A note about Sr. Genevieve:

Before the Center of Light opened in New York, Sr. Genevieve drove from New Rochelle, NY to New Haven, CT to participate in the Centers activities there.  She received spiritual training there for 2 years and later took vows to serve in the Order of Mercy, a service oriented Order dedicated to the administration of mercy to the elderly through visitations and personal support and to the earth through clean-up projects.   She now attends the (much closer) Center of Light, New York.  We thought that since she has known us the longest, she might as well kick off the community blog!  Here is what she has to say:

What is it about the Center of Light that has drawn me to be around it for the past three years?  Well, it is a combination of things.  One is the warm and welcoming community of people that you will always find on any day of the week where I feel safe and fully free to learn, explore more about myself and allow myself to be my true self.  Secondly, it is the ongoing learning of truth about how to be in the world in a real tangible way.  Having real priests and teachers I can trust guiding me through and filling me with the knowledge and experiences so I can move into a more peaceful life and have a direct relationship with God that I had been searching for.  I found the answers to my questions like who am I, what am I here for, what is love and can I have peace in my life. I learned skills to keep myself from the fear and guilt and anger that I learned from the world that kept me from finding the real me.  Thank you to the Center of Light.

Sr. Genevieve