Posted on February 8, 2010 by Sisters of the Holy Family
February
March
- March – Women’s History Month. Come and see the display at the SHF Motherhouse.
April
- April 2 – Good Friday
- April 4 – Easter
- April 11th—17th: Week of the Young Child 2010:
- April 22 – SHF Guild Tea at Best House
And….In the future
- May 6 - SHF Guild May Crowning
- May 9 – A Hawaiian Mother’s Day Brunch Event at the Best House and Gardens of the Sisters of the Holy Family
- May 27 – SHF Guild May Luncheon
- October 21 – SHF Guild Soup Luncheon
- December 9 – SHF Guild Christmas Luncheon
Please contact the Sisters of the Holy Family at 510-624-4500 for more information on any of these dates. .
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Posted on February 7, 2010 by Sisters of the Holy Family
Sister Joyce Ann Hertzig, OP
Reprinted:
World Day For Consecrated Religious Life
SISTER JOYCE ANN HERTZIG, OP, Originally Published: February 5, 2004
Baptism calls each of us as Christians to proclaim God’s greatness, to accomplish God’s will, and to actively participate in solidarity with one human family. We each accomplish these mandates moving along different paths.
Young people and some “not-so-young” people, both men and women, are called to a path known as Religious life. Those who answer this call formally express a willingness to take on a life of consecrated celibacy, voluntary poverty and faithful obedience. The profession of vows takes place only after a period of discernment and formation (training) within a particular congregation or community. With vows, in the words of Sandra Schneiders, IHM, in “Selling All,” the person says, “ I commit my whole self, everything and forever, to the undying love that has claimed me for the transformation of the world.”
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Posted on February 7, 2010 by Sisters of the Holy Family
Isaiah 6:1-2a,3-8; Psalm 138; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Luke 5:1-11
All three readings today speak of God’s call. In the first reading, Isaiah is called to be a prophet, even though he sees himself as a “man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean lips”; in the second reading, Paul recalls his own call to be an apostle, even though he sees himself as “the least of the apostles, not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God”; and in the Gospel we hear of Simon Peter’s call to be a fisher of men, even though he describes himself as “a sinful man.” Apparently our God does not call saints to do his work; God calls whom he will, and then creates saints as they rise to the occasion.
How is God forming you to be worthy of your calling?
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Posted on February 5, 2010 by Sisters of the Holy Family
Saturday, February 27: 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Mount St. Mary’s College, Doheny Campus
Keynote Speaker: E. BENJAMIN SKINNER, Reporter on international affairs and author of A Crime So Monstrous: Face-To-Face With Modern Slavery
Interactive Workshops about MODERN DAY SLAVERY and its costs to:
- The Human Person: Heather Moore
- Children: Sandra Morgan
- Family & Community Relationships: Kay Buck
- The Moral Fabric of Society: Jonathan Rothchild, Ph.D.
- The Economy: Sr. Amata Miller, IHM
- The Environment: Allis Druffel
- The UN Millennium Development Goals: Sr. Rita Arthur, RSHM
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Posted on February 3, 2010 by Sisters of the Holy Family
Join other concerned Catholics, catechists, teachers, students, youth ministers and young adults from around the Bay Area for a day of workshops and networking opportunities. The day will offer a better understanding of – and tools for teaching – the Catholic principles of human dignity, solidarity & social justice, particularly in this global economy.
February 13, 2010 (9 am to 3:30 pm)
Holy Names University
3500 Mountain Blvd., Oakland
Speaker: William O’Neill, S.J. is a professor of social ethics at the Jesuit School of Theology, part of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. Morning and afternoon workshops:
- “Food Rebellions: Crisis and the Hunger for Justice?”
- “Acting for Justice in Your Classroom”
- “Stop Human Trafficking Now”
- “Building Global Solidarity Engaging the Mission”
- “A Place at the (Political) Table for the World’s Hungry”
- “The People of the Way: Teaching the Bible’s Story of Migrants and Refugees”
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Early Registration: $20 ($10 students) before 1/29/10 and $30 ($15 students) at the door. There will be food available for purchase, so please bring cash or feel free to bring your own bag lunch! Please be advised that there will be no meals provided. Onsite registration opens 8:30 am.
Register online at: http://www.oakdiocese.org/pastoral/SocialJustice/
For more information, email John Watkins jwatkins@oakdiocese.org or call 510-267-8379.
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Posted on February 2, 2010 by Sisters of the Holy Family
Presentation of the Lord
“Candlemas”
Feast Day
February 2nd
Presentation at the Temple
by Giovanni Bellini – 1460-64 – Tempera on wood
Galleria Querini Stampalia, Venice
Nunc Dimmitis
“Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word;
for mine eyes have seen thy salvation which thou hast prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to thy people Israel.”
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