A special blessing ceremony was held Aug. 10 to celebrate a new mural installed at The Gardens of St. Francis senior living community located in Oregon.
<p style="margin-bottom:16px">Advent and Christmas can be a commercialized, monthslong celebration of consumerism.</p> <p>One way sisters help return the holy meanings of the holidays is by creating and selling gifts that, thanks to the internet, can now be purchased from convents across the United States without traveling beyond a computer or mobile device.</p>