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January 6, 2022 - A frigid January evening did not keep members and guests from enjoying piping hot chili as we gathered for a General Membership meeting.
Living out our call to personal vocation of holiness and how Serra helps us do this
A recent encounter with Fr. Dan Morris, Vocation Director for the Archdiocese, afforded an opportunity to get his take on the upcoming installment of the annual men's vocation discernment retreat, "Quo Vadis," this year's theme for which is, "After His Own Heart." Fr. Dan was enthusiastic in his commentary.
National Vocation Awareness Week is an annual week-long celebration in the Catholic Church in the United States, dedicated to promoting vocations to the priesthood, permanent diaconate, and consecrated life.
An unforgettable evening with the Little Sisters of the Lamb included vespers, dinner, more than two hours of conversation with the little sisters and night prayer. The little monastery "Lumen Christi" (Light of Christ), inaugurated on September 14, 2013, sits on a hill in the Riverview neighborhood of Kansas City, KS, a place of peace and prayer in the neighborhood. The Community of the Lamb was founded in France by little sister Marie, officially recognized by Bishop Michel Kuehn of the Diocese of Chartres on December 17, 1981. Today the Community is comprised of more than 170 little sisters and more than 30 little brothers from various countries around the world. Little monasteries can be found in 8 countries, with the sole North American monastery in Kansas City. The little sisters are a contemplative community, mendicants in the heart of the Church. It was blessing and privilege to learn about the little sisters during our evening encounter.
A reference to a collection of bells, made at a Serra club Board meeting, triggered the discovery of not only the collector, but also the intermediary and benefactor who ultimately gave the collection to our club, and opened the door to a bit of the history of Johnson and Wyandotte counties, our patron Saint Junipero Serra, the El Camino Real and the original plan for preserving the historic southern California trail through the early 20th century placement of bells along its route.
John Donart, Pre-Theology II at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Denver, CO, is a 2015 graduate of St. James Academy in Lenexa, KS. With a degree from KU in Geography, John's vocation was shaped both by his family and by the witness of priests and seminarians he has known. Son of John and Lisa Donart of Shawnee, KS, John enjoys making rosaries in his spare time. His story follows.
