What was it like for a talkative and artsy girl from the Bayou to discern and follow a call to religious life? Other women who feel drawn to consecration might find something here to help them in discerning a similar call.
Daughters of St. Paul: consecrated women with a Eucharistic spirituality, serving the Church with evangelization through all available means of communication.
Sr. Julia is in the New Orleans bookstore that she manages, ready to talk about the books that led her to the Catholic Church: the stories of the saints.
Looking back at more than 50 years of religious life, Sr. Mary Gabriella is still full of enthusiasm and gratitude for her vocation to the Daughters of St. Paul.
Sung Christmas Novena for December 17, adapted from the 17th century version sung by the Benedictines in Turin, Italy. Time constraints forced me to eliminate the psalmody and hymn, so please just consider this as the "baseline" of your novena, and include readings, hymns and prayers! The annual novena always begins on December 16.
Prayed in place of the Angelus (morning, noon and night) during the Easter Season, and often sung in Latin for added festivity.
This version was recorded in my office, with awful acoustics and no sound board, so please ignore the sound quality! It is being posted for "instructional purposes only"!
This is the same as the video I posted earlier, except that I added the book titles on screen.
Young women in discernment about a vocation to the religious life will find here an unscripted (!) inside look into the life and mission of the Daughters of St. Paul. (Can you see yourself as a nun? More importantly, can Jesus?)
Sister Julia talks about great books for Advent and Christmas time reading.
Young women in discernment about a vocation to the religious life will find here an unscripted (!) inside look into the life and mission of the Daughters of St. Paul. (Can you see yourself as a nun? More importantly, can Jesus?)
An old song for the month of May says, " 'tis the month of our mother..." So Sr. Julia offers recommendations on books about the Mother of Jesus, the Mother of the Church, Mary. Ideal spiritual reading for the month of May!
There are so many books (in so many sizes) with "Catechism" in the title! Which one's for me?
Great guide to basic books about Catholic belief.
See Sr. Julia living her vocation as a Daughter of St. Paul!
The Year of St. Paul opens June 29, 2008 (and continues through June 29, 2009). Here is a sung, Scriptural novena to help you prepare for the year, and for the feasts of St. Paul throughout the year, especially his conversion (Jan. 25).
It's Christmas Eve! Set a few minutes aside for prayerful preparation and contemplation of the mystery of Christmas. Chant-based novena prayer sung by Sr. Julia Darrenkamp and the Daughters of St. Paul.
Resolved: to do some worthwhile spiritual reading every day of 2007. Great! But where should you start? Sr. Julia (Daughters of St. Paul) offers her recommendations.
Prayerful preparation for Christmas: an adaptation of a 17th century version based on Gregorian Chant and sung by a small group of Daughters of St. Paul (www.pauline.org).
