“God’s call to religious life was like an invitation. It started out as a simple thought in the back of my mind. When I was young I would read about saints like St. Teresa of Ávila or St. Catherine of Siena and I would think to myself, “It would be amazing to live that kind of life.” That was it. A simple thought. Then I met the Felician Sisters on a 100-mile walking pilgrimage and I saw a depth in them that I knew I longed for. I saw it in their relationship with God, with each other, and with those around them. I knew I would regret getting married if I never gave religious life a chance, so after spending some time with the Felician Sisters, I entered the Felician Congregation after graduating with my Bachelor’s Degree in Secondary Education.
I could have visited other communities, but I loved the Felicians as soon as I met them. They were helping me to see my life and talents for what they were – gifts from God to be shared with others. I was a dancer, and to me dance had always been a performance, but they showed me that it could be a prayer. To see such meaning in something that had only been entertainment before told me these were the women I needed to journey with. God had placed them on my path at just the right time – at a time when I could see the difference between how I was living my life and how I wanted to live my life, a time when I was ready to start making serious decision about my future – so I didn’t question it. (continue)