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Testimonial: Sr. Julie

The Story of my Vocation by Sr. Julie Marie of the Sacred Heart
"A vocation is a call which the Lord, always faithful, renews for us until the end of our life." This sentence, from the Rule of Life of our Congregation, sums up the history of my own vocation. I first heard the Lord's call when I was about twelve years old, and now I still hear it many times a day, in all the little events of life.

When I was in sixth grade at Christ the King School, the Visitation Sisters decided to close their monastery in Georgetown. That may seem an insignificant event in the life of a sixth grader, but my uncle, who I tagged around after all the time, was chosen to handle the sale of the property. I would go with him to the monastery, following around the Sister who took care of the gift shop, and getting my first close-up look at the life of nuns (before then I had only seen them in school). After a while, during seventh and eighth grade, I would even go down to spend weekends with them. The Sisters were so good to me, and I enjoyed what I shared of their life so much, that I decided I would like to be a Visitation nun when I grew up. The adults in my life told me, "You don't know what you're talking about. You're too young.

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