Sr. Connie Bach

On July 1 Sister Connie Bach, PHJC celebrated her 25th Jubilee Anniversary. “Aspects of Love” excerpt below was taken from a reflection by Sr. Linda Volk, PHJC for Sr. Connie’s 25th Jubilee liturgy

Sr. Connie’s favorite quote from her community’s foundress, Catherine Kasper, is “All things are great that are done in God’s name. Nothing done for God is small. Connie illuminates this choice and shares, “This has been my motto in generously sharing my time, gifts and talents wherever and in whatever ways I am called.” Connie is a woman of song and Spirit and definitely a woman who believes in the power and compelling nature of love. She often expresses her love for God, her love for community, and her commitment as a woman religious through her gift of music.

And because of her love for music I thought we might invite Michael Ball on stage with his signature song, “Love Changes Everything.” In his beautiful tenor voice he challenges us with the kind of love that “makes fools of everyone.” There you are, Catherine, Fool of God, living out the very essence of love and there with you is your daughter, Connie, whose life sings out along with Michael Ball, “Love will turn your world around and nothing in the world will ever be the same. Yes, love changes everything.” This refrain (Love changes everything) has been the voice of the Spirit for Connie throughout her 25 years of commitment as a Poor Handmaid. So I hear Connie responding to this soloist by saying, “Michael, we can sing a duet because of my strong certitude that love of my calling has changed everything and has turned my world around. I not only sing it, I bring it through my ministry, I ring it around my sisters in community, and when life throws me a curve I wing it by trusting in the Spirit as Catherine did. And this is my rendering of “All things are great that are done in God’s name. Nothing done for God is small.”