Mother Antonia ... the story of a woman who followed a dream later in life ...
You may have heard the interview on pbs today but she is incredible. She lives in a Tijuana prison ministering to the inmates there and is now 80.
She began this work at 50 when no regular order of nuns or sistes would take her.
It's never too late to pursue your dream.
You may have heard the interview on pbs today but she is incredible. She lives in a Tijuana prison ministering to the inmates there and is now 80.
She began this work at 50 when no regular order of nuns or sistes would take her.
It's never too late to pursue your dream.
"I do love them dearly" ...
mother of seven Sister Antonia
comforts a prisoner, Jorge Villalobos.
"There is no one else to help me," he said.
Unlike many Catholic orders that do not encourage older women to join, Sister Antonia's order, the Servants of the 11th Hour, is designed for those who, if not quite in their 11th hour, are at least in the second half of their lives. Requests for information have flooded in from women as far away as Brazil and Colombia.
Some quotes are from a story in the Los Angeles Times, author unknown.
1 Comments:
Hello: a biography of that self-made [& G-d called] nun-religious-sister ]; I just started reading. I'm fed up with : reconquista, & too much Spanish language in MY life...BUT have been doing street ministry, [unsalaried] in middle-Manhattan, N.Y., N.Y. ; [despite abuses of me]. Some time ago, I learned of a Benedictine nun who'd gone into a prison , on purpose. Some Baptists have started a prison ministry, from 10022. Some other Episcopalians I know of, re prison ministry. Pray for the Rev. Ms. ,[schoolmate], Murphy Davis, Presbyterian, who just survived a 3rd bout of cancer : she & her 2nd husband travelled to Iona Scotland.: she has done prison ministry death row; before ? DEAD MAN WALKING. N.B. "oPEN dOOR cOMMUNITY." Bury me in Richmond-upon-Thames, TW9. I may be homeless, 8th ? time, & don't know where my current belongings shall be. Boycott "Cousin Bobby". Mexico must take back its prisoners from MY U.S.A., after they've served their prizon terms. Charlotte Washington & I didn't want to return to our U.S.A. , from our parent[s']' France ; [not the same family]. n.b. re : homeless saints, & re poustina. Prayer group tonite.
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