RELIGIOUS LIFE
COURTESY OF SISTERS OF PROVIDENCE OF SAINT-MARY-OF-THE-WOODS
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Father Luis Romero, C.M. is a Vincentian priest who serves as vocation director for the eastern province of his community.
Father Luis Romero, C.M.
HAVING PEOPLE who support you in good times and bad is one of the beautiful parts of religious community life. Here, Sister Emily TeKolste, S.P. (left) greets Sister Barbara Doherty, S.P.
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My community has become a place where I feel loved, accepted, and supported. It is also a place where I can experience healing.
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HE TOPIC OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY is both interesting and challenging. Since our creation, God designed humankind to be relational. None of us were intended to live the Christian life alone. Scripture calls us to love one another as Jesus loves us. It, therefore, challenges us to commit ourselves to life together as the People of God. Religious communities of Christians living together are one way of following
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