Celebrating Sisters
Posted by Lisa Hendey in Faith on Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Earlier today, I ran across this article about a special museum exhibit entitled “Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in America”. The exhibit is opening this weekend in Cincinnati and it’s goal is to share the contributions of Catholic sisters in the history of the United States. The exhibit’s website features a small flavor of what visitors will see:
Meet women who corresponded with President Thomas Jefferson, talked down bandits and roughnecks, lugged pianos into the wilderness, and provided the nation’s first health insurance to Midwestern loggers. Discover sisters’ courage during the Civil War, the Gold Rush, the San Francisco Earthquake, the Influenza Epidemic, the Civil Rights Movement, and Hurricane Katrina.
The article and the information about the exhibit left me wishing I lived a bit closer to Cincinnati so that I could visit firsthand. It also left me thinking about the many special sisters who have touched my own life over the years. Just as we did with the “Thank You, Father” post last month, I thought it might be fun to acknowledge a few of the special nuns who have contributed to our own personal histories. They come in many shapes and sizes, in and out of habit, but all share the common bond of having dedicated their lives to the service of God and others.
In my own life, I owe a debt of gratitude to Sr. Esther, who prepared me so diligently for my First Communion. I also have a great fondness for the Franciscan sisters who taught me during my junior high years. At this stage in life, I feel blessed to count a few sisters as friends, including Sr. Flor and Sr. Rosa Maria who work with me at our parish. I’d be remiss in discussing sisters if I didn’t mention my good cyber-buddies and nun bloggers Sister Julie of A Nun’s Life and the Daughters of St. Paul in Chicago, especially Sister Anne and Sister Helena. These women have inspired me in countless ways.
Is there a special Sister in your life? Why not take a moment today to share her story with us and allow us to pray along with you for her? Let’s all remember these women in our prayers and hope that many others will be called to a vocation in the religious life.
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