Religious Sisters Conference: I Am My Beloved's And He Is Mine

Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - Thursday, July 10, 2008

Register Online Here:

http://www.franciscanconferences.com/conferences/confdetails.asp?ConferenceID=122


Host: Sr. Mary Paul Friemel, OSF

As a religious sister, you live in the kingdom of God on earth as a sign of how all shall live in the kingdom of God in heaven. Here and now, you are the bride of Christ, the one set aside for him and his purposes, the temporal witness to eternal realities.

Your ability to bear that witness is intimately connected to your feminine identity. It is as a woman that you have given yourself to Christ. It is as a woman that you live out your vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. And it is as a woman that you seek to bear spiritual children for your Spouse.

At the 2008 Religious Sisters Conference, you'll learn just how integral your femininity is to your religious vocation. It is something to be embraced, not forsaken, and speakers such as Sister Katherine Caldwell, TOR, and Father Don Calloway, MIC, will help you discover ways to grow in your appreciation and understanding of what it means to be a woman set apart for Christ.

Together, we'll explore questions such as how women are the crown of creation, how we're called to be sisters to one another, what role community plays in our relationship with Christ, and how we can be better spiritual mothers to all the souls entrusted to our care and prayers.

This summer, join sisters from around the country as we seek to give ourselves ever more completely to Christ and to his Church, living out our feminine vocation as daughters, brides, and mothers in God's kingdom on earth.