May 2026 Issue of Reflections & Connections
May 11, 2026
The May 2026 issue of Reflections & Connections is now available online for your viewing.
This letter appears in the May Issue of Reflections and Connections
Dear Friends,
We are all called to be joyful witnesses of the Risen Christ even in the midst of the world we are experiencing today. Together, as companions, we remind each other and all peoples that the God who raised Jesus from the dead is still with us and active within our midst.
It is with that belief that we, the Sisters of St. Agnes, will gather June 15-25 for General Chapter 2026. The general chapter fosters spiritual and apostolic vitality, protects our founding charism and spiritual heritage, makes decisions affecting the life and welfare of the entire congregation, and elects the general superior and her councilors (CSA Constitutions). Chapter occurs every four years and is a time of deep prayer, dialogue, and discernment.
Within this edition you will find a copy of the prayer that we have been praying as a community in preparation for Chapter 2026. God, who is Love, continues to call us through the transitions that mark our lives. Please pray for us and for the guidance of the Spirit during the sacred days of Chapter 2026. May the Empowering Spirit strengthen us to respond to the transitions that mark our lives with humility, courage, and wholeheartedness (Chapter 2026 Prayer).
Since being elected by our Sisters to serve in CSA Leadership in June 2022, we have experienced countless blessings, and you are among those. We thank you for your prayers and your support that among us and in our world the Risen Christ be discovered and revealed (CSA Statement of Mission 1990).
Grateful companions on life’s journey,
With grateful hearts,
Sisters Sharon Pollnow, Peg Spindler, Madeline Gianforte, and Lael Niblick
CSA’s General Council, 2022-2026
