curriculum for eighth-grade girls. What was the test about?
by Christine Arnold, Women of Grace Regional Coordinator for Western PAOn Palm Sunday, Young Women of Grace from Holy Name of Jesus Parish in Harrisburg posed with Bishop Ronald Gainer at the celebration for World Youth Day with some 500 high school teens held on the grounds at Good Shepherd Parish in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.
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