In Chuquibamba, Peru our home for children hiked the tallest and largest volcano in Peru: Nevado Coropuna, sitting at 6377 m/20922 ft. The base of the volcano is only about a half-hour drive from the home in Chuquibamba. To hike to the top from the base camp takes 2-3 days, but the views and short hikes around the volcano kept everyone enthused. Coropuna, which comes from the Quechua coro meaning “cut off at the top”… Read More »Hiking Mt. Coropuna
Finally the snow is gone and our children in the Ukraine can go out in the warm weather. A nice day for a community outing. Pray Pray for the Projects. Read the Blogs to inspire your Prayer. Volunteer Volunteer in the Projects. Go to Our Volunteer Site to choose Where, how, when. Donate Donate to the Projects. Donate material goods. Make a financial Gift.
In Ukraine, the houses of studies held a workshop on icon painting. The study of art elevates the culture and produces fruit in the different projects that our sisters will undertake. The course of Icon painting required materials and paints unique to icons, such as special brush fibers and homemade tempera paints with yolk and crushed natural pigments. The introduction to icon painting included the history and theory of icon technique. Help us continue to… Read More »Icon Workshops for a Culture of Art
In Thanksgiving for the First Twenty Years of the Juniorate “Immaculate Heart of Mary” in Washington, DC: 2001-2021 Our Province of the Immaculate Conception (USA, Canada, Guyana, Suriname, and Mexico) has been blessed to have a Juniorate (2001), a Novitiate (1998) and now a Contemplative Novitiate (2020) as well. In this year, we give thanks to God for these past twenty years of the Juniorate “Immaculate Heart of Mary” by recalling and sharing its beginnings… Read More »20 Years of Building Foundations in the USA
