1. religion and spirituality

Religious of Jesus and Mary US Province
Bridges
November 21, 2014
NEWS FROM OUR SISTERS
PLANNING FOR QUEST FUTURE
RJM PARTNERS IN MISSION, Inc
From Sr. Rita Ricker
A
s Provincial of the U.S. Leadership Team, Sr. Margaret Perron welcomed the
group at the beginning of their planning meeting on November 8th held at the
Stuart Center. Sr. Margaret recalled the history of QUEST which started as a summer
program in the inner cities and rural towns of USA, Ireland, and Mexico and grew to
year-long experiences. Sr. Margaret invited those present to work with the RJM’s,
both in honoring the past, the roots of QUEST, and in re-thinking and re-visioning a
program: 1) Whose mission will be grounded in that of the RJM charism; 2) That will ensure
partnership, empowerment, sustainability at all levels; (3) That will assure a future for our Haitian
brothers and sisters.
The mission in Haiti presents “fertile ground” for carrying out our three General Chapter Priorities.
L. to R.: Rita Ricker, RJM, Pat Regan, Jennifer Prillaman, Amy Jobin, Pat
Dillon, RJM, Vivian Patenaude, Rjm, Mary Bourdon, RJM and Frances Beard
A HAPPY
AND
LOVING THANKSGIVING
Sr. Margaret Mary Quinn, RJM
sends Thanksgiving wishes to all
in the Province. She keeps all in
her heart and prayers!
From the Leadership Team
Happy Thanksgiving and special
thoughts and blessings to all our sisters
in the Province and throughout the
Congregation.
FROM
THE
PROVINCE OFFICE
November 27 – 28th: Provincial Offices closed to observe the Thanksgiving Holiday (no Bridges).
PLEASE PRAY
FOR
GOD’S
HEALING FOR…
all our RJM Sisters, families, friends and benefactors in need of God’s healing, especially all our sisters in
nursing care throughout the Congregation.
Birthday
wishes to all our Sisters who celebrate and birthdays in December.
Natalia Mejia
1st
Maria B. Rojas
11th
Vivian Patenaude 16th
Claudette Lapointe
Consolata Valcourt
Laura Dulude
17th
19th
20th
THE PROMISE OF ADVENT
O God stir up our hearts, we beseech you, to prepare ourselves to
receive your son. When he comes and knocks, may he find us not
sleeping, but awake to righteousness, ceaselessly rejoicing in his love.
May we be ready to receive his promise of eternal life.
The Gelasian Sacramentary c.500
OF INTEREST
THE WINTER 2015 ISSUE OF OCCASIONAL PAPERS IS
ENTITLED: “LEADERSHIP IN THE MIDDLE SPACE”.
In her address at the 2014 LCWR assembly Nancy Schreck, OSF
explored the concept of living and ministering in what she termed
“the middle space.” As she noted, religious life is currently in a
middle passage with “the in breaking of something new, of major
shifts in world view, our cosmology, with the concurrent breakdown
of so much of what is familiar.”
IF YOUR COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO ORDER 1 OR MORE COPIES OF THE WINTER
ISSUE OF OCCASIONAL PAPERS, PLEASE SEND IN YOUR ORDER TO RITA RICKER AT
EMAIL [email protected] BY DECEMBER 5. THANK YOU!