As we celebrate the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a feast very dear to our hearts, we are reminded once again how blessed we are to be given the opportunity to experience the life inside the Sisters of Mary's Boystowns and Girlstowns and to witness God's miracles unfold in our own lives.
As Pope Francis reminds us in today's feast, "Taken up into heaven, Mary shows us the way to God. The way to heaven. The way to life." May our Blessed Mother be our model of generosity and faithfulness from birth to death. She learned to surrender everything to God and trust God's plan for her. May our lives be a living witness as well to God's faithfulness and generosity especially in this time of the pandemic, a sign of hope for a world marred by sin and aggravated by poverty and calamities (both natural and man-made). May the Blessed Virgin Mary continue to intercede for us.
And so, with grateful hearts, we continue to remember the many graces and blessings we received from God through the intercession of Our Lady, the Virgin of the Poor. We thank our ever-caring and ever-loving Sisters of Mary and our beloved Fr. Al, who founded this great institution 57 years ago today.
God bless us all and Happy Birthday to everyone! Cheers!
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"All praise, honor, glory and thanksgiving to the Virgin of the Poor."
- Venerable Aloysius Schwartz (1930 - 1992)
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