This Lenten program is offered by St John Vianney Women's Ministry, and open to ALL women. We will be meeting weekly on Tuesdays,March 4 - April 15, in the Parish Center fellowship room, with 2 sessions each week ~ 9:00 AM OR 6:30 PM. Ready to sign up? Click HERE. Need more info? Read on: Have you ever wondered why Jesus went into the wilderness? Some believe it was to reveal his divinity or to restore humanity’s relationship with God. In Wilderness Within, Sr. Josephine Garrett reflects on the belief that Jesus went into the wilderness to rescue us—to rescue us! The Lord does not want us to view the wilderness as something that causes worry, anxiety, or fear. “What if, instead,” Sr. Josephine writes, “we looked at how God has been a faithful provider in the wilderness and trusted that He will do the same for us in the wilderness journey ahead? What if we joyfully take His hand and journey into the wilderness, because when Christ enters there, ‘this opposite place of the garden becomes the place of reconciliation and healing’” (Pope Benedict XVI, Jesus of Nazareth)? Each day’s content includes brief meditations, specially crafted illustrations, thought-provoking reflection questions, heartfelt prayers curated to uplift your spirit, and ample journaling space for personal revelations and insights. Then meet with other women on Tuesdays for discussion and to view the videos. In Wilderness Within, Sr. Josephine will guide you through the forty days to attend to the wilderness of your heart as a place to be explored, restored, and sent on mission by Jesus’s tender love, for a beautiful and renewing Lent. Journals are available through St John Vianney at $10 each, or from Ave Maria Press at www.avemariapress.com/products/wilderness-within. Order will be placed on or about February 14, so be sure to sign up soon! To register for the program, and/or to order a journal, click here >> click to register