Foundation/Formation starts in earnest Nov. 21

God has His reasons for 'delays.'

While we were on foundational hiatus, due to my lack of a spiritual director, I continued with my research on Blessed Emilie, the foundress of the Society of Mary Reparatrix, whose spirituality we are adapting.

While reading her biography by Fr. P. Suau, S.J., I learned that Blessed Emilie and the SMRs' founding postulant band began their novitiate on November 21. The Pro Orantibus (prayer day for those who pray, aka, the cloisters) is that date this year.

I now have two spiritual directors--one is a Dominican friar involved in full-time formation, and a hermit with 40 years life experience with eremitism who conducts internet spiritual direction, and has his own eremitic community. The Dominican used to be involved with the now-defunct Fellowship of Emerging Communities.

The Holy Ghost moves when one door is closed and another is opened. Cloister Outreach and its hermits have as a constant prayer intention the emerging charisms and their vocations. Cloister Outreach also hosts the Founders Forum private, by-invitation-only, yahoo group, and Founders_and_Friends, an open-to-the-public yahoo group. Here is the URL:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Founders_and_Friends/

Pray for us, as we pray for you.

Blessings,
Gemma