We Have Moved Home

Well, we are finally back in our monastic setting. It took the moving van two attempts, but still not everything is over here. There was not time for all the little things to get here, but we have the essencials -- prayer books, dishes, and beds. We are good to go! (Well, we had Pizza Hut last night, and HY-Vee Chicken this noon, hot dogs tonight.) There are a lot of happy sisters here, and as Sr. Dorothy said: I feel so at home, I don't feel like I was ever gone--even though the environment is really, really different.
Welcome to our new home -- Open House is June 6, 10-6, and June 7, 1-5. Our dedication is by invitation only, but I'm sure we will have some pictures to add to the blog as that time passes. Pray for us as we spruce up our home now for the population of Norfolk and surrounding area to come and see -- that they too may come and make use of our new meeting spaces.

Moving Date--WE ARE GOING HOME

We have set the date for the great move back to our Monastery. May 15th will see trucks lined up to take all of our furniture back home. What a day that will be. We are in the process for the last few weeks, of taking things out of storage and putting them where they are to go, cleaning out cupboards, lining shelves, putting toilet paper in the bathrooms, just homey stuff like that. It takes a big crew every day just to get those little things done. So -- in 2 1/2 weeks we will be back HOME, then prepare for the great celebration of dedication May 30, 2009. Our elder Sister Dorothy said she is "getting itchy". We all are!

Easter

A happy Easter was had by all, even "Ellie". The Formation group helped in a big way, decorate the eggs we had for Easter breakfast.

Our LOGO

The chapel at Immaculata Monastery is really taking shape. You can see the Logo of the Missionary Benedictine Sisters in the ceiling as well as on the floor in the sanctuary. Today they are adding the Corpus to the back marble. It won't be long now until we can move back to our home.

My Name Is I AM

I was regretting the past
and fearing the future.
Suddenly my Lord was speaking.
"My name is I Am"
He paused. I waited. He continued.
"When you live in the past

with its mistakes and regrets, it is hard.
I am not there.
My name is not I WAS.
"When you live in the future

with its problems and fears, it is hard.
My name is not I WILL BE.
"When you live in this moment

it is not hard.

I am here.

My name is I AM."

--Helen Mallicoat