Daughters of St Paul

Meet the Media Nuns, spreading the word of God through modern means! @DaughterStPaul "We want to bring the love of God that we've experienced in our own lives and bring it to other people and just to be a light in the world for that," said @SrBethanyFSP Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!

One joy of being a junior sister is our junior encounters—a time when the junior sisters gather with our formator to dive into our congregation’s charism, share our experiences, & walk in pretty places (okay, that isn’t required, we just like doing it 🙃) @DaughterStPaul

Such a well-timed article! catholicnewsagency.com/news/267483/me…

Woman walking past me this morning: “Real or costume?” “Real!” I say cheerily. “I *thought* you looked too authentic to be dressed up!” Halloween is always an adventure for those of us who wear the habit!

Today, the entire Pauline Family celebrates the Solemnity of Jesus Christ, the Divine Master — the Way, the Truth, and the Life! This principal feast of the Pauline Family, invites us to renew our love to Jesus, our Divine Master, who leads us to the fullness of truth and life.

Last week we shared that we have a new Mother General! Her Council has now been selected! These are the sisters who will assist her these next six years. Please pray for them! 🇰🇷Sr. Micaela 🇰🇪Sr. Rosemary 🇮🇹Sr. Gabriella 🇺🇸Sr. Donald Maria 🇮🇹Sr. Bruna 🇧🇷Sr. Rosa Maria

We have a new Mother General! Meet Sr. Lucia Kim! Mother General is the sister who is in charge of Daughters of St. Paul all over the world. Each country has a superior but Sr. Lucia Kim is in charge of all the sisters! In the coming days, we will elect her council.🤍

October is almost here… and so is our Come & See retreat in New Orleans!⁠ If you’ve ever wondered what life with the Daughters of St. Paul is like, this is your chance! Join us in New Orleans, October 24-26! Visit connect.pauline.org/vocation-event… to learn more and to register.⁠

From that moment, I learned that community would meet me at every turn: not to fix everything, but to be with me through it. Long dark hallways have come and gone & each time my community has been there, staying with me through it & reminding me that I will never be alone. 3/3

I felt so alone and wondered if my Sisters would know where to find me. Looking up, at the end of the corridor stood Sister Concetta, ice cream in hand, with the quiet assurance that I would be okay; and Sister Margaret Edward was already waiting for me in my new room. 2/3

From Sr. Kathryn James: 40 years ago, when I had been a Daughter of St Paul for only a year, I went in to the hospital for a simple outpatient operation. Afterwards, my doctor told me that I had suffered a stroke, and was wheeled down a long hallway and into another building. 1/3

The day of my final vows the Sisters surprised me by making 1,000 cranes! Because the cranes are handmade, no 2 are exactly alike, just like each Sister is unique! The cranes remind me of God’s creative love for each Sister & the beauty in calling us together. -Sr. Emi Magnificat

What do religious vows actually involve? Join our series as we unpack the vows of a Daughter of St Paul through the personal testimonies of our Sisters! We hope you'll see some new faces, learn some new things, and discover new depths of joy in consecrated life along the way.

In the final episode of S5, the Sisters dare to say the quiet part out loud, breaking open some of the mistaken ideas of heaven that can frighten, sadden, or depress people, and shining a light onto what the faith actually reveals about heaven. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sea…

Happy Birthday, Pauline Family! On August 20, 1914, Bl. James Alberione founded the Society of St. Paul, the first step in founding what would eventually become the Pauline Family. A family dedicated to giving Jesus to the world! 🎂😇🙏 ⁠

Join us this Fall for one of our vocational discernment retreats online or in-person! ⁠ ⁠ You can find out more and/or register through the link in our bio or by visiting: ⁠connect.pauline.org/vocation-event… ⁠ The Sisters are praying for you! ⁠ ⁠

As artificial intelligence (AI) transforms the way we consume and create media, the “media nuns” are on a mission to ensure humanity stays mindful in the digital age and remembers that “human beings create, machines generate.” AI “generates a lot of questions, it generates a lot of concerns, but it also generates a lot of excitement,” Sister Nancy Usselmann, FSP, director for the Daughters of St. Paul’s Pauline Media Studies, told CNA. The Daughters of St. Paul are known as the “media nuns” for their media-centered mission and outreach. They study new trends, issues, and advances in media to look at what the changes mean for people including parents, teenagers, and young adults. As director of Pauline Media Studies, Usselmann leads the sisters’ efforts to “develop media mindfulness catechesis for a lived discipleship” and help people find ways to integrate their faith with daily media use. The sisters seek to accomplish this mission through writing, hosting workshops, and speaking across the country. Usselmann is a theologian, writer, international speaker, and film reviewer, among other things. With a doctorate in ministry from The Catholic University of America and certificates in catechetics and media literacy education, Usselmann is now also studying and teaching about AI, including what the Church teaches about it and how Catholics can “live within this digital world, while also living our faith.” “I know everybody gets excited about new tools and hopping on the bandwagon of trying out the newest, latest, and greatest, but so much of it needs reflection,” Usselmann said. “Taking what the Church says about [AI], with its document Antiqua et Nova … we need to take a step back in this rapid change, where every single day there is a new AI app coming.” Usselmann highlighted that it’s not necessarily a matter of educating on whether AI is good or bad but teaching people to “understand what it is.” AI is “machine learning that’s trained to be able to mimic some aspects of human intelligence.” bit.ly/45753qd

Say a prayer for Novice Catherine! (The one without a veil👇) After finishing her apostolic experience at our convent in Miami, she’s heading back to Boston to prepare to make her first vows as a @DaughterStPaul in a few months! 🥳

In these days, our temporary professed Sisters are renewing their vows of chastity, poverty and obedience among the Daughters of St Paul for another year. Please join us in praying for them as they continue in their formation.

Why is my vampire novel rated 14+? Because it’s hard to write a vampire book without blood. But also….see video for the other reasons: