THE YEAR 2013

Catholic Theme DaysCatholic Faith & Life lecture series.

Several sisters have madepresentations and held lectures. The

Catholic Theme-days series is a collaboration project with the friars

of St. Dominic Monastery.

January: The Liturgy Commission held its meeting at Sta. Katarinahjemmet. Sr. Ragnhild Marie is a member.

January: We have a new cook. She is between our twovolunteers in this picture.

January: A mini children section was added to ourlibrary.

March: Release of the Norwegian version of Benedict XVI’s third book on Jesus. Sr. Anne Bente translated the three Jesus’ books . The picture is taken during thelaunching of the third book at the Literature House in Oslo on March 18.

March: Common reflection and study day before Easter

May: Sr. Dana Benedicta’s First Profession of Vows

May: We celebrate the 25th Profession Jubilee of Sr. Anne Bente and Sta. Katarinahjemmet’s 85th Jubilee year.

May: Release of the book "Freddy Edderkopp og sakramentsmysteriet".

This book, which is number two in the series on spider Freddy and his friends, is written by sr. Ane-Elisabetand illustrated by Roy Søbstad. It is released by St. Olav Publishing.

May: Sr. Else-Britt is elected as the continental coordinator for Dominican Sisters Europe (DSE) during the Dominican Sisters International (DSI) meeting. A council of young sisters from the different European language zones were appointed at the same time. Their first meeting was held at Sta. Katarinahjemmet in October.

May: "Evangelization" days with us.

July: Sr. Ane-Elisabet participated in a Catholic family camp.

July: Pilgrims on their way to Stiklestad

during Olsok celebration

Autumn: We focus more on volunteers and we started collaboration with Bonifatiuswerk. We have four volunteers this autumn. These women help in the convent and in one of the parish churches in Oslo while at the same time they also learn about the land, culture and the Catholic Church in Norway. The picture is from a trip to Larvik.

July: Visit of sr. Lucia, coordinator of Dominican Volunteers International (DVI), with the aim of a possible collaboration. DVI gives young people worldwide the

opportunity to experience another land, people and culture. Some years ago, wereceived two young women volunteers from Colombia through DVI.

September: Sr. Else Marie receives a group from St. Teresiaparish in Hønefoss and explains to them about icons.

October: The Dominican Family in Oslo hosts the Mass for Vocation . The Eucharist was celebrated at the parish of St. John , apostle and evangelist.

Coffee and cakes were served at the parish hall afterwards.

October: A visit from Kongsberg folkeuniversitet

October: Young sisters from Europe met in Toulouse for a course on Liturgy. Sr. Dana was a participant while sr. Ragnhild Marie was one of the lecturers.

November: Gingerbread baking day in the Studenthome

Volunteers Paulina og Ira with a new friend!

Autumn: Firedrill at the Studenthome

November: Open House Day

December: Higgs wins the Nobel Prize in Physics with his particle theory. Sr. Katarina is one among the 6000 winners. For us, she is the most important and it is indeed a big celebration!

We wish you all a Happy New Year!