by Associate Sean Bradley, BVM Spiritual Care Minister I recently returned from a trip to Yellowstone National Park. An image that remains with me is of sitting with morning coffee between a murmuring stream and a many-acres meadow boxed in…
by Associate Christine Olsem On All Saints Day 2011, four months after being hired by the BVMs, I experienced my first liturgy in the Motherhouse chapel. While listening to the necrology, I gazed around the room and was overwhelmed with…
Reflection given by Kitty Lawlor, BVM on the Feast of the Visitation, May 31, 2022. “Mary set out and traveled to the hill country in haste” because she needed someone to talk to after the Angel left her with such…
The Season of Creation began Sept. 1 and continues through Oct. 4, the Feast of St. Francis, the patron saint of ecology. In 2015, another Francis—Pope Francis wrote the Encyclical Laudato Si’ On Care for our Common Home, utilizing words…
With the market at an all-time high and money available to buy a variety of consumer goods to be without a permanent residence in the 21st century seems rather unbelievable. Yet it is a reality. Homelessness is a moral injustice…
In a society where vows seem to have lost the impact of faithfulness they once had, it is wonderful to be able to note that there still are many who honor vows and faithfulness in its many depths and ways…