EWTN TV and radio host announces formation of new religious community

2/15/2008
Catholic News Service (www.catholicnews.com)

Raised a conservative Jew, Moss spent 18 years as an evangelical Protestant before becoming a Catholic in 1995.

SACRAMENTO, CA (CNS) - Rosalind Moss, an author who is an Eternal Word Television Network TV host and one of the network's radio hosts, announced Feb. 13 that she is starting a new community of sisters in the Archdiocese of St. Louis with the permission of Archbishop Raymond L. Burke.

The new group will be called the Daughters of Mary, Mother of Israel's Hope, she told an audience of more than 200 at the Catholic Breakfast Club of Sacramento.

Moss, 65, said she hopes to move to St. Louis within a few months, intends to fulfill as many of her scheduled speaking engagements in the coming year as possible, and plans to continue her radio program from St. Louis.

She is working now on designing a floor-length habit, along with a basket to hold religious articles which sisters will distribute both in the poorest areas of the city and the richest.

"The purpose of this religious community is to flood the world with holy habits as signs to God," said Moss, who is also a staff apologist with Catholic Answers, a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting the Catholic faith through all forms of media.

She said she intends to go into the streets with a team of joy-filled sisters and share the good news.

"I want to tell the world that God hasn't left. He is still here. We are loved by the God who made us for himself. I want to show there is no such thing as secular and religious. There is no division. All is from God," she said.

Moss said her group will be an evangelistic, teaching community following in the spiritual tradition of St. Francis de Sales, whose writings and sermons inspired many to convert to Catholicism. She already has a few women who plan to join her, she added.

"I'll come back to Sacramento one day in a habit," said Moss. "Hold nothing back from God."

Quoting Father Stan Fortuna, a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal known for his music and preaching, she said that "if we keep what God has given us, we are thieves. There is no true, lasting happiness apart from giving our lives to God."

Raised a conservative Jew, Moss spent 18 years as an evangelical Protestant before becoming a Catholic in 1995. She detailed her journey of faith to the Catholic Breakfast Club. In closing she said the group was the first to hear of the new community.

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Linda Kyota
2 years ago
Thank God for people who work wholly for him to help people like me learn more to enrich my life in Christ! May the Lord bless you with all the greatest treasures to keep His mission going to round up more people to Him!
Patricia (Trish) Gurney
3 years ago
I made a retreat this weekend and was speaking with one of the sisters about wanting to go into the convent.She suggested my contacting Rosalind Moss. I am sooo excited about her convent!I would like more information please.
Thank you and God bless you,
Yours in Christ.Trish
Adeline Franca
4 years ago
Iam so excited about Rosaland Moss starting a religious community. I am very interested in visiting , come and see.
Deanna
4 years ago
To contact Rosalind Moss, write to Daughters of Mary, Mother of Israel�s Hope, 4950 Heege Road, St. Louis MO, 63123. Or e-mail Moss at rosalindmoss@gmail.com.
Anon
4 years ago
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To contact Rosalind Moss, write to Daughters of Mary, Mother of Israel�s Hope, 4950 Heege Road, St. Louis MO, 63123. Or e-mail Moss at rosalindmoss@gmail.com.
Diane Lewis
4 years ago
How do I get in touch with Rosalind Moss to inquire joining this new Order? I have been searching to join an order that would accept me at age (then 63) age now 66. Thank You
Michaeleen
4 years ago
At the EWTN family conference, I thought I understood from Sr. Miriam's talk, that she is thinking about no longer speaking in public. I commend her for following God's call, but thinking that I would not be able to hear her speak again made my heart ache. I have learned so much from her teachings. She has such a gift for public speaking. I think about how many people she can reach through the radio/TV medians, and I hope that her calling will be able to include public speaking.
Ruth Corbit
4 years ago
I would like to have more information on this new religious order.
alice guerin
4 years ago
Does Rosalind Moss plan to expand her Order to other states?
Andrea
4 years ago
I am interested in learning more about the religious community which Rosalind Moss is founding in St. Louis. Where can I get information on this?

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