Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ

The celebration will take place on May 21, 2023, from 2 PM to 5:30 PM at The Center at Donaldson campus. The event will begin with a 2 p.m. Celebration of the Eucharist in the Ancilla Domini Chapel, followed by a variety of fun-filled activities....

Catherine’s Cottage was established in 2006 to create community for Sisters in the beginning stages of memory loss and Sisters who desired to form a loving, supportive community with them. Over the years, it’s become a living, loving reality. Two...

Who do you say that I am? I dreaded this question in Novitiate, then when I went to retreat years later, I had the same question asked again. I admitted that I still did not know. The retreat director asked if I wanted to know. I replied “Yes.”...

When Catherine’s Cottage homemaker Bonnie Halsey was 11 years-old, she rescued her first animal, an injured, flightless bird, with the help of her father. The fledgling had fallen from the nest, but Bonnie couldn’t get to it since the mother...

ITS HISTORY AND SIGNIFICANCE Earth Day is an annual event celebrated on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. The idea for Earth Day was first proposed by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1969, in response to a massive...

The Associate Community of the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ was established in 1983. PHJC Associates are baptized men and women, single or married, who respond to the call of the Holy Spirit to serve according to the Gospel. After a year of...

In March 2020, the world stood at the precipice of a global pandemic, which is now endemic. People hit pause on their lives. Masks, social distancing, and remote work for those able to do so became the norm, while essential  workers bore the...

Patrick is Ireland's best-known patron saint. Born in Britain, he was captured by pirates and was held captive in Ireland for six years. After he escaped, he later returned to Ireland as a Christian missionary. Eventually he became a Bishop in...

Sister Joetta's life of ministry has been varied and diverse. One wonders how such an introspective and contemplative individual can continually shift gears with such finesse and make life-changing transitions seem simple....

Feb 2 — Below freezing temperatures this past week. Looking out on the lake, I see patterns, lines, and paths in the ice, part white, part black. I fantasize; are the lines where the beaver swam?  Feb 4 — We’ve had a couple of days of...