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The Consoling Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Vigne di Narni, Italy
For Mother House/Novitiate and general support. Tax-deductible in the U.S.
Checks (USA)
Make payable to: Friends of the Consoling Sisters
Mail to: P.O. Box 2073, Post Falls, ID 83877
Memo: your designation (General Support, New Church Project, India, or USA Apostolates)
Wire Transfer (USA)
Beneficiary: Friends of the Consoling Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Bank: Global Credit Union, 320 E. Neider Ave Suite 101, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815
Routing: 325272021
Account: 1700052089875
U.S. Non-Profit: Friends of the Consoling Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Inc.
EIN 85-4172996 • IRS code 501(c)(3)
Please email us when sending wire transfers and ACH. The bank doesn't always pass along the donor's name and contact. With your name and address we can send you a receipt for your tax deduction.
Email: friends@consolingsisters.org
For the Orphanage in India. Tax-deductible in the U.S.
Checks (USA)
Make payable to: Little Flower, Inc.
Mail to: 1100 S. Madison Road, Post Falls, ID 83854
Memo: "Servi Domini Orphanage"
Wire Transfer (USA)
Beneficiary: Little Flower, Inc.
Bank: Wells Fargo Bank, 1026 E Polson Ave, Post Falls, ID 83854
SWIFT: WFBIUS6S
Routing: 124103799
Account: 5078645040
U.S. Non-Profit: Little Flower Inc.
EIN 84-2773578 • IRS code 501(c)(3)
For Mother House/Convent needs in Italy. Not tax-deductible. No checks to Italy please.
Beneficiary: Associazione Consolatrici del Sacro Cuore di Gesu
Bank: Intesa San Paolo
IBAN: IT45 C030 6972 7101 0000 0005 705
BIC: BCITITMM
Reason/Reference: For the Convent
With wire transfers and direct deposits (ACH), the bank doesn't always pass along the donor's name and contact. If you would, please let us know when you give this way so we may thank you and send a receipt if one is needed.
For donation receipts or questions about deposits to Italy, email: Friends@consolingsisters.org
General contact (Italy): +39 0744 796406 • consolatrici@gmail.com
From Switzerland, in Swiss Francs.
Bank: Raiffeisenbank, Magdenauerstrasse 1, 9230 Flawil, Switzerland
Account Name: Verein zur Unterstützung der Trösterinnen des Herzens Jesu
BIC/SWIFT: RAIFCH22XXX
IBAN: CH66 8080 8005 0493 6068 8
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If you have any questions, you may contact us at: consolatricidelsacrocuore@gmail.com
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October 5, 2026
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What is a Stella Matutina Camp?
“Stella Matutina” — the Morning Star — is one of the oldest and richest Marian titles, one we use in the Litany of Loreto.
This phrase, drawn from Ecclesiasticus, is applied to Our Lady as the one who appears just before the dawn: visible while it is still dark, heralding a light greater than herself, and giving hope and direction to those still traveling in the night.
The spiritual image
She precedes, she does not replace. The morning star is not the sun. Mary’s whole significance, in this title, is that she points beyond herself to Christ, the “Sun of Justice” (Malachi 4:2). A camp is Marian in method, but ordered entirely to Christ as the end.
She shines in darkness. The morning star is seen before the light comes, when things are still obscure. Mary announced Christ’s coming before it was fully manifest — and by her ongoing role guiding souls through life to heaven above.
She gives hope to those still journeying. Sailors and travelers used the morning star to know dawn was near even while surrounded by night. If things may be dark now, the light is coming, and Mary, steadfast with love and hope, leads us to the light.
Smallness and humility. Unlike the sun, the morning star is faint — a small, quiet sign rather than an overwhelming one. Through Mary, children and youth are naturally drawn to littleness, hiddenness, and quiet fidelity to virtue in a spirit of love, grace, joy, and fraternal charity.
The camp’s spirit
Formation ordered to Christ through Mary — devotions, recreations, and daily life at camp through Mary point to the Sun she precedes.
Our Hope and joy living in the world — through our faith, hope and joy, we carry our examples into the world the way the morning star gives courage to travelers still in night.
Rising early — morning and night prayers, early Mass, Angelus, rosary, a rhythm of life tuned to the natural day as a symbol of the spiritual one.
Quiet, humble witness — the star is small and precedes something greater, and so we teach humility and fidelity to virtue preparing the way through Our Lady to Our Lord.
Mary as model and guide — our model of virtue and formation of character cultivating purity; our guide to the light, to the Most Sacred Heart; to God Almighty, author of Heaven and Earth. Deo Gratias!
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Deo Gratias!
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