why I came...
Having taught in a primary school for some years, been involved in various lay ministries and church activities, with lots of friends and in control of my life, I found myself in my mid-thirties with a growing awareness of the need for 'something else' in my life. A chance meeting with an rscj, who became my spiritual director, was the beginning of a new stage in my spiritual development. I felt the need to deepen my own spirituality, explore my prayer life and get to know and love Jesus more, but all on my terms!
Much struggle ,resistance
and not wanting to get involved was going on at this time, but
eventually I began the 19th Annotation of the Ignation Spiritual
Exercises - an experience which turned me upside down and inside
out. As the Lord became more the centre of my life, the niggle
of that 'something else' became stronger. I reluctantly gave in
to the possibility that the niggle may be a call to religious
life.
Why the Society? As I came to know more rscj and to visit communities I was struck by a strong all-pervasive spirit of prayer. My impression was of a group of strong-minded, forward thinking, discerning women, sharing a common goal and spirituality, searching together and pushing the boundaries through a diversity of ministries. This, as well as a resonance with a spirituality of the heart, led me to spend a year as a candidate in a community, still keeping my job, in order to explore my ' you'll never know until you've tried it' niggle. So here I am, a first year Novice - the journey continues.
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