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A Summer Prayer   Father, Creator of all, Thank You for summer! Thank you for the warmth of the sun and the increased daylight. Thank You for the beauty I see all around me and for the opportunity to be outside and enjoy Your creation. Thank You for the increased time I have to be with my friends and family, and for the more casual pace of the summer season. Draw me closer to You this summer. Teach me how I can pray no matter where I am or what I am doing. Warm my soul with the awareness of Your presence and light my path with Your Word and Counsel. As I enjoy Your creation, create in me a pure heart and a hunger and a thirst for You.                                            Amen.                                           (Anon)

A TV Star is Born - at Age 96  As St. John Villa Academy celebrates its 85th Anniversary, one of its stellar faculty members is Sr. Ermelinda Cordasco, C.S.JB. Amazingly, Sister has taught at the school in every decade since the school opened.  Sister thrives on treasuring the past while enjoying the challenges of the future.  Recently, local TV Channel NY1 named Sister its "Staten Islander of the Week . Learn more about this remarkable Sister and the spirit of the Sisters of St. John the Baptist by viewing Sr. Ermelinda's  interview featured on:  Click here

 

FEBRUARY 6, 2010 - 2011 Baptistine Sisters Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Death of Blessed Alfonso Maria Fusco