Twenty-one young women and eleven Sisters from three different congregations gathered in-between snowstorms on March 14th at St Michael Catholic Campus Mininstry, Marquette, MI. The theme of the day was “What should I do with my life, God?” Time was spent in prayer, Eucharistic Adoration, Mass, Sacrament of Reconciliation, enjoying coffee and goodies as well as a pizza lunch. Deeper sharing focused on God’s direction in our lives, particularly the call to Religious Life. The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, St Paul De Chartres Sisters and Parish Visitors of Mary Immaculate enjoyed the openness, depth of faith and joy the young women shared with them! Fr. Dustin Larson Chaplain & Campus Minister was instrumental in making this happen! His welcoming hospitality, presence in prayer, for the Sacraments and humble service was a wonderful blessing.
The young women found the day to be grace-filled as evidenced in some of their comments:
“It was amazing being at the same level’ as the sisters-they did the activities with us, talked with us, ate with us. The one-on-one conversations were such a grace, and made speaking openly surprisingly comfortable. I especially enjoyed the witness from the more senior Sisters; this gave me the confidence to commit more openly to my own vocation.”
“I appreciated being able to spend a day with just women and have time to talk and learn about life as a sister even if it is not my vocation.”
“I appreciated that we just got to sit and talk with a large number of Sisters all who have had a different journey with the Lord. I feel like it allowed me to view religious life as a more personable and human thing rather than the view that you have to be perfect to enter.”
“I really enjoyed starting the morning with Jesus and having time in quiet to be at prayer with Him before anything else. I also really liked the time to have more personal conversations with the Sisters.”
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