News from Visitation Province
A Chapter – Thanksgiving...
In this ‘thanking’ season, Chapter 2016 calls for deep remembering and giving thanks. What is striking me most these days is the on-going assertion that attests to a special spirit, a wholly ‘Holy Spirit,’ both during the experience and palpable still. Along with being so grateful to all who toiled diligently behind the scenes, and prayed behind the scenes, I feel deep gratitude to Marguerite’s spirit in us that dared to listen deeply and dared to keep it simple... dared to invite us, one and all, to go to the peripheries of our own thoughts, behaviours, limitations and comfort zones... wherever we find ourselves and whatever our age, that Love and Compassion be cultivated in ways that might well amaze even ourselves!
For the leadership that got us here and for the leadership that will walk with us into God’s new doings, deepest gratitude. Thanksgiving reminds me that if we have the will, we have the grace!
Lorraine Costello, CND
News from Blessed Sacrament Province
Statue of our Lady Of Grace dedicated on September 11, 2016 at Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bourbonnais, IL. The statue was formerly on the top of the Novitiate.
NY-CRC-STOP
The CRC-Stop Coalition in New York is engaged in educating its members on Fair Trade Issues. One source recommended was http://www.betterworldshopper.org/rankings.html Online access to ratings included in the book, The Better World Shopping Guide #5 edition. While many products are difficult to buy locally, you might be helped in buying decisions to make the best choice available to you. Check out: THE TOP 10 THINGS TO CHANGE as a place to begin. I bought a used copy of the book from Amazon.
