Catherine's Quote of the Day

"Hurray for Foundations! They make the old young and the young merry!"

New beginnings! How much excitement there is in a new endeavor even if there is some fear and anxiety. Remember starting school, going off the college, or the first day at that first job. I remember the first day driving to my first mission to teach school. I was travelling with three sisters all older than my mother. I wondered how we would get along and how the convent would look and how my classroom would be. It turned out to be one of the best experiences of my life!

A couple of years ago I was asked to begin a new house. This was to be a ministry of welcoming. I felt like I was beginning a new foundation. I gathered three other sisters to be part of this house, the House of Welcome.
We did some sharing beforehand about how this would work. I wonder if Catherine McAuley our foundress did the same thing as she decided which sisters would go to start a new foundation. Did she gather only those who agreed with her, did she look for sisters who had particular skills, or did she see who would fit together? We may never know,but we do know she was successful. She was a good judge of people when it came to service to those in need.