FROM THE PROVINCIAL MINISTER | LETTER
Dear Friends, Nothing is impossible with God. He has shown us this time and again — and we have come to rely on it. Twelve years ago, we set out on what some saw as an impossible task — transforming eight provinces across North America into one united province. It was no accident that we chose Our Lady of Hope as our patron, for we relied on our own hope and faith to get us through the challenges that lay in our path — and there were many. Through that process God has taught us humility. He has turned our attention toward what connects us rather than what divides us, and he has rewarded us with the resources to evolve and expand our ministries, to reimagine the way we care for our sisters, and to continue to inspire young women to answer the call to life as a Felician Sister. In this past year, COVID-19 has caused us all to have to turn on our heels and reimagine so many aspects of our lives. We have done so, not without feelings of loss and struggle, but we have learned our own strength and capacity for change.
If we are unwilling to let go of what we are, we will never know what we could be, and we are eager to see what we will become. We are gearing up for a new phase of life, as a community that is equipped to continue our Foundress Blessed Mary Angela Truszkowska’s call to seek out the needs of the time and “serve where you are needed.” We pray that God will continue to allow us to be instruments of his divine providence. May he continue to show us what needs to be done, and may we continue to have the faith and resources to answer his call. Yours in Mary, Our Lady of Hope,
Sister Mary Christopher Moore, CSSF Provincial Minister Felician Sisters of North America Our Lady of Hope Province
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