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Mother Margaret Mary presenting the charism for Children of Mary to His Holiness Pope John Paul II on January 3, 2002, and making her consecration to His Excellency Bishop James A. Griffin on January 17, 2002. Seated are Msgr. Frank Lane and Msgr. Paul Enke. Other priests present for the ceremony were Msgr. Ed Trenor, Fr. Benedict Joseph, O.P., Fr. Tim Hayes, and Fr. Don Franks.
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Servant of God Fr. John Hardon, SJ, whose vast writings are now being translated and scrutinized in preparation for his cause for canonization, guided Mother Margaret Mary through a 30 day Ignatian retreat and then wrote a letter of recommendation for her to Bishop Griffin.
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Bishop Athanasius Schneider of the diocese of Karanganda (near the Chinese border) visited the Children of Mary on July 24th, 2008.
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Aspirant Lynn O'Reilly, Sister Philomena Maria, Mother Margaret Mary, Sister Mary Teresa, and Aspirant Melissa Muse, after the Profession ceremony on March 25, 2010.
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This little girl hugged every statue of Our Lady she saw and said, "Mama Mary!"
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On May 15, 2008, some members from the Little Flower Rosary Group in Dublin came for a mini retreat. We had a talk, lunch, a May Crowning and adoration.
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Sister Francine enjoying the snow
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Barn - winter 2008
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Walking to the Hermitage in the snow
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A tribute to the Holy Family on their feast day
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St. Clare pond
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The chicken coop
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Our beautiful Mother watches over us and guides us. And we joyfully offer ourselves as slaves of love to Her.
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Log chapel and Welcome Center, with Cloister.
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St. Clare and St. Francis ponds.
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Seclusion and silence in the primitive hermitage.
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Stations of the Cross erected by SPO men.
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Closeup of one of the Stations of the Cross plaques.
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House for retreatants.
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Another view, from the far side of the pond.
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In the background of the top photo, you can see smoke rising from our outdoor wood furnace and in front of that two mounds of snow-covered firewood. Now both the furnace and firewood are enclosed in the large wooden structure pictured in the lower photo.
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