We need your prayers, too. We ask especially for our Sister Bernadette Bodine who is undergoing a blood stem transplant for lymphoma at the University of Minnesota. Please remember Sister Karyn Haider as she prepares to take her comprehensive exams at St. John's University , where she is pursuing a Masters in Monastic Theology. In the last issue of this newsletter, we wrote about initial preparations for the millennium, and talked about the year of Jesus. Pope John Paul II has declared 1998 to be the year of the Spirit.
Emphasis is placed on the sacraments of confirmation and anointing of the sick.
We keep mindful of this by opening our communal meetings with a prayer to the Spirit, and a communal prayer for the millennium which is prayed once a week at all the mission houses and the Monastery. During our January community meeting, the sisters were commissioned in the Spirit, and the Core committee presented each sister with a prayer candle. There are many other millenium activities scheduled throughout the next years. We will be keeping you informed about them in future issues of the Witness. Whether one is talking about vocations, the spirituality center , or the foundation , all require communal effort and involvement.