Our Lady of Hope
By Sister Diane Heiss, SDSH Photo of Sister Elizabeth crowning Mary at the Retreat Center Convent in 2012 HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT about what an ideal mother would be like? […]
By Sister Diane Heiss, SDSH Photo of Sister Elizabeth crowning Mary at the Retreat Center Convent in 2012 HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT about what an ideal mother would be like? […]
By Sister Diane Heiss, SDSH Picture of Sister Paula, Sister Gabrielle and Sister Micaela at our Easter Celebration in Beatitudes Hall. “Jesus Christ is Risen Today, Alleluia…” Thus begins a […]
By Sister Diane Heiss, SDSH Photo by Jimmy Chang on Unsplash Have you ever tossed a small rock into a tranquil pond? Did you notice the concentric circles spreading outward […]
By Sister Diane Heiss, SDSH Picture of HOPE cards made by Sister Michelle, SDSH for each Sister for a community gathering THE DICTIONARY DEFINES “HOPE” as wanting something to be […]
By Sister Diane Heiss, SDSH Picture of opening of the Holy Door on our Novitiate Property in the Great Jubilee Year 2000 with Sister Ida, Sister Jane and Bishop Wilkerson […]
By Sister Diane Heiss, SDSH Picture of our annual Posadas prayer time on Christmas Eve 2022 ARE YOU MORE OPTIMISTIC (your glass is half full) or more pessimistic (your glass […]
By Sister Diane Heiss, SDSH Can you see the name of JESUS in the picture? Today is the eighth World Day of the Poor! Pope Francis established this at the […]
By Sister Diane Heiss, SDSH Children love stories about their parents, especially what they were like and what they did when they were the same age. Even we adults are […]
By Sister Diane Heiss, SDSH HAVE YOU EVER WANTED to be a saint? What holds you back? Is it the thought “Who me? If you really knew me, you’d know […]
By Sister Diane Heiss, SDSH AS WE SCRUTINIZE our world, we can become despondent at the widespread crime, hatred and violence running rampant or we can focus on Jesus, the […]