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An ongoing conversation was held last evening (November 11, 2025) hosted by the Chapter Implementation Committee and the Ongoing Formation Committee. About 50 sisters accepted the invitation to join in the conversation about the transformation process into which we, our IHM Congregation, are being invited to enter. These sisters took the risk and joined in some small groups to share their thoughts and feelings. There seemed to be many rich conversations. After some small group sharing we moved into a larger group and through the contributions of some sisters were able to get a feel for other small group sharing. We closed with the reflective poem A Sacrament of Waiting. As we progress through this autumn season and experience the Sacrament of Waiting in a Congregational Way, let us all continue to pray for a deeper sense of what is truly being offered.

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JUst wanted to say that our local community in Villa María, Perú, has been using Threads since we received it. We begin our monthly local assembly with a contemplative sharing from this source and we have been loving it. Our local community has become our sharing group as it is difficult to meet because of time and distance with others. We have become closer together and more aware of each other. We repeat often that "this is us" and we try to make the best of "us" in our local home, our school, and our region. Thank you to the committee for providing this wonderful resource.

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I just finished reading "Aligning Ourselves to God's Will" our Chapter Implementation Year 2 suggestions.

What struck me right away was the quote

"God is in the process of making all things new - in our life, in our congregation, in the world."

Isn't that true!

Special thanks to the committee for keeping all of us aware of our Chapter 2023's call to grow closer to God, each other, and our world!

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Tonight our small group had the opportunity to discuss the Threads of Beauty from our IHM Threads of Transformation. There will be another opportunity to join a small group to explore this insightful publication. Watch for the invitation in the coming months.

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Chapter Implementation - Stones along our way.

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Chapter Implementation - Stones along our way.

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The Chapter Implementation Committee provided another prayerful experience during this Lenten season. "Stones Along our Way" gave time to appreciate God's presence in our lives as we strive to be in the present moment and also pray for the future.

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Thank you to our Chapter Implementation Committee for planning the Advent Retreat on Sunday the 15th. It was an experience that provided peace and comfort amidst very busy schedules and activities! I loved the day!

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The afternoon retreat on Dec. 15th certainly provided a peace-filled, grace-filled opportunity to escape the seasonal chaos for a few hours and savor the Christmas Mystery! Thank you to all the members of the Chapter Implementation Committee who planned this prayer time so beautifully. It truly served as a kind of catalytic, contemplative reflection, jumpstarting our communal conversations and deep-dive into "mission" and the invitations for continuing transformation.

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S. Virginia Nolan

Sunday, December 15 was truly the pause that refreshed. With so much still to be done. I was so happy to have the three hours at the spirituality center. The quiet, the prayer time, and the sharing were just what the body and soul needed. Thank you so much to our implementation committee.

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Over the past three months, I participated in a small group sharing of prayer and reflection with Sisters Mary Ellen Diehl, Christina Joseph Dolan, Meg Fleming, Rose Patrice Kuhn and Margie Langer. We used one of the themes and the format suggested in the beautiful resource created for Chapter Implementation, IHM Threads of Transformation. We agreed to meet monthly at a selected day/time via Zoom for a session lasting an hour. Our rotating role of facilitator allows for the selection of one theme from the resource material and group members are notified in advance so that we have the opportunity to pray with the selection prior to the session. The facilitator guides the process throughout our time together. The experience has been enriching, supportive and encouraging as a sacred space wherein we can share how God touches our lives, as well as the challenges we encounter in being faithful to contemplative prayer amid our daily lives of community and ministry. May this time of sharing be one way to deepen our life of prayer so that God's Spirit will continue to weave threads of transformation within us.

S. Rose Yeager

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Special thanks to Mimi DePaul, Renee Murphy and Jane Yablonski for an enriching, thought provoking, beautiful sharing on Threads of Relationship which we had this afternoon! Each sister offered a reflection on how their desire for a deeper love for God overflows into an intentional striving to listen to and grow in their reverence, caring and love for each sister in their local community and all those they meet in their apostolate.

The Holy Spirit was truly present in our midst!

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Meg Fleming Trust - Small Group Discussion 9-26-24

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Meg Fleming Trust - Small Group Discussion 9-26-24

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We just finished our small group discussion from IHM Threads of Transformation. We started out by marveling at the CALL of our Mother Theresa and her ability to trust in God's Providence! Then we shared our own journeys of trust in our everyday lives and what the future holds for us as women of trust! Blessed evening!

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I am excited to see what emerges as we begin the small groups this month. Thank you to the Implementation Committee for giving us some ideas to help us get started, and to those who are facilitating our first meetings.

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Having Just read the communique I am so delighted to be a part of this latest endeavor and I look forward to our times of sharing.

Gratitude to all the committee.

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Many thanks and congratulations to everyone on the Chapter Implementation Committee for all the time, effort, personal prayer, inspiration and collaboration that this Contemplative Dialogue Process represents! While it may take us time to digest all the carefully prepared materials and resources you have provided, you truly have made it so inviting and so organized. For me, the goal of "encountering, experiencing and sharing" with one another at a deeper level about how God's love continues to unfold and call us in our personal lives, in community and in our service to others holds the promise of many graces and blessings both now and as we live into the future. Again, many thanks...

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Our reflections and conversations will help us to compose a communal container. It will hold the fruits of our transformational efforts as we continue onward along the road of transformation to which we are being called by Chapter 2023. We build it and fill it together!

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I am reminded this Good Friday of the heart of Mary and the pain she endured watching her Son....and Lord....as He suffered and died on the Cross.

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And so....I feel God is asking...What are those things God calls us to surrender to the heart of Mary? Are we open to receive God's response?