ch.ch.ch.changes

Fr. Jacques left on Friday for France. He will be there for two weeks leading some training and preparation for four members of Heart's Home who are preparing to take make their promises as permanent, consecrated members of Heart's Home. Then he is off to Berlin to visit the community there for two weeks...and then finally he will be back

to join what will be then FOUR members of community here in Vienna. 

This weekend we have been busy cleaning, organizing, rearranging, and preparing both ourselves and the Heart's Home for the arrival of two new community members...

Fr. Clemens and Matilde

They are both from France and will be arriving TOMORROW MORNING on a bus from Nice. Fr. Clemens is a "fresh" priests, newly ordained on the 26th of June this year, and has already been a long time with Heart's Home, having spent time serving the community in Naples and in Geneva (working with Heart's Home in the UN). Can't believe we will have two priests in community!! How blessed are we!

Matilde has spent the last two years in India (she was actually a community sister of Renee's!) and is now coming to Vienna to do her second mission and discern whether to continue with Heart's Home and become a permanent member. 

Here is a little update on the apartment and the work we've been doing to prepare for the arrival....

yeah...not finished cleaning yet... 

our room....we are last minute girls...so our room is usually this messy come 1am the night before something important like their arrival :) 

hallway...finally rid of all the trash and renovation equipment ...which was replaced by all the mismatched furniture we have left :) 

entryway

finally a real chapel...without kitchen supplies and furniture etc. etc. etc. 

ready for mass with Fr. Clemens tomorrow!! now all we need is a tabernacle. 

we received a donation of food from some Nun friends of ours who's community had received too much of a donation from several supermarkets....Looks like we'll be eating pasta for several months....this is one of two bags we received!  

the newly finished kitchen with installed tile!!! 

look what we found when we moved the cabinet...looks like we never got to cleaning under the cabinet after the electricity was redone in the apartment. 

living room all ready for their arrival! 

READY FOR A HERZLICH WILLKOMMEN!