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Ave Maria! What a blessed weekend. Yesterday marked a new milestone–18 miles! It was such a joy to push through this training run–we offered it up especially for all who’ve been praying and offering financial gifts so that I can enter religious life.
With less then 4 days until the special Mike Mangione and the Union [...]
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Ave Maria! What a gift to be a guest on the Drew Mariani show a few moments ago. Thanks so much for listening, and for your prayers and support to help me be debt-free so I can enter religious life!
Know of my daily prayers for you and your intentions. If you can help me with [...]
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Ave Maria! Here are some quick updates:
- Training presses on–last week mileage racked up to 32 miles (including a 16 mile weekend run)!
- The debt total is down to $15,766.63! Praise the LORD!
- The Mike Mangione & the Union Benefit Concert is coming together so well. Rob/Spirit Juice Studios are on board to produce the [...]
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Ave Maria! On Saturday evening, we ran 15 miles, not only as part of official 10/10/2010 Chicago Marathon training, but also in honor of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. It was a beautiful run, 10 miles of which were along the Lake Front Trail. Stephanie, who was an NCAA track and [...]
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Ave Maria! What a gorgeous day in Chicago after a wet, wet, wet Saturday. Here at the Mission of Our Lady of the Angels, we shared the experience of many Chicagoland residents after the torrential rainfalls on Friday evening. Our Rectory and Church basements were flooded! Praise God the Rectory was not too bad…and God [...]
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Ave Maria! It’s been a month since I’ve posted…and a busy month indeed! I continue to train for the Chicago Marathon (Oct. 10) and the 1/2 Marathon (August 1), and training is going well!
Through the generosity of family and friends I was able to travel to the East Coast to visit my parents and extended [...]
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Ave Maria! Joyful feast of St. Anthony of Padua–a great Franciscan saint!
I was able to run in the 13.1 Series today, and it was a fantastic road race! I set a new PR–2:10:30–running just under 10 minute miles. The field was under 5000, but still was a good showing of racers. Fans were sparse, but [...]
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Ave Maria! It has been over a month since I posted…I apologize. It has been an incredibly blessed (and busy) month, for sure!
Last weekend, Cardinal George came to bless the nearly-fully renovated convent here at the Mission of Our Lady of the Angels. Visit www.MissionOLA.com for some beautiful pictures of the convent. You’ll also see [...]
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Ave Maria! What a blessed weekend in Pittsburgh. Thanks to the generosity of my dad, I was able to fly out to the City of Bridges where Joyce met me at the airport. Thankfully we made it to St. Paul Seminary just in time for a beautiful Mass and Evening Prayer with all the Run [...]
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Ave Maria! Great news…the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has run a fantastic story on Run for Nuns!! I got a phone call a few minutes ago from Patrick, one of the Seminarians who is so generously organizing Run for Nuns and running this coming Sunday, letting me know the good news!
Check out the story here.
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