Evening of Prayer for Women Feast Day of St. Edith Stein

Tuesday, August 9, 2022, 5:00 PM - 9:30 PM

Evening of Prayer for Women
Edith Stein on Freedom,
Dignity and Giftedness
Sister Mary Eucharista, SMMC

The crown of creation was God's final handiwork, Woman. "The world doesn't need what woman have; it needs what women are," says St. Edith Stein (Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) whose 80th anniversary of martyrdom we celebrate. This evening of prayer will help reveal a few of her ideas, opening out perhaps some lines in "the undeveloped theology of women" (Pope Francis), what it means to be a woman, and God-given gifts of every woman. $35 per person ($45 with use of the room for the evening). Dinner will be provided.

Schedule

5:00 PM Check in, relax,

5:30 PM Grace before Dinner: Visiting

6:30 PM Conference I (Silence begins)

7:30 PM Conference II

8:30 PM Holy Hour with Confessions

9:30 PM Depart

Bio – Sister Mary Eucharista, SMMC
Sister Mary Eucharista was born and raised in Southern California and her family moved to North Idaho where she entered the Marian Sisters in 1981. Sister was an administrator and taught high school for 23 years. In 2007, she joined several members of her community in starting a new foundation, the Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Church, under Bishop William Skylstad of the Spokane Diocese. She has been Program Manager at Immaculate Heart Retreat Center since 2008, while also giving retreats, Days of Prayer and talks at the center and around the U.S.. Sister has a BA in English / Literature and Education from Whitworth University, an MA in Philosophy at Gonzaga University, and is presently working for her spiritual direction certification out of St. Vincent’s Seminary College. She is the Vocations Director and remains a consultor in the SMMC, whose motto is “Sentire cum Ecclesia.”