Meet Freddie, Sr Mary John's latest PAT dog! Sr Mary John has for several years been a Pets as Therapy (PAT) Visiting Volunteer, using AAT-trained dogs.  Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) uses trained animals as an integral part of a clinical treatment plan.

Sr Ann discusses whether we should ask God for things, what we should ask for and how to react when God does not respoind as we wish He would.

Sr Mary Catherine continues the course on prayer by leading us through the various ways the Catechism of the Catholic Church explores the theme of Adoration

This is a question that becomes urgent at different times of one’s life in different ways.  As a cradle Catholic, ‘saying prayers,’ if one is well instructed, consists in a rather simple exercise that charmingly varies from household to household, but generally includes praying the Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be, perhaps in the context of the Rosary, perhaps not.  Other ‘trimmins’ then get added to this basic structure.

During Lent, we often focus on what we are doing—our prayer, our fasting, our sacrifices. But the heart of Lent is not first what we do: the heart of Lent is about what Christ has done. And so today, I would like to invite you to enter more deeply into the mystery of Christ’s Passion—not simply as something that happened long ago, but as something that has power now, something that is meant to transform us.