“There is always one moment in childhood when a door opens and lets the future in.” [Deepak Chopra] Euphrasie’s happy school days passed all too quickly and it was when she reached the age of thirteen that a door did, in fact, open and let the future in – a door that she did not particularly want to go through. ...

FOR the Year of Consecrated Life, Sr Una Rutledge, from the Notre Dame Convent on Churchtown Road, discusses her vocation, the charism of her order, the foundress of the order, and how she sees the future for her order. SR UNA was in her late teens when she first heard the call: “I felt that God was calling me to ...

  The celebration began with the religious of the Diocese being invited to join Bishop Joseph Toal for a meal in Xaviour Hall at Carfin Grotto.  This was followed by evening prayer of the Church led by the Bishop in the Glass Chapel – a souvenir of John’s visit to Scotland. Next we made our way to the Cathedral of ...

With the northern hemisphere continuing to tilt away from the sun, the mysterious and nostalgic season of autumn dons its coat of many colours. The mood of this season, with its movement of death and life, with the fear of the unknown often hiding new life, reflects something of the startling images of our current humanitarian crisis as it spirals ...

The Churchtown Community gathered on Tuesday 22 September 2015 for a Double Celebration.  To thank God for Brigid Mary Kennedy’s 80th birthday and Helen Reynolds’ 91st birthday.  We wish the Sisters many blessings throughout the year ahead and beyond.

“I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas.  They have gone through and through me….. and altered the colour of my mind… and my life.”                                                                                                                   [Emily Bronte]  Euphrasie was just six years old when the family moved from Louvigny back to Caen, a small town in Normandy, France.  While ...

Despite my time spent with the Sisters in Arequipa being brief, my memories of my stay are those of warmth, kindness and peacefulness. My sister and I were welcomed into the intimate community there with absolute ease, and quickly came to appreciate the calm and tranquillity of the convent. I enjoyed sharing mealtimes together with the sisters, engaging in lively ...

Gentle, grace-filled, quiet space, Tender, delicate, gossamer place. Filled with light, a soft caress, A gift from One who loves me best.   Silence, oh so loving, warm Radiates around my form. Peace enfolds me, grace abounds, Limitless love washes me round.   Completely open, unafraid, A sense of waiting, not dismayed. Quiet pleasure, day and night Awaiting God’s great ...

On June 2nd Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions invited me to offer a Votive Mass of the Visitation (a special Feast in the Congregation’s Calendar) for Euphrasie Barbier Communi ty and the Sisters in St. Anne’s. Sister Yvonne invited the Chigwell Sisters from Herne Bay, the Benedictine Nuns from Minster, the Franciscan Sisters of Littlehampton and Sister Patricia (Sister ...

“Life is either a daring adventure, or it is nothing.”                                                                                                               [Helen Keller] The fourth day of January 1829 dawned with dark ominous clouds threatening  to shower and engulf the earth with their burden of snow.  A cold fierce wind howled angrily around the sturdy walls of a small second floor flat trying in vain to dislodge the windows and ...