This Summer a committed group of lay people came to serve alongside our sisters at a mission in Connecticut. These Missionary Cenacle Volunteers were women and men, married and single, ranging in age from teenagers to seniors, from as close as a few towns over to as far away as California to serve in this […]

This is the first of a series of sister’s interviews by MSBT staff writer Mary Jean Torpey. I walked into the large front room of the Motherhouse to see if Sister Bernadine was ready for her interview. She was sitting comfortably on the floral couch talking with a couple of Missionary Servants of the Most […]

Our Blessed Trinity Shrine Retreat (BTSR) and Holy Trinity were recently featured on CTV Beam 7. The station produces local programming and shows regional sports for Russell County and Southeast Lee County, Alabama. BTSR’s Executive Director, Elisabeth Donner and Holy Trinity’s Administrator, Rowell Guevarra are interviewed by Chris “Doc” Lammons for his show “Intersections”. In […]

I’m waiting for the dirt to dry. Well, of course, since it’s wet, it’s mud at the moment. After it dries, I have to brush off the loose dirt and stack up all these special cards and give them to Beth Anne to be mailed. They need to get where they are going in plenty […]

We stood vigil in an overgrown field in back of the Comfort Inn in Lenoir City, Tennessee, shifting aimlessly in the slowly dimming light. The temperature had dropped.  Even though there was not a cloud in the sky, it was possible to stand in the direct blaze of a Southern summer afternoon sun and feel […]

“Volunteers are …..” Fill in the blank. How you finish that sentence probably reflects experiences you’ve had of either being a volunteer, or relying on them. In the years before I became a Missionary Servant, I had a normal day job, but on nights and weekends, I was having epic adventures. I was a “Big […]