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Claire Gallagher
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Theme:Come Away and Pray-Growing in intimacy with the Lord during the Lenten season.In our culture based on achievement and success, Lent sometimes becomes a season of self-improvement, which for many people becomes a season in which we feel we don't measure up to those around us or we don't "do enough" for Lent. But Lent is an invitation into deeper intimacy with Jesus, to return to Him with honesty, desire and trust. Rather than focusing on what we give up or how we measure up, this day will reframe Lent as a journey of drawing near, allowing prayer to become a place of encounter, healing, and relationship, where real transformation happens.
Presenter: Claire Gallagher is a consecrated virgin for the Archdiocese of New Orleans. She has several years of experience in teaching, youth and young adult ministry, adult faith formation, retreat ministry, and currently works as a project manager with the Loyola Institute for Ministry at Loyola University New Orleans. She is the co-host of the podcast "Flourishing Sisterhood", which highlights the unique stories of religious sisters in the south. Claire earned a Masters of Arts in Theological Studies from Notre Dame Seminary. In her free time you can find her West Coast Swing dancing, baking, participating in storytelling competitions, traveling, spoiling her six nieces and nephews, and finding God in the midst of it all.