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This year of candidacy

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My year of formation as a Candidate has been filled with amazing blessings. I have grown as a person and as a member of the Dominicans of Sinsinawa. I have shared life with sisters who have taught me what it means to be community and to be ‘sister’ to one another. With Candidates from other countries, I have explored what it means to enter the culture of religious life in the 21 st century. I spent time with sisters whose main ministry is praying for the rest of the community. I participated in the formulation of our direction statement as a congregation for the next five years. These experiences have enriched my life so much and I would not trade them for anything. In fact, I asked to continue in the process…to continue learning about myself, the Dominican Order and more specifically the Dominicans of Sinsinawa. Yesterday morning I was granted that request. In August I will be received as a Novice and move to St. Louis, MO to begin my Canonical Novitiate year at the Collaborativ

The Story of Vocation

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Here I am placed in this soil And covered up So needy yet courageous. Thank you for the water, light and warmth I need to grow. Thank you for helping me! I have energy to sprout! I’m coming up! I see the light! I’m sprouting! I’m growing! How exciting! I feel the energy in every little leaf and stem ! It takes so long, but you give me hope and courage. Together we create miracles. I am a miracle. I am beautiful. I will blossom if I continue receiving and excepting the help I need. Thank you for nurturing me.   Barbara Becker, OP   Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin