Yesterday morning I was in the 7:15am chapel service with the Sisters. Afterwards, Sister Ursula met me with tears in her eyes: “This is a very special day,” she said. “You’re in the chapel of ‘House Nazareth’ for the first time; this is the beginning of the transition from the old to the new. I am so happy!”

This morning, after the service, I met Sister Juliane (91 years old). She warmly shook my hand.

“We’re so glad you’re here!” she affirmed. “Actually, humanly speaking we wouldn’t have wanted to leave this house, but we’re so happy that you are coming: we really want to entrust this place to you for the future!”

There is a divine logic and plan to all that has happened. From a human point of view, we are on a huge faith-adventure. But in the Spirit, God seems to be calling Philosophia to step into the place that He has used the Sisters for the last half century.

These are quite some shoes to fill!