Women's Apostolate to Youth

Friday, December 7, 2007

If I am not close to You, what am I worth? If I stray a little from Your majesty, where will I end up?

St. Teresa of Avila

Thursday, December 6, 2007

In the face of so many enemies it's not possible for us to sit with our hands folded.

St. Teresa of Avila

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

O Love that loves me more than I can love myself or understand!

St. Teresa of Avila

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Ascending Mount Carmel

If you do not strive for the virtues and practice them, you will always be dwarfs.

St. Teresa of Avila

WAY arrives on Blogger!

I thought it would be nice to have one place for the Saint quotes, articles, etc. If you have any ideas, let me know.

Monday, December 3, 2007

Let the body work, for it is good that you work to sustain yourselves; let your soul be at rest.

St. Teresa of Avila

Sunday, December 2, 2007

He will see that whoever loves Him much will be able to suffer much for Him; whoever loves Him little will be capable of little. I myself hold that the measure for being able to bear a large or small cross is love.

St. Teresa of Avila

Saturday, December 1, 2007

What folly: To flee from the light so as to be always stumbling!

St. Teresa of Avila

Our Mission

To promote the spiritual well being of children and youth and to provide spiritual formation and moral support for women who are called to work in a variety of ministries dedicated to this end, whether as mothers, teachers and catechists, youth ministers, social workers or as relatives, godparents and friends. W.A.Y. recognizes that such women have their own particular spiritual needs and therefore seek to foster a helpful pattern of personal and communal spiritual practice as well as a philosophy of Christian formation that will be especially helpful in work with children and youth.

Who We Are

The Women's Apostolate to Youth (WAY) is an inter-generational lay Association of Christ's Faithful for Catholic women in the Diocese of Arlington. We take as our heavenly patroness and model of spiritual maternity the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Incarnate Love. Our spiritual mentors are Saints Teresa of Avila, Catherine of Siena, Elizabeth Ann Seton, Therese of Lisieux, St. Edith Stein-- holy women whose lives and works offer perennially valid inspiration and guidance to women seeking an authentically Catholic and feminine form of spiritual practice.