Handmaids' News Blog
From Christmas 2023 through Epiphany of this year we had a Matching Gifts campaign thanks to a very generous donor and the many equally generous friends and benefactors who stepped up to contribute to the effort. We are now benefiting from these gifts as the roof of Cor Jesu Monastery, including the Quad and Porch roofs is now able to …
We include Archbishop Shelton Fabre in our daily prayers as he oversees the Diocese of Knoxville while we await a new bishop. He is also among the priests names placed in our Mary, Mother of Priests Garden.
We have some new neighbors in New Market: sheep and lots of little lambs! Makes us eager for Easter and the Victory of the Lamb of God!
We’re testing some site functionality and thought everyone would like to see Gunther. Enjoy.
One of the many fruits of our Diamond Jubilee year and its aftermath has been opening the archives and sharing the many hidden treasures from our past. In particular, it’s allowed our formation Sisters to learn more about the Handmaid pioneers that went before us, even as we continue on our own type of pioneering journey in East Tennessee. So …
After our dear Sister Mary Magdalen took her unexpected flight to eternity on Pentecost, we received the gift of a Teddy Bear Magnolia tree in her memory and planted in the the hill overlooking Cor Jesu near Saint Anthony’s where it would get the best sun. After some time acclimating an additional gift was given to mark the tree in …
An early addition to our Mary Mother of Priests Garden was Knoxville’s own Father Randy Stice. We were blessed to have him assigned as our spiritual director and one of our confessors while we lived in Benton TN on the grounds of the Christ, Prince of Peace Retreat Center. Even now he continues to minister to us in New Market …
Thanksgiving is an expression of our utter dependence on God and his kindly providence. And that providence often comes through the hands of others.
If you have to be cold, be cold enough for diamond dust! Diamond dust snapshot at Cor Jesu Monastery in New Market TN. See the short video link also.
When you are snowed in having fun in the snow helps prevent cabin fever. It also helps experimenting with sled designs and sled run building. Thank you Lord for the snow!
We are praying for all impacted by the snow and cold snap and inclement weather, especially if rolling blackouts happen again like Dec 2022.
We share some deliberately belated Christmas photos to both share what a monastery Christmas is like and to prolong the Joy of the Incarnation for all!