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I never did tell y'all about the November 5th Event as to how it went at NET didnt I? Well here is an article:


What Is An Evening Like With Sister Joseph Andrew?


To all who have had experience with this holy woman, you all know what an evening is like with Sister Joseph Andrew...I'm here to tell you about my happiest and awe-inspiring, Holy hours with Sister Jo. It all as usual starts with "history." Sister Joseph Andrew Bogdanowicz -I never did learn how to say her last name, many of us just said, SJAB for short- Is a "former Nashville Dominican" obviously from Nashville, Tennessee of Saint Cecilia’s wonders. We often think of the plain explain of “The John Paul II Generation” of evangelization; Sister Joseph Andrew although an expert has been the inspiration of the JPII Generation to youth all over, not just with articles or interviews, but with her prayers, presence and voice.

We may not know what her past was like with the Nashville Dominicans, but we have experienced her “is’s” and “do’s” and “did’s”, but we must remember she is a spouse of Christ. Its all simple in a question asked, “Are you married?” YES! She is…she is married, and what a better spouse then our Lord! When I was at the NET Center here in Saint Paul Minnesota last Saturday, I remember talking to Sister Jo before she went to prayer. She was rather slightly if I may say so myself nervous about talking her topic, otherwise she wouldn’t have asked me for all those Hail Mary’s!!! J I remember trying to calm her down with the usual. “Don’t worry! You will be okay!” But that day it was different, I came up to her before she went on the stage and said, “Sister? Do you know what’s better then Hail Mary’s?” She looked at me like, “WHAT! There is nothing better then Hail Mary’s!” (And this of course coming from a Sister of Mary) So being the (student-sister), I told her, “A full rosary said for you.” And sure enough it was sooooooooooo worth that half hour praying the rosary while she was in prayer!

Sister went up on that stage like she had been a professional actress ALL her life! Just ready to make the crowd laugh their eyes out! Which she did actually, with her Pope John Paul The Great story. But, there’s more then that…so much more from this Mother Vicar. It was the Five Marks of a Catholic Woman, you ask, what are the five marks of a catholic woman?

It’s quite simple, but yet divine powerful. Just take up a cross and the five marks are right in front of you. To be non-confusional. The left hand, the right hand, the left foot, the right foot, and the heart. Each wound has its own meaning…(unfortunately sorry Sister Jo! I only remember four! J) The right hand = embrace, the left hand = baptism, the left foot = prayer, and the heart = love. Her words were a flowing fountain…trying to keep cool. She was really on Spirit Fire!

Before prayer I remember her very catching question she asked me when we were talking, “Why us and not Saint Cecilia?” (Not too much of a difference) And my simple answer was, “God’s tug on my heart, as to that’s where He wants me to be.” How better can that get? It gets better. I had to admit, though at ease with our Sister, I was stuck like glue to her…so stuck I left my chair to go sit by her while praising and singing and clapping and screaming, along with ((sonar one of the greatest bands I have ever (personally) met. – My joke though of the evening was, “Sister, I am so used to seeing you in photographs, that I still haven’t gotten use to the fact that you are here in person!” She responded with her unique customary accent laughter! In these four hours I spent with her, her presence was even sensible when she left the building, her words echoing in my mind when I was in the car with my brother who picked me up, her every move leaving a mark, a smile on my face.

So what is an evening like with Sister Joseph Andrew? An evening with this sister is one of those once in a lifetime evenings, a evening of joy, laughter, abundance, prayer, praise, and most of all a Mother Vicar in a white and black veil of the Dominican Habit, who is extremely amazing.

By Amanda

Authors Note: There will be a special addition to this article later on, called "What a reaction should/shouldnt be when meeting Sister Joseph Andrew."