A Request from Fr. Michael Casagram 1/8/23

A Request from Fr. Michael Casagram 1/8/23

This morning I have thought to make a new request of 
the LCG and this is to ask your prayer for new vocations 
to our Gethsemani community. Some of you have probably 
read the reports of various communities of our Order. These 
reports were prepared for the last General Chapter of our 
Order. Many of our Trappist/Cistercian Houses of both men 
and women are experiencing a shortage of new vocations 
which leads to the slow closing of their Houses. 
 
So what I am going to ask of our LCG members is that you
please pray for new vocation to Our Lady of Gethsemani 
community and to all those communities suffering from this 
shortage. 
 
This has been very much in my own prayer of the Divine Office
and the Eucharist in the past month but it occurred to me today
that I should ask all of you to please keep this intention in your 
own prayer as well. We have been glad to share our charism 
with all of you and new vocations right now are so important for keeping this Cistercian Charism alive, so please keep this in your prayer. Wishing you all a very blessed and joyous New Year, your
brother in Christ Jesus, Fr Michael