VICTORY NOLL CENTER
1900 W. Park Drive
Huntington, Indiana 46750
(260) 356-0628

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2nd & 4th
Tuesdays
Taize Prayer Services
2nd Saturday
of each month
through June
Ways of Praying:
6-month program of study and reflection
Thursdays beginning
March 4
“You” Time
May 15 Women’s Day Away
Saturday
June 12
5K Cross Country
Run & 1K Fun Walk
Wednesday
June 23
Butterfly
Workshop
Saturday
June 26
Labyrinth Retreat
& Workshop
Wednesday
June 30
Cosmic Walk
Saturday
July 31
Women’s Auxiliary Retreat
August
3 to 24
My Story: Reflecting
on the Path of Spirit
in My Life
Sunday
August 8
Sundaes on Sunday

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Visions Spring 2010

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Monthly Reflection
by Sister Martha Wordeman

August 2009

   A friend of ours became a very enthusiastic Catholic and often attended Mass, even during the week. When August 15th arrived and her daughter was preparing to go to Mass, her mother asked her why? “The daughter said it is the Assumption of Mary.” The mother responded “what did Mary assume?” Actually, Mary did not assume anything, but she was assumed: taken up body and soul into heaven.
   There is nothing in the New Testament that affirms this. The idea grew out of the Church's life of prayer and biblical reflection. In the fifth century, the feast of the Assumption began to be developed out of the feast of Theotokos (Mother of God). In the seventh century, the term Assumption called attention to the manner of Mary's passing. She had been taken up fully body and soul into heaven.
   I'm grateful for this feast. By it, God our creator places the ultimate stamp of approval on the feminine. It is our bodily form that is major in defining the gender of a person. A disproportionate number of women have suffered for merely being a woman. Current examples are: lower pay in the workforce, made slaves in the 20 billion dollar global business of sex trafficking and too often victims of brutal rape and death.
   May Mary, triumphant in her life and her assumption into heaven, inspire us to respect and treat all women and men as God's beloved creation.

 

En Español

   Una amiga nuestra se convirtió en una Católica entusiástica y con frecuencia iba a Misa aún durante la semana. Cuando llegó el 15 de agosto y su hija se preparaba para ir a la Misa, la madre Ie preguntó por qué. La hija respondió “es la Asunción de Maria.” La madre respondió “¿Que fue 10 que Maria asumió?” Actualmente, María no asumió nada, pero fue asunta en cuerpo a alma a la gloria celestial.
   No hay nada en el Nuevo Testamento que afirma esto. La idea inició de la vida devota de la Iglesia y de reflexión biblica. En el quinto siglo la fiesta de la Asunción comenzó a desarrollarse de la fiesta de Theotokas (Madre de Dios). En el séptimo siglo, el término Asunción llamó atención a la manera de la muerte de María. Había sido llevada cuerpo y alma al Cielo.
   Yo estoy muy agradecida por esta fiesta. Por ella Dios ha sellado su aprobación sobre lo femenino. Es principalmente nuestra forma corporal que hace la mayor definición del género de la persona. Un número desproporcionado de mujeres han sufrido solamente por ser mujer. Ejemplos actuales son: salarios reducidos en el trabajo, siendo esclavas en los 20 millones de dólares en el negocio global del trafico del sexo y a veces, víctimas de un cruel ultraje y muerte.
   Que María, triunfante en su vida y su Asunción al Cielo, nos inspire ha respetar y tratar a todos, mujeres y hombres, como una creación amada por Dios.

 

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Our Lady of Victory
Missonary Sisters is an American Missionary Congregation founded in 1922 — serving the poor and oppressed in a personal, non-institutional way

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