Catherine's Cafe Vocation Blog

Last Saturday, the Dominicans Sisters of Sinsinawa and the people of Trinidad and Tobago celebrated the perpetual profession of our Sister, Gail Jagroop, in Curepe, Trinidad. It was a wonderful celebration of Gail's YES to God and to her sisters “even unto death!”  Celebrating Gail's final profession, was also a time of re-commitment for me, and, I suspect, others of our sisters as well.  I both pondered my first YES made many years ago and my desire to continue to make this choice today.  This life to which God has called me has been a great life for me.  My life has been full and meaningful.  I’ve been able to join with others in helping to build a holy and just society and church doing a variety of ministries and  in so many places.  Life in this community has both challenged and supported me in becoming the person God created me to be. Our sister, Kaye Ashe, says it so well: The search – for self, for wisdom, ...

As the director of the RCIA program in our parish I am privileged to walk with catechumens in their journey of faith.  Recently I was sharing the story of the prodigal son with one of our catechumens.  She had heard someone say of a family member, "The prodigal son has returned," so she thought she knew the story.  But she hadn't heard the rest of the story, the part about the father running to his son when he saw him in the distance. She was fascinated and wanted to know more.  Where could she find this story?  Was God really like this father? Her faith was brought to life by that Gospel parable.    Do you have a favorite Gospel story?  What does it say to you about God? Marie Lucek, OP Juneau, AK