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Keeping in Touch
We correspond with our families, friends, and benefactors a few times a year through U.S. mail. A recent letter from our Prioress, Sister Janet Marie Flemming, is reprinted below.
We also invite you to stay in touch with activities at Sacred Heart by reading our Community News web page and our bi-annual Community newsletter, the Benedictine Update.
We continually keep our families, friends and benefactors in our prayers. Instructions for submitting prayer requests to the Sisters can be found in the prayer section of our website.
Want to contact the Development Office?
Telephone: (256) 734-4622
E-Mail: development [at] shmon.org
U.S. Mail:
Benedictine Sisters of Cullman, AL
Attn. Development Office
916 Convent Rd.
Cullman, AL 35055
September 1, 2011
Dear Friend,
What uncertain times in which we are living! Change seems to be the rule of the day — in our world, in our country, and in our local communities. Many of us are filled with anxiety and unrest over our unknown future. It is during times such as these that perhaps, more than ever, we must model for others our unshakable faith in God’s loving presence in our lives.
We must remember that we are not alone. There is a hymn by Carey Landry that sums up this sentiment. The refrain is this: We are companions on the journey, breaking bread and sharing life; and in the love we bear is the hope we share for we believe in the love of our God. Alone, our faith may more easily be shaken; but, together, our faith can endure, sustaining us and allowing us to be the hope our world needs to see.
The Benedictine Sisters strive to do just this — but not alone. You, our family and friends, are companions on this journey. We live in your midst at our Benedictine Manor, our Retreat Center, our various parish and school locations of ministry throughout the Birmingham and Mobile Dioceses, as well as here at the Monastery. You join us for the daily Liturgy of the Hours, Eucharist Liturgies, retreats, spiritual direction, social visits, and meals. It is an honor to call you friend as we pray together, break bread together, and share our lives so lovingly. As companions on this journey, we form an impenetrable bond demonstrating a faith that could move mountains. Together, our love of Christ models the hope we share in a God-filled tomorrow.
Each year at this time, we call upon your generosity to further assist us in being that hope for God’s people. As our enclosed Annual Report from last year shares, it is your financial assistance that allows us to open our home and ourselves to the various needs around us. (To our web readers: This report is not available on line. To be on our mailing list, please contact us using the contact information above.) You are our companions on the journey as together we serve the people of God both near and far. As you can see in our Annual Report, the number of individuals and groups supporting us continues to increase; yet, so, too, do the needs for operating and maintaining our various internal and external ministries.
For your convenience, we have enclosed a return envelope (web readers: contribution form link here). We ask you to please give prayerful consideration to how you may best be able to financially support these operational needs. Your gifts touch so many people along the way.
As companions on this journey, may the love we bear continue to be the hope we share with others. God bless you for your assistance.
In Christ’s loving peace,
Sister Janet Marie Flemming, OSB
Prioress