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Father Gregory Goes Home Mary Mother of Priests Garden – Blessing and Installation of First Set of Names Grace Upon Grace: The Beauty of the Vows Renewed Chapter of Elections Groundbreaking Mary Mother of Priests Garden First Easter Home Together since 1950 Historic Holy Week and Easter for Handmaids Farewell Sister Rose Anne – A Handmaid’s Funeral A Petal Fallen: Renewing A Graveside Custom Holy Vows and Holy Bookends Final Vows as a Handmaid for Sister Christiana Jesus Picks His Rose Silver Jubilee for Sister Guadalupe Our Priest Chalkboard Fifty Golden Years! Farewell Mass at Lake Villa Foundation Day…Our First Ever Happy Handmaids Arrive Home! Sister Mel Pierre Comes Home More Handmaids Coming Home! Home At Last, Home At Last, Thank God Almighty, they’re Home At Last! “Innerview” with Mother Marietta Bishop Stika Blesses Cor Jesu Monastery Knights Move The Library! Bishop Stika Blesses Our New Home We’ve Moved! Benediction Video Cor Jesu Monastery in New Mexico SOLD! Father Hardon Archive Milestone Completed Bishop Stika Visits Lake Villa Sister Margaret Mary Charlie and Susan Pate Chapter of Elections Mother David Marie, HPB Sister Elizabeth of the Trinity, HPB Funeral and Interment Diocese of Knoxville Eucharistic Congress Heading East to Tennessee HPB Vocations Corpus Christi 2025 Newsletter Sunrise Timelapse From Priests Garden A Long Way From Labouré New Novice: Sister Thérèse Bernadette From Blue to Black: Aspirant Sarah Enters Postulancy! Corpus Christi Mass and Procession at Cor Jesu The Voice of the Shepherd – Sharing Her Vocation Story Vocations: A Growing Problem First Vows! Honoring Handmaids Before Us Thanksgiving In Hindsight Having Fun While Snowed In At Cor Jesu Christmas Continued…cookies, cats, and trees Archbishop Shelton Fabre Visits Cor Jesu Monastery Special Community Holy Hour in Union with Rorate Mass in Sacred Heart Cathedral Aspirant Chrissy Dons Handmaid Colors Aspirant Chrissy Finally Comes to Stay: Perseverance 101 Matins and Hurricane Idalia MORE GOOD NEWS AND PRAYER REQUESTS The Heliotropium In The Garden Congratulations Chrissy Tworek! May She Know Your Pleasure, Lord What? ANOTHER Diamond Jubilee?! Gardening Is Good For The Soul Farewell Bride of Christ: Funeral Mass and Burial for Sister Mary Magdalen, HPB A New Novice: Sister Francis Clare of the Eternal High Priest Easter in the Kitchen Let’s Talk About Something OFFENSIVE! Our Vocation is OFFENSIVE! Archive Treasures: A Eucharistic Life Since the Beginning Archive Treasures: Nuns Can Play Games?! Feast of the Presentation: Special Holy Hour of Thanksgiving It’s Beginning to Smell A Lot Like Christmas! Monastery Cats: The Formative Years Aspirant Chrissy Visits Handmaids Send Prayers for Knoxville Vocations Day for Young Women Aspirant Shannon Enters Postulancy The First Clothing of the Fledgling Group of Handmaids ASPIRANT CHRISSY FEATURED IN IRL VIDEO World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022 Saint Mary, Oak Ridge Holy Hour Today World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022 Saint Dominic Holy Hour Today World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022 Our Lady of Fatima Holy Hour Today World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022 St Therese of Liseaux Holy Hour Today World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022 I Have Called You By Name Praying the Stations of the Cross in the Mary, Mother of Priests Tribute Garden Silver Jubilee for Sister Mary Theresa of the Sacred Heart Post Corpus Christi Blessings: Aspirant Renae Arrives! The Laboure Society and Rescuing Vocations Special Welcome on the Day of Mary’s Fiat A Perfect Day To Say “Fiat!” White Christmas! Not So Typical! A Typical Monastery Christmas COVID COME AND SEES Religious Symbols: Side Rosary RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS: WHITE VEIL Religious Symbols: HPB Emblem Religious Symbols: Crown of Thorns Religious Symbols: Profession Ring Father Gregory Goes Home Grace Upon Grace: The Beauty of the Vows Renewed Chapter of Elections Requiescat In Pace: Sacerdos In Aeternum Bearing an Undeserved Burden Why we pray for priests…even the worst of them Truth, Trust, and Prayer Driven to Help Priests By Drawing Near to the Blessed Sacrament Combat Not Comfort Groundbreaking for Mary, Mother of Priests Garden Initial Phase Priests Loving Jesus! First Easter Home Together since 1950 Historic Holy Week and Easter for Handmaids Farewell Sister Rose Anne – A Handmaid’s Funeral A Petal Fallen: Renewing A Graveside Custom Holy Vows and Holy Bookends Final Vows as a Handmaid for Sister Christiana Jesus Picks His Rose Silver Jubilee for Sister Guadalupe Our Priest Chalkboard Fifty Golden Years! Dear Fathers, Did You Know? “Innerview” with Mother Marietta Four New Priests…Forever! Why Handmaids Wear Wine Red – For the Precious Blood Nuns on Social Media? Benediction Video Chapter of Elections Daily Life Prayer Life Knights of Columbus Lenten Novena for Priests in English and Spanish LENTEN NOVENA FOR PRIESTS Groundbreaking Mary Mother of Priests Garden Knights Move The Library! News Who Is In The Garden: POPE LEO XIV Corpus Christi 2025 Newsletter Sunrise Timelapse From Priests Garden Holy Week 2025 Blood Moon Christmas 2024 Newsletter! A Long Way From Labouré New Novice: Sister Thérèse Bernadette A Change On Our Amazon Wishlist Aurora: The Heavens Declare God’s Glory! God’s Amazing Beauty: Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS (or simply C/2023 A3) From Blue to Black: Aspirant Sarah Enters Postulancy! Free Cloistered Kittens Update A Special Species Shout Out: FREE KITTENS! (And some feline poetry) Books For the Nuns Prayers for the New Bishop of Knoxville! 10th National Eucharistic Congress Snakes Alive! Again! National Eucharistic Pilgrimage Stops in the Diocese of Knoxville! Corpus Christi Mass and Procession at Cor Jesu Lions, and Tigers, and Bears! Oh My! Corpus Christi Newsletter 2024 The Heavens Declare the Glory of the Lord! Pope Francis Appoints New Bishop for Knoxville The Voice of the Shepherd – Sharing Her Vocation Story Saint Joseph the Worker Pray for Us! Vocations: A Growing Problem First Vows! Lenten Novena for Priests in English and Spanish Double the Thanks!! For the New Roof! Who Is In The Priests Garden: Archbishop Shelton Fabre Mary Had A Little Lamb… Gunther Takes A Nap Honoring Handmaids Before Us Sister Mary Magdalen’s Magnolia WHO IS IN THE PRIESTS GARDEN: Father Randy L. Stice Thanksgiving In Hindsight Diamond Dust Having Fun While Snowed In At Cor Jesu Snow Day at Cor Jesu! Christmas Continued…cookies, cats, and trees There’s Still Time To Double Your Gift! Double Your Gift To The Handmaids! Archbishop Shelton Fabre Visits Cor Jesu Monastery Special Community Holy Hour in Union with Rorate Mass in Sacred Heart Cathedral Another Sudden Farewell: DD John Hitt, Knight of Columbus Farewell Father Ron Aspirant Chrissy Dons Handmaid Colors Aspirant Chrissy Finally Comes to Stay: Perseverance 101 Who Is In The Priests Garden: Father Michal Los, F.D.P. Matins and Hurricane Idalia Deo Gratias! Once Again Spared Tree Damage MORE GOOD NEWS AND PRAYER REQUESTS The Heliotropium In The Garden O Sacred Heart of Jesus! Knights of Columbus: Thank You Very Mulch! Happy 100th Birthday to a Handmaid In Eternity! Gertrude Caught Stalking…but it wasn’t the Squirrels Congratulations Chrissy Tworek! May She Know Your Pleasure, Lord Ite Ad Joseph: We Need Holy Family Building Gunther Climbs To New Heights Mater Dei Deck Replacement The Fourth of July, Fireworks, and Hope Gardening Is Good For The Soul Beginning the Next 75 Years… Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus World Priest Global Rosary Relay for Priests on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, June 16 2023 Oh Sacred Heart of Jesus, I Place My Trust In Thee! Farewell Bride of Christ: Funeral Mass and Burial for Sister Mary Magdalen, HPB Congratulations! Three more priests FOREVER! Guided By The Spirit: A Handmaid Goes Home On Pentecost Happy Foundation Day! 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Feast of the Presentation: Special Holy Hour of Thanksgiving Archive Treasures: A Last Tiny Touch of Christmas: The Littlest Nativity Scene Morning Rainbow in the Priests Garden Archive Treasures: Creche from 2006 Gertrude’s Christmas Wardrobe – ribbons, for a moment March for Life at 50: Next Steps: Living In A Post-Roe America Archive Treasures: Christmas in the Canyon from 1956 What Do You Get Cats For Christmas? Another Christmas Cat Laugh Archive Treasures: Christmas in Capena, Italy Gunther’s Christmas Wardrobe – the bowtie Archive Treasures: The Little White Church Of Community Christmas Photo Sessions and Cats Of the Incarnation, Creation, Christmas, Crawl Spaces, and Septic Tanks Archive Treasures: A Septic Tank?!!! O Antiphons and the Home Stretch It’s Beginning to Smell A Lot Like Christmas! It’s Advent! Come, Lord Jesus! Monastery Cats: The Formative Years Archive Treasures: Cor Jesu Core Sample Rock Light for the Priests Garden Archive Treasures: International Eucharistic Congress 1976 Holy Cows: They’re Back! Veterans Day Archive Treasures: Bishop Reports to Mother about her Sisters Archive Treasures: Pray Constantly – Even while riding a bicycle? Treasures FOR the Archives! Archive Treasures: Singing In the Cloister In Procession Archive Treasures: What’s a Wollensak? Archive Treasures: A Look Back At Saint Anne’s Chapel Father Gerald, CSC Archive Treasures: Meeting Saint Paul VI Retreat Into The Desert: Sep 16 – Oct 4, 2022 Our Lady of Sorrows Archive Treasures: Getting down to work Caring for the Archives Surprise Morning View From the Garden Aspirant Chrissy Visits Handmaids Send Prayers for Knoxville Vocations Day for Young Women Summer scenes from our Garden summit ARCHIVE TREASURES: ARCHBISHOP BYRNE’S BIBLE ARCHIVE TREASURES: SISTER ELIZABETH’S CRUTCHES AND LEG BRACES What Makes A Hero? A Fast Founder Fact Saint John Paul II Saint John Paul II Archive Treasures – Father Gerald’s U.S. Army Service Coat Aspirant Shannon Enters Postulancy Archive Treasures – Father Gerald’s Rosary Of Flowers and Fire Effusive, Overflowing Providence: God’s Message in Flowers Trinity Sunday and our Emblem Our Corpus Christi Newsletter is Out and the Novena starts tomorrow! God’s Wonderful Rainbows Archive Treasures – Handmaid Card DIAMOND JUBILEE BEGINS! Sponsoring Printing and Mailing of Our Newsletter CATCHING UP ON HOLY WEEK: AGAPE 2022 ASPIRANT CHRISSY FEATURED IN IRL VIDEO World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022 Saint Mary, Oak Ridge Holy Hour Today World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022 Saint Dominic Holy Hour Today World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022 Our Lady of Fatima Holy Hour Today World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022 St Therese of Liseaux Holy Hour Today World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022 Fiat Lux! Let There Be Light! ALLELUIA! HE IS RISEN! INDEED! ALLELUIA! Triduum How Am I Doing? Holy Week Begins Happy Nuns, Melting Snow, and Fleeting Grace Feline Lessons for Laetare Sunday: Pursuing Jesus with Passion and Delight I Have Called You By Name Who Is In The Garden? Gaudete! He is Coming! 100 Years A Priest And A Priest FOREVER The Laboure Society and Rescuing Vocations Special Welcome on the Day of Mary’s Fiat A Perfect Day To Say “Fiat!” White Christmas! Not So Typical! A Typical Monastery Christmas COVID COME AND SEES Religious Symbols: Side Rosary RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS: WHITE VEIL Happy 73rd Birthday to Handmaids – Foundation Day! Religious Symbols: HPB Emblem Religious Symbols: Crown of Thorns Religious Symbols: Profession Ring Chapter of Elections Bearing an Undeserved Burden Litany for Healing in Times of Scandal and Abuse Why we pray for priests…even the worst of them Truth, Trust, and Prayer LENTEN NOVENA FOR PRIESTS Driven to Help Priests By Drawing Near to the Blessed Sacrament Combat Not Comfort Groundbreaking for Mary, Mother of Priests Garden Initial Phase Farewell Sister Rose Anne – A Handmaid’s Funeral Four New Priests…Forever! Nuns on Social Media? Mother David Marie, HPB Sister Elizabeth of the Trinity, HPB Newsletters Christmas 2024 Newsletter! Corpus Christi Newsletter 2024 Our Corpus Christi Newsletter is Out and the Novena starts tomorrow! Corpus Christi 2022 Sponsoring Printing and Mailing of Our Newsletter Christmas 2020 PRIESTS Who Is In The Garden: POPE LEO XIV Lenten Novena for Priests in English and Spanish World Priest Global Rosary Relay for Priests on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, June 16 2023 Father Gregory Goes Home Mary Mother of Priests Garden – Blessing and Installation of First Set of Names The Right Hand that Blesses has a Nail in it. Requiescat In Pace: Sacerdos In Aeternum Bearing an Undeserved Burden Litany for Healing in Times of Scandal and Abuse Why we pray for priests…even the worst of them Truth, Trust, and Prayer Prayers for Priests Resources Driven to Help Priests By Drawing Near to the Blessed Sacrament Combat Not Comfort Groundbreaking for Mary, Mother of Priests Garden Initial Phase Groundbreaking Mary Mother of Priests Garden Priests Loving Jesus! Our Priest Chalkboard Dear Fathers, Did You Know? Four New Priests…Forever! Priests Garden Who Is In The Garden: POPE LEO XIV Sunrise Timelapse From Priests Garden Aurora: The Heavens Declare God’s Glory! Who Is In The Priests Garden: Archbishop Shelton Fabre WHO IS IN THE PRIESTS GARDEN: Father Randy L. Stice Who Is In The Priests Garden: Father Michal Los, F.D.P. Knights of Columbus: Thank You Very Mulch! Who is in the Priests Garden: Raymond Cardinal Burke Who is in the Priests Garden: Father Gregory McCormick Morning Rainbow in the Priests Garden Light for the Priests Garden Holy Cows: They’re Back! Surprise Morning View From the Garden Summer scenes from our Garden summit Fiat Lux! Let There Be Light! Triduum Happy Nuns, Melting Snow, and Fleeting Grace Who Is In The Garden? Gaudete! He is Coming! Praying the Stations of the Cross in the Mary, Mother of Priests Tribute Garden Mary Mother of Priests Garden – Blessing and Installation of First Set of Names Groundbreaking for Mary, Mother of Priests Garden Initial Phase Groundbreaking Mary Mother of Priests Garden Recommended Links Reflections Holy Week 2025 The Right Hand that Blesses has a Nail in it. Dear Fathers, Did You Know? For Priests The Right Hand that Blesses has a Nail in it. Dear Fathers, Did You Know? Lent Holy Week 2025 Triduum Holy Week 2025 Historic Holy Week and Easter for Handmaids Video Sunrise Timelapse From Priests Garden ASPIRANT CHRISSY FEATURED IN IRL VIDEO Happy Nuns, Melting Snow, and Fleeting Grace The Laboure Society and Rescuing Vocations Benediction Video Vocation Snippet Religious Symbols: Side Rosary RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS: WHITE VEIL Religious Symbols: HPB Emblem Religious Symbols: Crown of Thorns Religious Symbols: Profession Ring Web Devotions Litany for Healing in Times of Scandal and Abuse Prayers for Priests Resources Categories Adopt A Priest Cartoons Charism Confraternity of Mary, Mother of Priests Daily Life Diamond Jubilee External Apostolates Father Gerald Fitzgerald For Priests Handmaids of the Precious Blood HISTORY HPB Vocations Knights of Columbus Lay Associates of the Priesthood Lent News Newsletters Oblates of the Precious Blood Prayer Life PRIESTS Priests Garden Recommended Links Reflections Triduum Video Vocation Snippet Web Devotions Posts by category Category: Cartoons Free Cloistered Kittens Update 10th National Eucharistic Congress The Heavens Declare the Glory of the Lord! Ite Ad Joseph: We Need Holy Family Building March for Life at 50: Next Steps: Living In A Post-Roe America Another Christmas Cat Laugh Category: Charism Our Priest Chalkboard Nuns on Social Media? Category: Diamond Jubilee Honoring Handmaids Before Us May She Know Your Pleasure, Lord What? ANOTHER Diamond Jubilee?! Beginning the Next 75 Years… Happy Foundation Day! Archive Treasures: Poverty In The Archives Archive Treasures: Easter Eggs Archive Treasures: Relic of the True Cross Archive Treasures: Gather Up The Fragments Archive Treasures: Mother Dolorosa at 100 Archive Treasures: Parli italiano? Do you speak Italian? Website Needs To Go On A Diet! Archive Treasures: Cooking Up A Storm Archive Treasures: A Eucharistic Life Since the Beginning Archive Treasures: The Sound of Music Archive Treasures: Nuns Can Play Games?! Archive Treasures: A Last Tiny Touch of Christmas: The Littlest Nativity Scene Archive Treasures: Creche from 2006 Archive Treasures: Christmas in the Canyon from 1956 Archive Treasures: Christmas in Capena, Italy Archive Treasures: The Little White Church Of the Incarnation, Creation, Christmas, Crawl Spaces, and Septic Tanks Archive Treasures: A Septic Tank?!!! Archive Treasures: A Newspaper From WWII Archive Treasures: Cor Jesu Core Sample Rock Archive Treasures: Music To Our Ears Archive Treasures: Father Gerald’s Confession Stole Archive Treasures: International Eucharistic Congress 1976 Veterans Day Archive Treasures: Bishop Reports to Mother about her Sisters Archive Treasures: Pray Constantly – Even while riding a bicycle? Treasures FOR the Archives! Archive Treasures: Singing In the Cloister In Procession Archive Treasures: What’s a Wollensak? Archive Treasures: A Look Back At Saint Anne’s Chapel Father Gerald, CSC Archive Treasures: Meeting Saint Paul VI Retreat Into The Desert: Sep 16 – Oct 4, 2022 Our Lady of Sorrows Archive Treasures: Getting down to work Caring for the Archives Archive Treasures: A peek at Vermont Snow…in August! Archive Treasures: Papal Blessing from a Saint ARCHIVE TREASURES: ARCHBISHOP BYRNE’S BIBLE ARCHIVE TREASURES: SISTER ELIZABETH’S CRUTCHES AND LEG BRACES What Makes A Hero? A Fast Founder Fact Saint John Paul II Saint John Paul II Archive Treasures – Father Gerald’s U.S. Army Service Coat Archive Treasures – Father Gerald’s Rosary Of Flowers and Fire Effusive, Overflowing Providence: God’s Message in Flowers Trinity Sunday and our Emblem Archive Treasures – Handmaid Card The First Clothing of the Fledgling Group of Handmaids DIAMOND JUBILEE BEGINS! 75 YEARS! IT’S OUR DIAMOND JUBILEE KICKOFF! Sister Elizabeth of the Trinity, HPB Category: External Apostolates Category: Adopt A Priest Category: Confraternity of Mary, Mother of Priests Category: Lay Associates of the Priesthood Category: Oblates of the Precious Blood Category: Father Gerald Fitzgerald Archive Treasures: A Newspaper From WWII Archive Treasures: Father Gerald’s Confession Stole Veterans Day Category: Handmaids of the Precious Blood Category: HISTORY What? ANOTHER Diamond Jubilee?! Archive Treasures: A Newspaper From WWII Archive Treasures: International Eucharistic Congress 1976 Archive Treasures: Bishop Reports to Mother about her Sisters Archive Treasures: Meeting Saint Paul VI Archive Treasures: Papal Blessing from a Saint ARCHIVE TREASURES: SISTER ELIZABETH’S CRUTCHES AND LEG BRACES Praying the Stations of the Cross in the Mary, Mother of Priests Tribute Garden Silver Jubilee for Sister Mary Theresa of the Sacred Heart Farewell Father Resen and Happy Retirement! Post Corpus Christi Blessings: Aspirant Renae Arrives! White Christmas! Not So Typical! A Typical Monastery Christmas Well Update: Well, God must have heard your prayers! Father Gregory Goes Home Mary Mother of Priests Garden – Blessing and Installation of First Set of Names Grace Upon Grace: The Beauty of the Vows Renewed Chapter of Elections Groundbreaking Mary Mother of Priests Garden First Easter Home Together since 1950 Historic Holy Week and Easter for Handmaids Farewell Sister Rose Anne – A Handmaid’s Funeral A Petal Fallen: Renewing A Graveside Custom Holy Vows and Holy Bookends Final Vows as a Handmaid for Sister Christiana Jesus Picks His Rose Silver Jubilee for Sister Guadalupe Our Priest Chalkboard Fifty Golden Years! Farewell Mass at Lake Villa Foundation Day…Our First Ever Happy Handmaids Arrive Home! Sister Mel Pierre Comes Home More Handmaids Coming Home! Home At Last, Home At Last, Thank God Almighty, they’re Home At Last! “Innerview” with Mother Marietta Bishop Stika Blesses Cor Jesu Monastery Knights Move The Library! Bishop Stika Blesses Our New Home We’ve Moved! Benediction Video Cor Jesu Monastery in New Mexico SOLD! Father Hardon Archive Milestone Completed Bishop Stika Visits Lake Villa Sister Margaret Mary Charlie and Susan Pate Chapter of Elections Mother David Marie, HPB Sister Elizabeth of the Trinity, HPB Funeral and Interment Diocese of Knoxville Eucharistic Congress Heading East to Tennessee Category: HPB Vocations Corpus Christi 2025 Newsletter Sunrise Timelapse From Priests Garden A Long Way From Labouré New Novice: Sister Thérèse Bernadette From Blue to Black: Aspirant Sarah Enters Postulancy! Corpus Christi Mass and Procession at Cor Jesu The Voice of the Shepherd – Sharing Her Vocation Story Vocations: A Growing Problem First Vows! Honoring Handmaids Before Us Thanksgiving In Hindsight Having Fun While Snowed In At Cor Jesu Christmas Continued…cookies, cats, and trees Archbishop Shelton Fabre Visits Cor Jesu Monastery Special Community Holy Hour in Union with Rorate Mass in Sacred Heart Cathedral Aspirant Chrissy Dons Handmaid Colors Aspirant Chrissy Finally Comes to Stay: Perseverance 101 Matins and Hurricane Idalia MORE GOOD NEWS AND PRAYER REQUESTS The Heliotropium In The Garden Congratulations Chrissy Tworek! May She Know Your Pleasure, Lord What? ANOTHER Diamond Jubilee?! Gardening Is Good For The Soul Farewell Bride of Christ: Funeral Mass and Burial for Sister Mary Magdalen, HPB A New Novice: Sister Francis Clare of the Eternal High Priest Easter in the Kitchen Let’s Talk About Something OFFENSIVE! Our Vocation is OFFENSIVE! Archive Treasures: A Eucharistic Life Since the Beginning Archive Treasures: Nuns Can Play Games?! Feast of the Presentation: Special Holy Hour of Thanksgiving It’s Beginning to Smell A Lot Like Christmas! Monastery Cats: The Formative Years Aspirant Chrissy Visits Handmaids Send Prayers for Knoxville Vocations Day for Young Women Aspirant Shannon Enters Postulancy The First Clothing of the Fledgling Group of Handmaids ASPIRANT CHRISSY FEATURED IN IRL VIDEO World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022 Saint Mary, Oak Ridge Holy Hour Today World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022 Saint Dominic Holy Hour Today World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022 Our Lady of Fatima Holy Hour Today World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022 St Therese of Liseaux Holy Hour Today World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022 I Have Called You By Name Praying the Stations of the Cross in the Mary, Mother of Priests Tribute Garden Silver Jubilee for Sister Mary Theresa of the Sacred Heart Post Corpus Christi Blessings: Aspirant Renae Arrives! The Laboure Society and Rescuing Vocations Special Welcome on the Day of Mary’s Fiat A Perfect Day To Say “Fiat!” White Christmas! Not So Typical! A Typical Monastery Christmas COVID COME AND SEES Religious Symbols: Side Rosary RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS: WHITE VEIL Religious Symbols: HPB Emblem Religious Symbols: Crown of Thorns Religious Symbols: Profession Ring Father Gregory Goes Home Grace Upon Grace: The Beauty of the Vows Renewed Chapter of Elections Requiescat In Pace: Sacerdos In Aeternum Bearing an Undeserved Burden Why we pray for priests…even the worst of them Truth, Trust, and Prayer Driven to Help Priests By Drawing Near to the Blessed Sacrament Combat Not Comfort Groundbreaking for Mary, Mother of Priests Garden Initial Phase Priests Loving Jesus! First Easter Home Together since 1950 Historic Holy Week and Easter for Handmaids Farewell Sister Rose Anne – A Handmaid’s Funeral A Petal Fallen: Renewing A Graveside Custom Holy Vows and Holy Bookends Final Vows as a Handmaid for Sister Christiana Jesus Picks His Rose Silver Jubilee for Sister Guadalupe Our Priest Chalkboard Fifty Golden Years! Dear Fathers, Did You Know? “Innerview” with Mother Marietta Four New Priests…Forever! Why Handmaids Wear Wine Red – For the Precious Blood Nuns on Social Media? Benediction Video Chapter of Elections Category: Daily Life Category: Prayer Life Category: Knights of Columbus Lenten Novena for Priests in English and Spanish LENTEN NOVENA FOR PRIESTS Groundbreaking Mary Mother of Priests Garden Knights Move The Library! Category: News Who Is In The Garden: POPE LEO XIV Corpus Christi 2025 Newsletter Sunrise Timelapse From Priests Garden Holy Week 2025 Blood Moon Christmas 2024 Newsletter! A Long Way From Labouré New Novice: Sister Thérèse Bernadette A Change On Our Amazon Wishlist Aurora: The Heavens Declare God’s Glory! God’s Amazing Beauty: Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS (or simply C/2023 A3) From Blue to Black: Aspirant Sarah Enters Postulancy! Free Cloistered Kittens Update A Special Species Shout Out: FREE KITTENS! (And some feline poetry) Books For the Nuns Prayers for the New Bishop of Knoxville! 10th National Eucharistic Congress Snakes Alive! Again! National Eucharistic Pilgrimage Stops in the Diocese of Knoxville! Corpus Christi Mass and Procession at Cor Jesu Lions, and Tigers, and Bears! Oh My! Corpus Christi Newsletter 2024 The Heavens Declare the Glory of the Lord! Pope Francis Appoints New Bishop for Knoxville The Voice of the Shepherd – Sharing Her Vocation Story Saint Joseph the Worker Pray for Us! Vocations: A Growing Problem First Vows! Lenten Novena for Priests in English and Spanish Double the Thanks!! For the New Roof! Who Is In The Priests Garden: Archbishop Shelton Fabre Mary Had A Little Lamb… Gunther Takes A Nap Honoring Handmaids Before Us Sister Mary Magdalen’s Magnolia WHO IS IN THE PRIESTS GARDEN: Father Randy L. Stice Thanksgiving In Hindsight Diamond Dust Having Fun While Snowed In At Cor Jesu Snow Day at Cor Jesu! Christmas Continued…cookies, cats, and trees There’s Still Time To Double Your Gift! Double Your Gift To The Handmaids! Archbishop Shelton Fabre Visits Cor Jesu Monastery Special Community Holy Hour in Union with Rorate Mass in Sacred Heart Cathedral Another Sudden Farewell: DD John Hitt, Knight of Columbus Farewell Father Ron Aspirant Chrissy Dons Handmaid Colors Aspirant Chrissy Finally Comes to Stay: Perseverance 101 Who Is In The Priests Garden: Father Michal Los, F.D.P. Matins and Hurricane Idalia Deo Gratias! Once Again Spared Tree Damage MORE GOOD NEWS AND PRAYER REQUESTS The Heliotropium In The Garden O Sacred Heart of Jesus! Knights of Columbus: Thank You Very Mulch! Happy 100th Birthday to a Handmaid In Eternity! Gertrude Caught Stalking…but it wasn’t the Squirrels Congratulations Chrissy Tworek! May She Know Your Pleasure, Lord Ite Ad Joseph: We Need Holy Family Building Gunther Climbs To New Heights Mater Dei Deck Replacement The Fourth of July, Fireworks, and Hope Gardening Is Good For The Soul Beginning the Next 75 Years… Consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus World Priest Global Rosary Relay for Priests on the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, June 16 2023 Oh Sacred Heart of Jesus, I Place My Trust In Thee! Farewell Bride of Christ: Funeral Mass and Burial for Sister Mary Magdalen, HPB Congratulations! Three more priests FOREVER! Guided By The Spirit: A Handmaid Goes Home On Pentecost Happy Foundation Day! A New Novice: Sister Francis Clare of the Eternal High Priest Archive Treasures: Poverty In The Archives Easter in the Kitchen Archive Treasures: Easter Eggs Who is in the Priests Garden: Raymond Cardinal Burke Archive Treasures: Relic of the True Cross Hail Mary, Full of Grace! – the Annunciation Archive Treasures: Gather Up The Fragments Let’s Talk About Something OFFENSIVE! Our Vocation is OFFENSIVE! Archive Treasures: Mother Dolorosa at 100 Go To Joseph! We Are! Blessed Saint Patrick’s Feast Day! Website Needs To Go On A Diet! Don’t Tell the Flowers It’s Lent Who is in the Priests Garden: Father Gregory McCormick Archive Treasures: A Eucharistic Life Since the Beginning Archive Treasures: The Sound of Music Happy SAINT Valentine’s Day! On Eagle’s Wings (Not the song) Archive Treasures: Nuns Can Play Games?! Feast of the Presentation: Special Holy Hour of Thanksgiving Archive Treasures: A Last Tiny Touch of Christmas: The Littlest Nativity Scene Morning Rainbow in the Priests Garden Archive Treasures: Creche from 2006 Gertrude’s Christmas Wardrobe – ribbons, for a moment March for Life at 50: Next Steps: Living In A Post-Roe America Archive Treasures: Christmas in the Canyon from 1956 What Do You Get Cats For Christmas? Another Christmas Cat Laugh Archive Treasures: Christmas in Capena, Italy Gunther’s Christmas Wardrobe – the bowtie Archive Treasures: The Little White Church Of Community Christmas Photo Sessions and Cats Of the Incarnation, Creation, Christmas, Crawl Spaces, and Septic Tanks Archive Treasures: A Septic Tank?!!! O Antiphons and the Home Stretch It’s Beginning to Smell A Lot Like Christmas! It’s Advent! Come, Lord Jesus! Monastery Cats: The Formative Years Archive Treasures: Cor Jesu Core Sample Rock Light for the Priests Garden Archive Treasures: International Eucharistic Congress 1976 Holy Cows: They’re Back! Veterans Day Archive Treasures: Bishop Reports to Mother about her Sisters Archive Treasures: Pray Constantly – Even while riding a bicycle? Treasures FOR the Archives! Archive Treasures: Singing In the Cloister In Procession Archive Treasures: What’s a Wollensak? Archive Treasures: A Look Back At Saint Anne’s Chapel Father Gerald, CSC Archive Treasures: Meeting Saint Paul VI Retreat Into The Desert: Sep 16 – Oct 4, 2022 Our Lady of Sorrows Archive Treasures: Getting down to work Caring for the Archives Surprise Morning View From the Garden Aspirant Chrissy Visits Handmaids Send Prayers for Knoxville Vocations Day for Young Women Summer scenes from our Garden summit ARCHIVE TREASURES: ARCHBISHOP BYRNE’S BIBLE ARCHIVE TREASURES: SISTER ELIZABETH’S CRUTCHES AND LEG BRACES What Makes A Hero? A Fast Founder Fact Saint John Paul II Saint John Paul II Archive Treasures – Father Gerald’s U.S. Army Service Coat Aspirant Shannon Enters Postulancy Archive Treasures – Father Gerald’s Rosary Of Flowers and Fire Effusive, Overflowing Providence: God’s Message in Flowers Trinity Sunday and our Emblem Our Corpus Christi Newsletter is Out and the Novena starts tomorrow! God’s Wonderful Rainbows Archive Treasures – Handmaid Card DIAMOND JUBILEE BEGINS! Sponsoring Printing and Mailing of Our Newsletter CATCHING UP ON HOLY WEEK: AGAPE 2022 ASPIRANT CHRISSY FEATURED IN IRL VIDEO World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022 Saint Mary, Oak Ridge Holy Hour Today World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022 Saint Dominic Holy Hour Today World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022 Our Lady of Fatima Holy Hour Today World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022 St Therese of Liseaux Holy Hour Today World Day of Prayer for Vocations 2022 Fiat Lux! Let There Be Light! ALLELUIA! HE IS RISEN! INDEED! ALLELUIA! 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