We will have a  presentation from Sister Grace of the Sisters of St. Margaret of Boston, MA.
Sr. Grace, SSM, was born and raised in central Massachusetts, and had a fifteen year career in mortgage banking prior to becoming a Sister of St. Margaret.  She entered as a postulant in October of 1999, was clothed as a novice on Palm Sunday, 2000, made her first vows in January, 2003, and her life vows in January, 2005.  While she was still a novice, she was sent to Neale House, a Mission House of the Society of St. Margaret in Manhattan, just after the devastating attacks of September 11, 2001.  She spent six months as the Spiritual Coordinator of St. Paul's Chapel, a parish of Trinity Church, Wall Street, which remained open twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, to serve as a respite center for the rescue workers who were working at Ground Zero.  These included police officers, firefighters, military personnel, chaplains, construction workers, government officials, and even some celebrities!  This experience shaped Sr. Grace's faith and vocation in many ways and that is what she will be speaking about at the meeting of the ECW.  She will also talk about the work and ministry of the Sisters of St. Margaret.