A Sister in the Making....

 

Welcome!!!  You are now entering Kelly’s world. A world of seeking..journeying..and discernment.  For those who are reading this and may not know me, I began a discernment (aka: prayerfully seeking God’s will for your life and in this case in regards to entering or not entering a religious community) journey seven years ago. (Discernment is the journey of a lifetime I am told.)  It began with a bit of nudging from God and a few friends during my college years. You see I first met the Sisters of St. Joseph while I was on a silent directed retreat in college and there was a spark that drew me in..thinking…maybe? who me?  You’ve got to be kidding God? Don’t I need to finish college???  (Mind you these were all questions I asked as I’d randomly pull up information on different Congregations online while doing school work.) But…God persisted and so in 2005 I became an Associate (a lay woman or man who shares in the mission of a religious congregation) of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Erie, Pennsylvania to learn what they were really all about and what more God had to say to me. I kept feeling the nudge toward something more..something deeper than commitment as an Associate. So…I continued on the journey of discernment and entered the Congregation as a candidate on January 9, 2011. Since then I have been living in a house with two other Sisters and am learning about religious life. On Sunday, June 17^th, I will become a Novice with the Sisters of St. Joseph.  Excited? Check!  Nervous? Check! Filled with possibility of what might be? You better believe it! 

 In August, I will be heading to Chicago for our Federation Novitiate.  Some of my young nun friends call this “nun boot camp”. And in a way that is exactly what it is…basic training will be learning about our Congregation’s history, the vows, and from what I hear, LOTS about myself! And having met all the others I’ll be in the Novitiate with, hopefully a lot of fun as well. So….come and journey with me……