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		<title>Consecration of the Dominican Order to Mary</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, May 8, we celebrate the feast of the Patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary over the entire Order of Preachers. &#8220;From the events surrounding the beginning of our Order many reasons can be adduced why the Blessed Virgin Mary herself may be considered the special patroness of our Order. From what I have heard with my own ears and from the many accounts in the Lives of the Brethren, it seems that she is our special Mother, bringing forth, advancing and defending the Order whose purpose is to praise, to bless, and to preach her Son.&#8221; Thus says Bl. Humbert of Romans in the passage of his Commentary on &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.stjudemonastery.org/2013/consecration-dominican-order-to-mary/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>St. Agnes of Montepulciano</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Her Story Agnes was born in the little town of Graciano Vecchio in Tuscany in 1268. Drawn to a life of intimate prayer even from her infancy, she was 9 years old when her parents finally allowed her to consecrate herself to God in the religious life. The radiant young girl joined a convent of sisters in nearby Montepulciano who were renowned for their prayer, penance, and poverty—they were called “del Sacco,” or “of the Sack,” because of their rough habits. Once in the monastery, Agnes grew rapidly in the love of God and the practices of the religious life. When the nuns were asked to found a new monastery &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.stjudemonastery.org/2013/st-agnes-of-montepulciano/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Vocation Letters: Visiting a Cloister</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This installment in our fictional Vocation Letter series is from Melanie to her older sister Clare. JMJ Dear Clare, Thank you for your prayers during my latest vocation visit, to the Dominican Nuns in Marbury, Alabama. You know I have been increasingly drawn to contemplative life, but this was my first visit to a cloistered order. You are probably wondering, “What is it like to visit a cloister?” Since the nuns stayed in the enclosure and I stayed outside, how much “come and see”ing could there be? I found the monastery to be amazingly simple and radiantly beautiful. Yes, I stayed outside the cloistered part, in the small guest area. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.stjudemonastery.org/2013/vocation-letters-visiting-a-cloister/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Easter Greetings</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 14:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alleluia! This is the day the Lord has made: let us rejoice and be glad in it! Alleluia, alleluia! Joyful and blessed Easter greetings from Mother Mary Joseph, O.P. and all the Sisters. We rejoice in this feast of our Savior&#8217;s Resurrection, and share great joy of His Mother and of His Bride, the Church, at His triumph through the Paschal Mystery over sin and death. We rejoice also at the election of our new Pope, our Holy Father Pope Francis.  Our prayers are with him, as they are with all of you, during this holy Paschal season. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.stjudemonastery.org/2013/easter-greetings/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reparation Prayer for Lent</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2013 00:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During this Lent we pray especially with gratitude for our Holy Father, Benedict XVI, and implore the guidance of the Holy Spirit in the upcoming election of his successor. We also hold in prayer the grave needs of our nation. I adore You, O loving Savior, Jesus Christ, Who died on the Cross for me. I very humbly thank You and ask pardon for all my sins through the merits of Your Passion and Death. I ask the grace to live and to die holily. Courage, my soul, time in flying, death will come, eternity is nigh. O my God, grant me the favor to pass this hour and every &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.stjudemonastery.org/2013/reparation-prayer-for-lent/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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