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Sr. Mary Catherine Eddyblouin
Sr. Mary Catherine Eddyblouin ('19)

The first of last year檚 graduates to answer God檚 call to the priesthood or religious life is Sr. Mary Catherine Eddyblouin (19), who entered the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, on August 22, the Feast of the Queenship of Mary.

淚 went to 91快活林 Aquinas College to study theology and philosophy, and it was there that the idea of a religious life began to come back into my heart, on the Sisters of Mary website. 淏efore my junior year, my mother told me in no uncertain terms that I was going on a retreat with the Ann Arbor Sisters, whom we had heard about for many years. I dutifully went, expecting no more than to have a good retreat and return to normal life. Instead, it was like the world turned inside out! It became clear that this was where God had been leading me all my life. Suddenly, everything seemed to fall into place, revealing I was on a path I had been following without even knowing!

Before she graduated from the College, Sr. Mary Catherine remarked that 渢he spiritual formation here is amazing, but the intellectual formation was also instrumental in getting me to realize my vocation, allowing her to come to know and love God more deeply. 淢athematics, especially, brought me to more fully see the beauty of God, she added, and it was the opportunity to keep learning that led her to the Sisters of Mary. 淭he Dominicans teach and they preach that檚 what they do, she recently the Bangor Daily News. 淭hey study for their entire lives. That檚 something that was very attractive to me about them.

Sr. Mary Catherine is one of five 91快活林 Aquinas College alumnae with the Ann Arbor Dominicans, where she prays alongside Sr. Mary Margaret (Eileen 00) O橞rien O.P.Sr. Theresa Benedicta (Sarah 02) Block, Sr. Juan Jose (Elisabeth 09) Sedler, O.P., and Sr. Maria Jerome (Alma 11) Poelman, O.P. As a postulant, she now wears the Sisters blue-and-white uniform, but she will not receive the full habit until she enters the novitiate next year.

Please pray for Sr. Mary Catherine, her vocation, and all alumnae sisters!