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		<title>Sister Lisa &#8211; Sisters, Students, and Start of School</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a former classroom teacher, I miss being directly involved with the start of school and all that is involved:  fresh crayons, new backpacks, and the anticipation that anything is possible.  Ahhhhh….]]></description>
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		<title>Labor Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[…let them work with their hands at honest labor so that they will have something to share with those in need (Ephesians 4:28)
Labor Day brings thoughts about the meaning of work in our lives. Is it a means to an end or a paycheck insuring a good vacation? Is it a chore? Or is it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sister Lisa &#8211; Loving Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life in the monastery is my rock and gives me meaning.  It is so cool to have the rhythm of our prayer life to keep me grounded....]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching at the Technology Institute</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sister Mary Josephine Torborg (right) and Sister Edith Bogue (middle), along with Chris Jugasek of the Information Technology staff, presented a workshop on using Jing and Camtasia Suite software for teaching online courses and capturing content from the web.
Pretty great to have two Sisters at the Tech Institute!
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		<title>College of St. Scholastica Faculty/Staff Institute Welcome</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:46:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the closing of the College of St. Scholastica Faculty/Staff Institute on Monday, September 1, 2010, Sister Lois Eckes, Prioress, addressed the group in Mitchell Auditorium.  Sister Lois began,
 
&#8220;Whether you are a returning faculty or staff member or a new one, I say &#8216;Welcome Home&#8217; to where the dream seed of The College of St. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Monastic Profession</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, August 29, 2010, at Evening Prayer, Sister Gretchen Johnston and Sister Mary Carla Flood made their First Monastic Professions. 
Upon satisfactory completion of the one-year novitiate, candidates may request to enter the Community by making a public monastic profession of stability, fidelity to the monastic way of life, and obedience for a period of three [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friends Are Awesome!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sister Jeanne Ann Weber]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They are there to share  joys, sorrows, fun times, and serious times. They comfort and they can ...]]></description>
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		<title>Entering the Novitiate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Standing at the baptismal fountain on Friday, August 27, 2010, just before Evening Prayer,  Postulant Linda Wainright made her request to Prioress Lois Eckes and the Community to enter the novitiate.  The novitiate is a year of intense concentration on the spiritual life during which the novice studies the Rule of St. Benedict and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It Was Just Yesterday . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an appointed time for everything (Ecclesiastes 3:1)
Have you, with increasingly regularity, been amazed at the passage of time, saying, “It was just yesterday…”? Do you sometimes long for the days when you were younger, full of plans and having the energy to bring them into reality? On the other hand, as the years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sister Dorene King Makes Her Perpetual Profession</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
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One of the most joyful events in the life of a monastic community is the profession of a woman who has journeyed with us for a few years and is ready to make her lifetime commitment of seeking God with us in this community. Sister Dorene King celebrated this choice on Sunday, August 22, 2010. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sister Lisa Maurer &#8211; Sisters Underground</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I visited the cities of Tower and Soudan, Minnesota, this past spring giving talks on behalf of AIM...]]></description>
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		<title>Coming Down to Earth</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:23:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will restore their fortune, bringing them back…to the land of their origin (Ezekiel 29:14)
Some time ago I had the privilege of returning to my home town and surrounding areas where I saw most of the people and places I wanted to see. I had the distinct impression, however, that I was not the only [...]]]></description>
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