Hello! It is an honor and blessing to serve our diocese and mission partners in this new role of Director of Formation and Animation of Missions through the Pontifical Missions Society! Please allow me to take a few minutes to introduce myself.  Venus, Gina, 2 of Gina's children. Gina is one of the head Ninays … Continue reading Someone new in the Missions Office →

-Paulo Coelho by Nancy Schramm, OSF For those who do not recognize the name “Paulo Coelho” let me introduce him. He is a Brazilian lyricist and novelist. His most famous novel, The Alchemist, has sold more than 150 million copies. It is the only book that I have read in three languages: English, Spanish and … Continue reading “If you are brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.” →

by Nancy Schramm, OSF Some of the Franciscan women religious orders have a special book of the Liturgy of the Hours, as my community does. It continues to be a great source of inspiration for me and is truly a treasure. As we begin this holy season of Advent, may we embrace the many Scripture … Continue reading Rejoice and Trust in the Lord →

By Deacon Bruce Carlson Covid-19 has kept us from traveling to our mission partners around the world in 2021. However, it hasn’t kept us from supporting them. Funds raised during last years Faith Promise Appeal helped to send a container to Bolivia. A pallet and boxes to the Philippines. We have an order placed for … Continue reading Return to Mission →

by Nancy Schramm, OSF On October 24th our Church will be celebrating World Mission Sunday which is promulgated by the Pontifical Mission Societies located in the Vatican. Each country has their own national office and ours is in New York. This is what their website says about this special day: “This year’s theme for World … Continue reading World Mission Sunday: Send Me, Lord. I will go! →

by Nancy Schramm, OSF Perhaps you have seen the commercial on TV with Kevin Hart who is so excited about a new credit card for dining purposes, so he shouts to his neighbors about the money he is earning. First he shouts to one neighbor, then turns to another and shouts about it again and … Continue reading ‘Cause that’s what I do! →

by Nancy Schramm, OSF “There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens. A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant. A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to tear down, … Continue reading One Human Family, One Human World →

by Nancy Schramm, OSF Twenty years later. It seems like a long time and yet most of us will remember where we were and what we were doing when we heard about the attack on the Twin Towers. I was in Brazil in the kitchen cooking when one of the sisters came running to me … Continue reading What Memories Are For →

We all just enjoyed a long holiday weekend with some of the pre-pandemic practices: outdoor picnics with friends and family, the wonderful smell of barbecued hotdogs and hamburgers on the grill accompanied by your favorite ice-cold drink and sitting outside at dusk waiting for the fireworks to begin. As I was returning home on the … Continue reading Will All True Patriots Stand! →

The Daughters of Divine Love Congregation is an international Order of Religious Women, founded in Nigeria in July 1969 by Late Bishop Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, C.S.Sp. The congregation is of Pontifical Right and has over 900 professed members. Our Formation house is blessed with many vocations: Aspirants, Postulants and Novices. The Sisters are engaged … Continue reading Missionary Cooperative Plan Spotlight: Daughters of Divine Love →