THE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OF WALNUT GROVE
LENT 2025
Mary, Mother of Fairest Love:
Creating the Fairest Love Statue
The magnificent statue of Mary, Mother of Fairest Love, sculpted by Cody Joseph Swanson, will soon be traveling to the United States. It will be temporarily housed at St. Mary of the Angels Church in Chicago, until its permanent home in California is ready. As we await the arrival to our country of this stunning image of Our Lady, it can be illuminating to consider all the effort that went into crafting the statue.
ADVENT 2024
Girls' Club Corner: One Mom’s Journey with Girls’ Club WIT spoke recently with Ann, a mother who has been involved with several girls’ clubs through the years. Here are Ann’s thoughts on how girls’ club helped supplement the education of her daughters: We have three daughters whom I wanted to have the girls’ club...
SUMMER 2024
UNIV 2024: Attendees from five continents! Most ever! UNIV is an international conference for college women who are interested in deepening their faith and adding meaning to their life and work. The annual conference is held in Rome during Holy Week, where participants can truly see the universality of the church.