SR. SEAN
What’s on my mind: To live is to communicate. I want my whole life to communicate Jesus Christ.
Profile: Born 1965. For the last 23 years: a professed member of the Daughters of St. Paul.
Main interest: Intersection of theology and spirituality with life.
Favorite books: St. Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians; Abandonment to Divine Providence (de Caussade); Introduction to Christianity (Ratzinger)
Favorite author: St. Paul
Status update: Getting two projects ready for the editor's meeting this week
LydiaLink: SPIRITUALITY
SR. KATHRYN JAMES
What’s on my mind: Love is always the answer.
Profile: Born 1963. Entered the community 31 years ago. Main interest: intersection of spirituality with life.
Favorite books: Into the Silent Land, The Message
Favorite author: von Balthasar
Turning point in life: The Mission
Status update: Working on first FSP iPhone App
LydiaLink: SUFFERING, THEOLOGY OF THE BODY
SR. MARY LEA
What’s on my mind: That many are called, but few seem to be listening.
Profile: Born 1947. Have been involved in many apostolic adventures, but one religious life.
Main interest: How to live the Gospel – particularly the Beatitudes
Favorite books: NT, Hymns to the Church by Gertrude von le Fort, Meditation Notes by Alberione
Favorite author: Merton
Status update: Flicking specks off others’ writing, while my own pages remain a log.
LydiaLink: FAITH
SR JULIA MARY
Profile: Reading the lives of the saints led me to convert to Catholicism when I was 14, and they remain my good friends and a constant inspiration to me today. I’ve been a Daughter of St. Paul for 35 years. Although it feels extremely strange and surreal to be saying that, I’ve discovered that time is suspended in the convent.
Favorite book: Way too many to pick just one. “Fully Human, Fully Divine” by Michael Casey for spiritual reading;” Markings” by Dag Hammarskjold for some of the best quotes I’ve ever come across; “Redeeming Love” by Francine Rivers for a great read
Favorite author: Carlo Carretto and Robert Barron
Favorite movie: Babette’s Feast
Favorite song: As bad as picking my favorite book. Too many! Although I’m pretty eclectic when it comes to music, I do have a preference for Mozart and Puccini Opera’s.
Status Update: Getting ready for a vocal lesson.
LydiaLink: SAINTS