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January 2012
	March for Life - January 2012
	Sr. Philomena Maria and Sr. Melissa traveled to Washington DC for the March for life! They began at the Basiilica Shrine of The Immaculate Conception with thousands of pilgrims to celebrate Mass! [Click image for larger photo]
	The Sisters with some friends at the March for Life in the rain. [Click image for larger photo]
	Thousands of pilgrims walk up the hill to the statehouse to voice their love for life and their willingness to defend it. [Click image for larger photo]
	Pilgrims at the statehouse praying for an end to the culture of death. [Click image for larger photo]
	Our Lady was crowned at the end of the March in front of the statehouse. Our Lady of Fatima - Pray for us! [Click image for larger photo]
December 2011
	Chapel Renovation We have nearly completed some renovations to our Chapel [Click image for larger photo]
	Monday, December 26th, 2011 - On Monday, December 26th, several friends of the Children of Mary came for Mass, a visit, and lunch. We had a wonderful time!! [Click images below for larger photos] Father James Walter, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Sugar Grove, OH, with Julia and Frank Lazzaro Sister Melissa with Suz Shook - Jaron was also there, snapping these photos! Sister Marianne and her friend, Diane A dear friend, Sr. Barbara Catalano, OP Sister Mary Teresa with Art and Laura McCall Sr. Barbara with Carol Roberts Jo Ann Guinther, consecrated virgin
	Christmas Mailing 2011 - On Saturday, December 10th, many friends of the Children of Mary came to help us prepare our Christmas mailing. We worked for several hours stuffing envelopes, and shared a delicious lunch brought by the ladies. It was a fun day of sharing and helping! God bless our faithful friends!
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November 2011
	Father White Father White, one of our frequent visitors, playing a little baseball! [Click image for video]
	Ora et Labora Day - Many people came to celebrate Mass, work and pray! We were so blessed to have all the hands that helped us to make our land more beautiful and liveable! THANK YOU!
	The Layton family donated gravel and repaired our driveway! [Click images for larger photos]
	Land was cleared and lots of trees were cut for firewood [Click images for larger photos]
	Volunteers putting insulation into one of our Postinias [Click image for larger photo]
	Volunteers stuffing our Christmas mailings to be sent out soon [Click image for larger photo]
October 2011
	Bishop Campbell blesses "Quid Voltis", our outdoor Crucifix Shrine. [Click images for larger photos]
	The sign in front of the Crucifix reads "Two were crucified with Jesus. One blasphemed Him. The other turned to Him with love. Suffering is part of each person's life. We each have a choice: grow bitter or turn to Jesus and hear Him say, 'You will be with Me in Paradise.'" [Click image for larger photo]
	Bishop Campbell and the Sisters. [Click image for larger photo]
September 2011
	Visit our new Torchbearers of the Queen page HERE!
	World Youth Day Some of the sisters attended the week-long World Youth Day in Madrid - August 16-21. [Click image for more photos]
	Conference of Eucharistic Adoration The Catholic Times recently published an article about the Conference of Eucharistic Adoration in Rome to which the Children of Mary were invited to give a workshop. You can read the article on page 5 of the Catholic Times HERE, or a copy of that article on our website HERE.
August 2011
	Sister Melissa Reflects On Our Lady's Humility The Catholic Times recently published an article written by Sister Melissa, a novice in the Children of Mary community. Click HERE to read Sister Melissa's article.
	Children of Mary Doll
	A woman named Monica found our website and loved it, and wanted to help promote our community, so she made this doll and sent us a picture. She makes dolls of many communities and gives them to a private all girls Catholic school. If you would like to order a doll from her, you can email lapuentef@bellsouth.net [Click image for larger photo]
July 2011
	Torchbearers of the Queen Retreat
	On July 24-26, and July 27-30, the Sisters of the Children of Mary hosted retreats for girls in grades 3-8 and high school, respectively. The focus of these retreats was to grow in love with Our Lord by learning more about Him and by spending time with Him in Mass, Adoration, Confession & Prayer and consecration to Him through the Immaculate Heart of Mary. [Click image for larger photo]
	In the middle of the night, the Sisters awoke the girls saying, "Our Lady is here and She wants to see you!" The girls quickly dressed and went out with torches and came to the statue of Our Lady, who was now robed as Our Lady of America, and they heard Her words to the youth of America (click below to hear the message . . . ). Our Lady's Message to Her Torchbearers [Click image for larger photo]
	Girls in grades 3-8 [Click image for larger photo]
	High School girls at the Torchbearers of the Queen retreat with some of the sisters and Fr. Paul Hrezo, Director of Spiritual Formation at the Pontifical College Josephinum. [Click image for larger photo]
	Watch the young girls dance and sing the Torchbearers Song - SONG AND DANCE TOGETHER - this clip will play over and over again using Windows Media Player - click the CLOSE button when you are finished! [Click image to see Torchbearers sing and dance]
June 2011
	Sisters Return From Rome The Adoratio 2011 International Conference on Eucharistic Adoration in Rome was the most grace-filled event we have ever attended! Everyday we heard cardinals and bishops speak about the necessity of adoring Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. Each day a different Cardinal celebrated Mass, the most beautiful, reverent and prayerful Masses you can imagine. God's presence was felt in a powerful way as about four hundred of us from around the world came together to listen, to pray, to adore and to share about Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament. When we left Rome on the 24th, we felt as if we had left Mt. Tabor. This conference was a gift to the Church. A book will be published of all the talks in the upcoming months. [Click image for more photos]
May 2011
	Upcoming Events Sisters of Children of Mary invited to ROME! [ Read more here . . . ] Retreat for Girls scheduled for July 24-30 this summer. [ Read more here . . . ] Vocation Retreat scheduled for July 15-17. [ Read more here . . . ] Next Ora et Labora day scheduled for July 9. [ Read more here . . . ]
March 2011
	March 25, 2011 - Sister Melissa's Investiture . . .
	. . . in the Holy Habit of Children of Mary. [Click image for larger photo]
	March 25, 2011 - Sisters Renew Vows
	Sister Mary Teresa and Sister Philomena Maria renewed their vows for three years [Click image for larger photo]
	[Click HERE for more photos of this day!]
	March 19, 2011 - K of C Retreat
	Monsignor Morris, director of liturgy at the Pontifical College Josephinum, came to Children of Mary on March 19th, Solemnity of St. Joseph, to give a retreat for the Knights of Columbus. He offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, heard confessions, and gave two great talks about fatherhood. They had a delicious chicken dinner served by the Sisters, and then we all adored Our Eucharistic Lord enthroned on the altar. We ended with the Divine Mercy Chaplet and Benediction. [Click image for larger photo]
	Monsignor Morris and the Children of Mary. The Sisters thank the Knights of Columbus for all their good work! [Click image for larger photo]
February 2011
	February 12, 2011 - Vocation Retreat
	Sister Philomena Maria and some of the women who came to the Valentine's Day with Jesus retreat. [Click image for larger photo]
January 2011
	March for Life - January 2011
	May Your Sacred Body in the Holy Eucharist be treated with great love and reverance and may Your precious infants be treated with great love and respect inside and outside the womb. [Click image for larger photo]
	Sisters with their new prayer partners. [Click image for larger photo]
	We pray, through the intercession of Blessed Mother Teresa, for a culture of life! [Click image for larger photo]
December 2010
	I Will Be Your Lamb . . .
	To hear our new song, "I Will Be Your Lamb", and to read about religious life, click HERE.
	December 28, 2010 - Friends visit Children of Mary
	Father Allan White and some friends of Children of Mary visited today! [Click image for larger photo]
September 2010
	September 8, 2010 - Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
	The Sisters had a wonderful day celebrating the birth of Our Lady. We made beautiful clothing for Maria Bambina, an image of the infant Mary. Fr. Ferguson blessed her, asking God to bless all who look upon her. Later in the day we took Maria Bambia to visit an elderly woman, 90 years old, who is not Catholic but who has relatives who are. We had visited her twice before at the request of her son because she was in hospice and we thought she was dying. But this day she was up and about, feeling great and off hospice care. We let her hold Maria Bambia. She kept looking at it and smiling. Then she said, “Well, I'm not Catholic, but that doesn't mean I won't become one.” The following day we received a message from her granddaughter saying that her grandmother had called her after our visit and talked about becoming Catholic. We were all shockd because she had never spoken of this before. At the Visitation Mary brought Baby Jesus to Elizabeth. This day Baby Mary brought Jesus to another elderly woman. God is sooo good! For more information about the devotion to Maria Bambina, click HERE. [Click image for larger photo]
	Sister Lynn lifting Maria Bambina. [Click image for larger photo]
	Tom Montis and Kevin Murphy and Steve Flowers are pumping out the water from our pond so we can dredge it and put in a new drain. They were a great gift. We sisters rented the pump not realizing what a huge job it was to set it up. Tom and these men came to the rescue! [Click image for larger photo]
	Tom Montis and "the pump"! [Click image for larger photo]
	The pond is nearly empty in this picture. The rest of the water will have to evaporate before dredging can begin. [Click image for larger photo]
August 2010
	Father Carl Subler home from Afghanistan
	What a joy to have him home safe and celebrating Holy Mass in our chapel! [Click image for larger photo]
	August 1 - 4, 2010 - Torchbearers of the Queen - Retreat for High School Girls
	"I wish to gather about me an army of brave lovers, who as my torchbearers will enkindle the fire of Divine Love in the souls of men." [Click image for larger photo]
	Watch the young girls dance and sing the Torchbearers Song - SONG AND DANCE TOGETHER - this clip will play over and over again using Windows Media Player - click the CLOSE button when you are finished! [Click image to see Torchbearers sing and dance]
	"Into the Heart of Mary . . ." [Click image to listen to entire Torchbearers song]
July 2010
	July 31, 2010 - Ora et Labora Day
On July 31st, the Children of Mary had another Ora et Labora day. Two men came from Perry County - Jim Hamann and Joseph Smith - and they did a LOT of work and cleared a lot of brush for us. Their names are Jim Hamann discussing the project with Sr. Mary Teresa, and Joseph Smith with the weedwacker. Marilyn Crisafi from Cleveland, who came for a weekend retreat, helped us weed the flower gardens. [Click images for larger photos]
	Pilgrimage Each year in honor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel the sisters make a pilgrimage. Every year we pray and ask Our Lord where He would have us go, and He always leads! This year we went to The Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament. When Bishop Schneider visited us two years ago, he encouraged us to go and see the Eucharistic Walk there. It was a wonderful pilgrimage! We first went to Fr. Corapi's conference in Cincinnati and stayed two nights with the Little Sisters of the Poor. They take a forth vow of hospitality, and they live that now beautifully! Then we went to the Shrine and enjoyed the hospitality of the Poor Clares, and visited the Benedictine monks at a nearby abbey and chanted Office with them. On the way home we stayed in the guest quarters of the Fathers of Mercy in KY and saw their beatiful new chapel. God is good! We were edified by the love and hospitality of our brother and sister religious in all of these communities. May the Lord bless their ministries! The Sisters stopped to admire a rainbow as they left the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament. [Click image for larger photo]
	One of the Sisters pondering our Lord's suffering at an outdoor crucifix at EWTN. [Click image for larger photo]
	The Sisters before the welcoming statue of the Child Jesus holding out His Heart to all who come. [Click image for larger photo]
	Bishop Olmsted Visits Children of Mary On Friday, July 9th, it was with great joy that we welcomed Bishop Thomas Olmsted of the Diocese of Phoenix to our land! He arrived at 3:00pm and adored Our Lord with us and then we prayed Evening Prayer and he offered Holy Mass. It was beautiful, to share this time of prayer and adoration with a shepherd of the Church. We then gave him a tour of the land and shared supper and talked at length. An exciting thing he is doing is requiring all who come asking to be married in the Church to attend a course in Theology of the Body. He told us that as is normal these days, unfortunately, 90% - 95% of the couples are co-habitating. The good news is that by the end of the first day, only 20% intend to continue to do so. (Hopefully by the end of the course none of those will make that choice.) Pray with us that this course will become the norm for all dioceses and that this one action alone will help transform the Church and the world. There is that potential to transform, we believe, if all Catholics would embrace Pope John Paul II's beautiful insights into the deeper meaning of sexuality. Please, Lord, in your mercy, teach us about the wisdom and beauty of creation.
June 2010
	June 26, 2010 - Ora et Labora Day
On June 26th, the Children of Mary had another Ora et Labora day. Several friends came with much-needed help for several chores. [Click images for larger photos]
	June 24, 2010 - New Picnic Tables Arrive On June 24th, several new picnic tables arrived at the Children of Mary convent. Here, Wayne Lupher of C&W Wood Werks, removes the straps holding the picnic tables in place on the truck. [Click image for larger photo]
	Re-Roofing the Sawmill Same day - volunteers Tyler DeLong and Wes Baker from Mount Vernon began the task of re-roofing the sawmill building. Wes and his wife are recent converts, and Tyler and his wife will be starting instructions to join the church soon. How wonderful! [Click image for larger photo]
	Christening the New Picnic Tables Later in the afternoon, everyone gathered to share a wonderful dessert prepared by the Sisters - and to see if those picnic tables (and benches) really worked . . . [Click image for larger photo]
	. . . while Tyler and Wes shared their conversion stories! [Click image for larger photo]
May 2010
	May 27, 2010 - Spring Stations of the Cross On May 27th, several women from St. Edward the Confessor parish came to Children of Mary to share a potluck picnic, celebrate Mary's month by crowning Our Blessed Mother, and pray the Stations of the Cross at the outdoor stations. The day concluded with Adoration at the outdoor altar at the top of the stations hill. What a wonderful day this was! [Click image to see more pictures of the day]
March 2010
	March 25, 2010 - Solemnity of the Annunciation On this day when Our Lady said her 'yes' to the plan of the Father, two sisters of the Children of Mary made their first profession of vows. Sister Francine is now Sister Mary Teresa and Sister Tracy is now Sister Philomena Maria. [Click image to see more pictures from the Profession celebration]
February 2010
	Cloister Blessing Bishop Frederick Campbell comes to Children of Mary to bless their new cloister addition [Click image to see pictures from the celebration after the blessing of the cloister]
January 2010
	Children of Mary Log Chapel, Welcome Center, and Cloister The sisters have moved into the new cloister section of the convent. [Click HERE to see photos of the chapel under construction.] [Click HERE to see photos of the cloister under construction.]
December 2009
	Manger Scene in Children of Mary Chapel Sister Francine, Sister Tracy and a vocation retreatant, Melissa, made and decorated the cave with donated figures - it was beautiful! [Click image for larger photo]
October 2009
	Coming Home Network Conference
	The Children of Mary attended the Coming Home Network Conference at the Hilton in October. It was a great conference. We put up the Vatican International Exhibit of Eucharistic Miracles and prepared the adoration chapel. Many came to adore Our Lord during the conference. The chapel was beautiful, with soft sacred music playing, the smell of incense, and most important, Our Eucharistic King was enthroned and overjoyed with so many of His People coming to return love for Love! [Click images for larger photos]
September 2009
	Divine Mercy Presentation Tim McAndrew giving the Divine Mercy presentation to some friends. [Click image for larger photo]
	Saint Paul Outreach Men Help Saint Paul Outreach men helping clear a trail through the woods. [Click image for larger photo]

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