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Sr Silvana Dallanegra rscj
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Religious of the Sacred Heart, called to make known the unbounded, limitless love of God. I also blog, love chocolate and have a quirky though GSOH! https://allthislifeandheaventoo.blogspot.com/
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Good #BlueMonday morning!

3 years ago Heaven & I decided to counter the general dislike/disparagement of #January which always seems to get a bad press. Maybe today's a good day to re-share this, from #HeavensArchives

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In praise of... January
Mnemonic Thirty days hath September, April, June and November. Unless a leap year is its fate, February hath twenty-eight. All the rest have...
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January 19, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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#NewYear2026 and Heaven has a new label - Tiny Joys, starting with the little ones in my garden. Because right now, I, we, all need to find & savour #TinyJoys wherever we can.

Hope you enjoy #TodaysHeaven

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#SimplyLife #GratefulHeart #Gratitude
Tiny joys and deep down things
It's already four months since I moved house. I'm still in the same road, only four doors down from my previous home at L's bend, but in tho...
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January 14, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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Happy #Epiphany!

#12DaysOfHeaven #2025InReview Day 12

And in December, I spent #Advent leading a group reflecting on #DilexiTe, #PopeLeo 's document on God's love & ours for the poor, vulnerable & excluded

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Dilexi Te Advent
God is merciful love, and his plan of love, which unfolds and is fulfilled in history, is above all his descent and coming among us to free ...
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January 6, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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#HappyEpiphany everybody! Heaven & I are quietly celebrating 32 years since I entered #ReligiousLife with the Society of the #SacredHeart when I was given a little heart to wear...

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#TodaysHeaven #SimplyLife #Choice4God #NunsOfBlueSky #Epiphany
Living forever in love
On this day in 1994 I began my journey with the Society of the Sacred Heart. Epiphany, with its interwoven themes of journeying and faith-fi...
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January 6, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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#HappyEpiphany everybody! Heaven & I are quietly celebrating 32 years since I entered #ReligiousLife with the Society of the #SacredHeart when I was given a little heart to wear...

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#TodaysHeaven #SimplyLife #Choice4God #NunsOfBlueSky #Epiphany
Living forever in love
On this day in 1994 I began my journey with the Society of the Sacred Heart. Epiphany, with its interwoven themes of journeying and faith-fi...
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January 6, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 11 - bonus post

Because in November we celebrated the Society of the #SacredHeart's 225th birthday - during #Jubilee2025

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Jubilee, hope and 225
The other day I was thinking about the 21st November 1800. This was the day when our Society was born: when a fervent, courageous and quietl...
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January 5, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 11

In November, in the Society of the #SacredHeart, we celebrate St Philippine Duchesne, our 2nd saint and 1st pioneering missionary...

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Shining brightly
Today, in the worldwide Society of the Sacred Heart, we are celebrating St Philippine Duchesne, our second saint and first missionary, whose...
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January 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 10 bonus post

In October, when we celebrated #MaterAdmirabilis, she reminded us not to lose hope in the face of hate & injustice - a necessary message for us all

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Never losing heart
Then Jesus told them a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart... (Luke 18:1) Yesterday's Gospel reminded us of the ...
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January 4, 2026 at 9:34 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #2025InReview Day 10

And in October, to my delight, the gift of my #RSCJ Aussie best friend being able to stay with me for a few days...
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Pure gift and sheer grace
Let us love this distance, which is thoroughly woven with friendship, since those who do not love each other are not separated. ~ Simone Wei...
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January 4, 2026 at 6:10 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview - Day 9

And in September, I moved house, after 4 years at L's bend...

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No place I would rather be
Once a month my local Catholic church hosts Youth 2000 for an evening of eucharistic adoration, which I attend whenever I can, even if only ...
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January 3, 2026 at 8:20 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 8

And in August's sunshine and heat I pondered and drew lessons from my garden's untrammelled greenery

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Layers, roots and a coral call
Almost two weeks ago, I quietly marked thirty-five years since that unforgettable day when, after several months of a gradual, increasing fa...
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January 2, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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#HappyNewYear2026! And here's the first piece of Heaven for 2026, along with the year's first #sunset over the #RiverThames. Enjoy!
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#NewYear2026 #NewYear #TodaysHeaven #SimplyLife
New year sunset
Grey skies have been interspersed with blue ones over the past month of so. And blue sky days invariably mean that, after a few hours of day...
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January 1, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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#HappyNewYear2026! And here's the first piece of Heaven for 2026, along with the year's first #sunset over the #RiverThames. Enjoy!
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#NewYear2026 #NewYear #TodaysHeaven #SimplyLife
New year sunset
Grey skies have been interspersed with blue ones over the past month of so. And blue sky days invariably mean that, after a few hours of day...
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January 1, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 7

And I started July reflecting on #StThomas, wounds, and some recent visits to the LOUDfence in Westminster Cathedral

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I am not like Thomas...
I am not like Thomas, wounds I cannot see, But I plainly call thee Lord and God as he: Let me to a deeper faith each day nearer move, Daily ...
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January 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview - Day 6, bonus post

Because in June, on #CorpusChristi I celebrated the 22nd anniversary of my perpetual #vows, reflecting on God's generosity...

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Twelve baskets and more
Our early summer has oozed into a midsummer heatwave. Here at L's bend the air is oven-hot and heavy, the magnolia has already started its s...
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December 31, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 6

June is the month of the #SacredHeart, the focus with which Heaven and I started the month...

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We can never love too much
It's already June, the month of blooming roses and fragrant jasmine, and days, here in the northern hemisphere, stretching through warm leng...
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December 31, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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The last sunset of 2025, with which to wish you and all your loved ones a very #HappyNewYear, and blessings of happiness and health throughout 2026

#HappyNewYear2026 #lastsunset #NewYearEve #NewYearVibes #SimplyLife
December 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview - Day 5 bonus post

Because in May, #RSCJ & the wider #SacredHeart family celebrate the feast of our founder, #StMadeleineSophie
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Only Jesus and his glory
Regular readers of this blog might recall that every year, around mid-May, I begin asking St Madeleine Sophie what she would like me to writ...
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December 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 5

And we began May, still in #Easter tide, praying for the #Conclave and wondering who our new #Pope would be...
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#HeavensHighlights #HeavensArchives #2025InReview #PopeLeoXIV
The Conclave, and our three Rs
This Easter, in addition to celebrating the Resurrection, I had the joy of seeing a friend get confirmed at the Easter Vigil. I gave her a c...
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December 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Remembering my July visit to @cburycathedral.bsky.social and my old middle school, St Thomas of Canterbury, Mitcham.

#StThomasOfCanterbury, pray for us & for courage & strength for all who face paying the greatest price for their Faith.

#SimplyLife #Catholic #Choice4God #NunsOfBlueSky
December 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 4

And in April, we lost #PopeFrancis, the Pope of hope and encounter, mercy, inclusion, the poor and so much more...
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All is born to blossom
Christ is risen! These words capture the entire meaning of our existence, for we were not made for death but for life. ~ Easter Sunday final...
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December 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 3

And in March, I started walking to the moon (I've since made it to Venus as well, and I'm currently 223.9 miles away from Mars!)
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Loved to the moon and back
Four years ago I downloaded a step counter onto my phone. It almost immediately felt ill-fated: within days I had a bad flare-up of sciatica...
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December 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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A late-night piece of Heaven, inspired by today's saint, #StJohnTheEvangelist, the #BelovedDisciple, and this icon...

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#TodaysHeaven #Catholic #SimplyLife #Choice4God
The feelings and preferences of his Heart...
Today we celebrate St John: evangelist, witness to the Resurrection, the one Jesus entrusted with the care of his Mother; the Beloved Discip...
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December 27, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 2

And in February, on #ValentinesDay, I was in a school, talking about what love looks like... (clue: not like red roses!) And quoting St Augustine, little knowing we'd soon have an Augustinian #PopeLeoXIV!

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What does love look like?
What does love look like?  This timeless question was posed by St Augustine, who went on to supply the equally timeless answer:  It has the ...
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December 27, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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#12DaysOfHeaven #YearInReview Day 1 - bonus post

In January, I also marked the 30th anniversary of the day I became a novice in the Society of the #SacredHeart

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#HeavensHighlights #HeavensArchives #BeingSacredHeart
God's YES to me
For all that has been, thank you. For all that is to come, YES ~ Dag Hammarskjöld When religious celebrate the anniversary of their vows, pe...
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December 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM