The Sophia Center for Spirituality

05/01/2023

FYI: The Spiritual Center (where Lois lived) has a new website. If you go there, please change your bookmarks to

A retreat facility in Windsor, NY

06/24/2022

Just a reminder: the book group on The Soul's Slow Ripening begins next week (in person or by Zoom). See the Events page for details and registration information.

12/17/2021

Hopefully you have continued to read through Lois' posts here because they are such a treasure of daily inspiration. The archives of her writing are accessible through the lower left column of this website (on desktop views). Every Advent, she loved to meditate upon the "O Antiphons." As explained by the USCCB, "The Roman Church has been singing the 'O' Antiphons since at least the eighth century....

https://thesophiacenterforspirituality.wordpress.com/2021/12/17/the-o-antiphon-meditations/

11/09/2021

FYI: There will be a Mass said for Sr. Lois at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Hillcrest on Wednesday, Nov. 24 at noon.

St. Francis of Assisi in Binghamton NY is a Eucharistic faith community committed to living and sharing the Gospel life

11/07/2021

****IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ*****

Lois would actually get a laugh out of this...
It appears there are Facebook gremlins at work today. My guess is it's related to the change to Daylight Saving Time.

Our memorial celebration of her life is at SIX P.M. today, not the number after SIX. We have received reports of reminder messages that say otherwise. Hope to see you at SIX P.M.

The Sophia Center for Spirituality invites you to join us for a celebration of Sr. Lois' life to be held Sunday, Nov. 7 at 6 p.m., Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 701 W. Main St., Endicott, NY. The evening will include prayer, song, Scripture, and sharing of memories.
The event will be livestreamed. Link: https://youtu.be/b3cAlmuwGws
We request that those attending in person wear a mask for the safety of all.

11/02/2021

The Sophia Center for Spirituality invites you to join us for a celebration of Sr. Lois' life to be held Sunday, Nov. 7 at 6 p.m., Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 701 W. Main St., Endicott, NY. The evening will include prayer, song, Scripture, and sharing of memories.
The event will be livestreamed. Link: https://youtu.be/b3cAlmuwGws

We request that those attending in person wear a mask for the safety of all.

https://thesophiacenterforspirituality.wordpress.com/2021/11/02/memorial-to-be-held-this-sunday/

The Sophia Center for Spirituality invites you to join us for a celebration of Sr. Lois’ life to be held Sunday, Nov. 7 at 6 p.m., Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 701 W. Main St., Endicott, …

10/12/2021

Friends: We are planning a celebration of Sr. Lois' life to be held Sunday, Nov. 7 at 6 p.m., Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 701 W. Main St., Endicott, NY. More details (including if the event will be able to be livestreamed) to follow. We hope you will join us.

Friends: We are planning a celebration of Sr. Lois’ life to be held Sunday, Nov. 7 at 6 p.m., Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 701 W. Main St., Endicott, NY. More details (including if the ev…

10/12/2021

Mark your calendars:
We are planning a celebration of Sr. Lois' life to be held Sunday, Nov. 7 at 6 p.m., Our Lady of Good Counsel Church, 701 W. Main St., Endicott, NY.
More details (including if the event will be able to be livestreamed) to follow. We hope you will join us.

09/03/2021

NEW: Link to the Funeral Mass of Sr. Lois:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuEuaqo_NbA

First link was just to the prayer service.

Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, License A-722868. All rights reserved.

08/31/2021

UPDATE: We have created a group page so that people can view her funeral Mass "together": https://www.facebook.com/groups/360844812411299

The Prayer Service and Funeral Mass for Sr. Lois will be livestreamed. It will go live at 1 p.m. Friday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDiXh_EeqmA

Permission to podcast/stream the music in this service obtained from ONE LICENSE, License A-722868. All rights reserved.

08/31/2021

In case you missed it, here is Sr. Lois' obituary.

View Sister Lois Barton CSJ's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.