News and Events: Fiat and Ignite Your Torch

Happy 4th of July! We are back from our retreat and ready to continue to do God's will.  There are a couple of trips that the sisters will be making this week.  We hope to see you at these events if you are nearby. If not, please pray for safe travels and that the young people who attend will be inspired to grow in their union with God.

One of the highlights of the summer for the sisters is the annual Ignite Your Torch retreat.  It is a Catholic Youth Conference and it is always a good time.  Sister Cecilia and Sister Elizabeth Ann will be attending.  Sister Elizabeth Ann will be giving a talk again this year.  At the last moment they had to change the venue but St. Anthony 'found' Ignite Your Torch a new home.  The people at Ignite do a wonderful job inspiring the youth and teaching them about the faith.

Sister Cecilia giving a talk at a conference.

Sister Patricia Jean and Sister Mary Faustina will be attending the Fiat Retreat in the Harrisburg Diocese.  Our good friend, Bishop Gainer, invited our community to participate.  This will be the second year we have attended.  The sisters were so impressed that we are trying to get a similar event in our Diocese.

I hope you have a great summer.  Relax, enjoy yourself and don't forget to put God first in your summer plans.  Then you will not only be refreshed physically but spiritually as well.  

A Day in the Life: Summer Time is Here!

The last couple of weeks have absolutely flown by! St. Joseph Academy's PigFest is less than two weeks away, and we're all well entrenched in preparations for what is one of our community's largest annual events. It's hard to believe how quickly time passes and we find ourselves on PigFest's doorstep when it seems like we just wrapped up the last one. Yours truly hasn't been as involved in early preparation for the last couple of years because of my college schedule, but I'll be helping Mother Christina and Sister Mary Catherine set up and run the Silent Auction portion of the event. It's a lot of work, but definitely also a lot of fun.

Last weekend, for Memorial Day, we went to Kincaid Lake state park for a picnic and a few of us decided to hike the mile-long trail through the woods. I was able to take some really nice photos of the trail and of the lake. Photography is another amateur hobby of mine.

This week promises to be another busy one! I hope that it finds you all well and enjoying your summer vacation. See you next week!