Cenacle Journal
Posted in Cenacle, Goodness, Religious life on Sep 20th, 2009
The expression “good God!” is often not a prayer. But when Saint Therese Couderc used the words, “good God” – and she used them often – it was with reverence. She knew God was good. And she knew that all that God has made is good.
Saint Therese, co-founder of the Sisters of the Cenacle, loved [...]
Posted in Giving All, Religious life on Jan 11th, 2009
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During the sexual abuse crisis, the retired archbishop of San Francisco, Most Rev. John R. Quinn, wrote:
“I believe, in fact, that this is the best time in the history of the church to be a priest, because it is a time when there can be only one reason for being a priest or for remaining [...]
Posted in Religious life on Jan 22nd, 2007
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We live in an age when young adults rarely consider religious life an option for their own lives. Are we dinosaurs? If we are not, then why is it that we come together in religious communities in this day and age—or in any day and age? I am not going to tackle the question [...]
Posted in Cenacle, Holiness, Prayer, Religious life, Turned Toward God on Feb 18th, 2005
This year is the bicentennial of the birth of Saint Therese Couderc, co-founder of the Cenacle Sisters. My group (five of us) entered the pre-novitiate on February 1, the birthday of the saint we call Mother Therese, but about whom I knew precious little then.
Oh, I had read a romantically pious biography of her, and [...]
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