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\n\u2018\u2018But it\u2019s a commitment\u2019\u2019<\/strong>
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\n\u2018\u2018I said \u2018yes\u2019 forever. There was before and now there\u2019s after, so this is like a beginning.\u2019\u2019 Even though she has been frequenting the Congr\u00e9gation de Notre-Dame for close to 12 years, Sister Violaine feels \u2018\u2018something new\u2019\u2019 that she can\u2019t quite put her finger on. \u2018\u2018I experience my humanity more deeply, I feel it more. The more I allow grace to mold me like the human clay that I am, the more I can truly make contact with others,\u2019\u2019 she says.<\/p>\n
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\nShe was assisted in her preparations for this important moment by a thirty-day retreat, during which she practised the exercises of Saint Ignatius Loyola and took part in a General Chapter of the Congr\u00e9gation de Notre-Dame. These two \u2018\u2018profound experiences in Him and his congregation\u2019\u2019 provided her with an opportunity to enter into the ceremony of perpetual vows with a much broader view of what she was committing to – \u2018\u2018for life.\u2019\u2019
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\nThe Trinity was central to the ceremony. The symbol is meaningful to her and inspired her to weave a Trinity mural representing the fundamental Love that is everywhere and in everything.
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\nSister Violaine<\/strong>
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\n\u2018\u2018Bishop Alain Faubert talked about being a sister today. I\u2019m still reflecting on that. I say to myself, \u2018\u2018I\u2019m Violaine and I\u2019m a sister.\u2019\u2019 Before I used to say to myself, okay, people can call me Violaine! But now, if somebody calls me \u2018\u2018Sister Violaine,\u2019\u2019 it\u2019s somehow \u2013 Yes! I am a sister for everyone!\u2019\u2019
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\n\u2018\u2018Maybe that is what\u2019s new\u2026 well, so be it, I\u2019m a sister!\u2019\u2019
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\nShe was \u2018\u2018floating on a cloud\u2019\u2019 for a time following the ceremony, and now she wants to deepen her commitment and \u2018\u2018cast her anchor in Him,\u2019\u2019 all the while being careful to keep up her daily heart-to-heart with Him.\u2019
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\n\u2018\u2018Thankfulness\u2019\u2019 is very much with her, as is the Eucharist, which in fact means \u2018Thanksgiving.\u2019 Her entire \u2018intensity\u2019 gives thanks to God, for her life, for being Violaine and for being a sister. It is a joy and a grace for the Church of Montreal and for the world to have a sister like Sister Violaine given to us all.
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