Our Lady Queen of Peace
Dear friends,
Tomorrow we will celebrate the Queenship of Mary, which is the patronal feast of our monastery. Falling eight days after we celebrate the Assumption of our Lady into heaven, it is an opportunity to celebrate and give thanks for her gentle care and protection in our lives and community.
We have a lot to give thanks for this month as we celebrated the solemn profession of two of our sisters. On August 6, the feast of the Transfiguration of Jesus, we celebrated the solemn profession of Sr. Elizabeth Marie of the Transfiguration.
Just over a week later, on the solemnity of the Assumption, we celebrated the solemn profession of Sr. Marie Étienne of the Most Holy Name of Jesus. It was a beautiful day particularly blessed by welcoming her cousin as the celebrant for the Mass. Please join us in praying for our two sisters as they continue to follow Jesus more deeply in Dominican monastic life.
At this time, it is also our great joy to share our summer newsletter with you. The English edition is available now, and the French edition will follow in a few weeks.
There is a lot to share this season, including our monastery’s purchase of a portion of land immediately to the west of our driveway. After 13 years of prayer and hard work, this step means that our monastery is now surrounded in all directions by a buffer against future development. The silence and peace of our contemplative life is now safeguarded for future generations, and we offer our heartfelt thanks to all those who helped us with this project.
Finally, we join with Pope Leo in praying and fasting for peace. Together, let us ask Mary, Queen of Peace, to intercede for the war-torn areas of our world. May Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace, have mercy on all of us.
God bless,
your sisters at Queen of Peace Monastery