Artwork by Associate Maureen Frommelt Advent is an awesome liturgical season that speaks to the heart like no other! As we await the birth of Jesus at Christmas, the waiting and watching spoken of in the daily readings bring about…
This is a partial description of my gratitude list: Raking brightly colored red maple leaves into gigantic piles in the abnormally warm autumn temperatures. Family members and sisters recovering from COVID-19. Calming relief with the soon-to-be White House residents. Remaining…
Gilbert Keith Chesterton once defined the Communion of Saints: “The Church Triumphant is All Saints, the Church Suffering is All Souls, and the Church Militant is all sorts.” Indeed we are. Heaven will be filled from this motley crowd. Looking…
The Feast of St. Francis on Oct. 4 concluded the Season of Creation, so appropriate for the man named the Patron Saint of Ecology by Pope Paul II. For Francis of Assisi, every person, every creature, and every thing was…
Painting of young BVM Foundress Mary Frances Clarke by BVM Mary Faith Lautz. As questions swirl and not knowing grows, I feel myself teetering on the edge these days, asking each morning what will this day bring? Today on the…
The Audacity of Hope was a book written by former President Barack Obama 14 years ago. At that time I thought it was a very pretentious title but it captured my imagination to read the book. It was inspiring. So,…
Terese Shinners, BVM Share in the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of 17 Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary by watching a Eucharistic Liturgy on live videostream Sunday, Sept. 13, at 10:30 a.m. at bvmsisters.org/2020-jubilarians. On Sept. 8,…
. . . For today the Virgin Mother of God was assumed into heaven as the beginning and image of your Church’s coming to perfection and a sign of sure hope and comfort to your pilgrim people . . …
“Lord, make me a channel of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow your love.” These heartfelt words from the popular prayer attributed to St. Francis of Assisi have widespread appeal to people everywhere.* “May the Lord give…
On a hot August day nearly 20 years ago, I arrived at Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein, Ill., for my first day of teaching. One of my most vivid memories of that day was seeing the massive window of…