Hi everyone. I did another film. This one is a little three minute tour of our chapel at Providence Heights. I have my office in this same building and I live near here.
This is where we attend daily and Sunday masses. I hope you like it. If it doesn’t start right away , don’t give up, it will just take a few seconds.
donePeace to all,
Sr. Judy
Ohh that’s a really pretty church! I like the fountains and the stained-glass windows. That globe looks really heavy, I would not want it falling on my foot. And you could totally spy on people from that little room! (yea, I know, not the point…)
What’s that musical piece? I remember it from ballet class but I don’t remember what it is!
Yeay videos!
Thanks Samantha. The tabernacle is really heavy… and I definitely woudnt’ want it falling on my foot either.
It is interesting to be in a place where you can see other people, but they can’t really see you.
I know that this musical piece is Beethoven’s Piano
Sonata Number 8 in C Minor. I really don’t know that much about music. I got it from MP3 Rocket, where I have a subscription and I thought it sounded good.
Peace to you Samantha, and thank you for being such a faithful visitor to my blog.
Sr. Judy
Wow, what a tabernacle! That alone must have cost a fortune! And I love the three-bowl Baptismal font!
2000 was a banner year for chapel renovations. We did or chapel that year also. We commissioned various local artists to do bronze statues of Mary (see here http://www.southwestfeliciansisters.org/page0007.html) and Francis of Assisi (see here http://www.southwestfeliciansisters.org/page0008.html). Both are remarkable. For our Baptismal font, we chose a big block of pink granite. Two sides and the top are cut and polished, but the front and back are rough-hewn. Water bubbles out of the top of it and down the sides so that all the sisters-tall, short, seated in wheelchairs–can easily access the holy water.
Do you hve other pictures of Mary of Cana? I would love to study it more. It’s certainly food for meditation!
(Can you tell that I like chapels, renovations, and sacred art?)
Beethoven, that’s it! I knew that (okay, so I didn’t really).
I have your blog bookmarked, Sister, so every time I visit my facebook page (which sadly is a lot) I come by
Speaking of which, do you have facebook? That site is so much fun.
I didn’t realize church architecture was so complicated!
Dear Samantha,
Hi. I wouldn’t know one piece of classical music from another myself.
Another Sister, who is a campus minister at LaRoche College suggested that I get a page on Facebook. She is going to teach me how to do it, so I hope to get on there. My blog needs some serious advertising… and maybe that would help.
If you have any tips, I would love to hear them.
Peace to you Samantha,
Sr. Judy
Oh, let me know when you get your facebook friend, then I can add you as a friend! Facebook probably would help your blog because you end up meeting one person through another person, and so on…
Out of curiosity, what do you intend to be the purpose of your blog? Is it just for fun and to meet people and stuff? Because depending on what you want it to be, I think your blog will attract a certain crowd. Like for instance, Sr. Julie’s blog has a somewhat serious tone and her purpose of showing what a nun’s life is like is pretty clear – and from what I’ve noticed, her blog attracts highly religious people and lots of women who want to become nuns. On the other hand, there’s this other lady, Sr. Mary Martha, who also talks about being a nun – but it’s obvious her purpose is to entertain people – her blog is totally hilarious, she makes fun of everything, and from what I’ve seen she attracts people who do have some history with nuns or the Catholic church, but mainly are there because they appreciate her sense of humour. Anyway, just my rambling thoughts
I’m not exactly an expert on advertising, but I can tell my friends to come visit if you want!
I mean “when you get your facebook page”, not “friend.” Duh.
Dear Samantha,
Wow, those are excellent questions…and questions I keep asking myself.
Actually, I am happy if anyone comes to my blog, but my purpose has been to find people who may be interested in the temporary commitment program. You can see the tab there on the top. I am the director of that program, and I am hoping that someone may visit the blog and then see that this option is available.
If you have any ideas as to how I can make my blog more appealing to girls/women who might want to consider a commitment like that, I am definitely all ears!
Thanks Samantha…you have given me some food for thought…that I need to be more focused on my blog. I am trying too to figure out the best way to advertise the blog.
Still, I am happy for anyone to visit.
Peace to you,
Sr. Judy
I adore the tabernacle, Baptismal font, and the statue of Mary at Cana. Blessings to you and your ministry.
Hi Sister! Oh, I see, the temporary commitment program. I’m not really sure how you could make it more appealing to young women – I mean, I know a lot of young women, but none who might want to become nuns, I’m afraid. I do think facebook will help though – there are a couple of groups on there where I’ve seen some young women mention that they’re thinking about it. Actually, I can just pop in there and leave a message on their wall with a link to your blog, if you want.
I have a question about the program, actually… without the program, you’d still go through the postulancy and novitiate and everything, right? So technically, would that not be temporary as well, in the sense that you’re still deciding whether it’s a good fit for you? I mean, since you can decide during the postulancy and novitiate that you want to leave, how is this program different? Is it just a matter of “fast-tracking” so to speak?
Have an awesome Tuesday
Dear Samantha,
Hi. I did open a page on facebook, but I have to do some work on it. I am sort of figuring it out as I go along.
I would be very happy of you wanted to leave something on one of those groups with my blog on it.
Could you tell me, actually, how I can find those groups on facebook too? I would be very grateful.
That is an excellent question about the temporary commitment program. You are right that postulancy and the novitiate, and first vows even, are temporary. When a person enters under those conditions, however, she is looking at a lifelong commitment. She doesn’t need to be dispensed from her vows or anything if she leaves, but she is being prepared for a lifelong commitment while she is also discerning.
With a temporary commitment, the person entering intends to stay for only a temporary period of time. So that her formation is really a two week orientation period, and she makes promises (like our vows) after 3 months. At that point, she commits for a year at a time up to six years. She is not being prepared for a lifelong commitment, and there is no sense that things didn’t work out when she leaves.
I think there is a lot of benefit for all in this, in that we have some younger people to add energy and life to our community and to help us with the mission, and the participant has what is hopefully a spiritually enriching experience that she can take with her as she goes forth.
I hope that answers your question, and I thank you much for the information about facebook.
Peace to you,
Sr. Judy
Hi Sister,
That makes a lot of sense.
I just sent you an email with info and stuff.
Samantha
That was a beautiful film. I had forgotten the peaceful feeling I experienced each time I entered this chapel. Now that it is so hard to attend the functions for the associates for me, I enjoy reading the various things that are going on through the newsletters, and this site. Thank you Sister Judy for sharing this.