Women's Apostolate to Youth

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Prophetic Words

I would like to enlighten souls as did the Prophets and the Doctors. I have the vocation of the Apostle. I would like to travel over the whole earth to preach Your Name...But O my Beloved, one mission alone would not be sufficient for me, I would want to preach the gospel on all the five continents...I would be a missionary, not for a few years only but from the beginning of creation until the consummation of the ages.

St. Therese of Lisieux
Story of a Soul p 192-3

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

The science of love, ah yes, this word resounds sweetly in the ear of my soul, and I desire only this science. ...I understand so well that is is only love which makes us acceptable to God and this love is my only ambition. Jesus deigned to show me the road that leads to the Divine Furnace, and this road is the surrender of the little child who sleeps without fear in its Father's arms.

St. Therese
Story of a Soul pp 187-188

Monday, March 24, 2008

Because I was little and weak, He lowered Himself to me, He instructed me secretly in the things of His love.

St. Therese
Story of a Soul p 105

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Empty!

Friday, March 21, 2008

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

I am only a child, powerless and weak, and yet it is my weakness that gives me the boldness of offering myself as VICTIM of Your Love, O Jesus!...me, a weak and imperfect creature. Is not this choice worthy of Love? Yes, in order that Love be fully satisfied, it is necessary that It lower Itself, and that It lower Itself to nothingness and transform this nothingness into fire.

St. Therese of Lisieux
Story of a Soul 195

Monday, March 17, 2008

How sweet is the way of love. True, one can fall or commit infidelities, but, knowing how to draw profit from everything, love quickly consumes everything that can be displeasing to Jesus; it leaves nothing but a humble and profound peace in the depths of the heart.

St. Therese of Lisieux
Story of a Soul 179

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Jesus...has no need of our works but only of our love,...He did not fear to beg for a little water from the Samaritan woman. He was thirsty. But when He said:"Give me to drink," it was the love of His poor creature the creator of the universe was seeking. He was thirsty for love.

St. Therese of Lisieux
Story of a Soul 189

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.