Angelinas and bringing children for baptism

A few weeks ago, we shared news of Sr Zela's ursuline-religious life blog.  For those who had a chance to visit the site, you will have read about the Angelinas.  They are a group of mothers of young children who come together for mutual support and to find inspiration in the writings of St Angela Merici for the living of their vocation as wives and mothers.  The meeting starts with a shared meal provided, in turn, by members of the group. Then a talk, given by one of the sisters on some aspect of Angela’s spirituality, leads into discussion and faith sharing .The evening ends with prayer.  For more information about the Angelinas click here.

August meeting of Angelinas

One of the Angelinas sent us this update:
On Thursday, 30th August, Sr Zela and Sr Maureen shared with us the significance of Baptism in the writings of St Angela and how this relates to us as mothers who bring our children for baptism. Sr Zela particularly highlighted that by bringing our children to baptism, we are taking on the role of spiritual motherhood and all this entails. We found guidance in living out this role in St Angela's writings, for example: 

'pray God to enlighten you and direct you and teach you what you have to do for love of him in this task'. 

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