Each year on January 1 we celebrate the feast of Mary Mother of God, the solemnity of Mary as Theotokos, God-bearer. We honor the woman who physically nurtured the Godhead within her womb for nine months and gave birth to…
Humility is a word that I keep coming back to as I reflect on my past week visiting Guayaquil and Quito, Ecuador. The purpose of my trip, with Resurrection parishioners Tim and Mary Moothart, was to be able to gain…
December is a time to celebrate the Mother of God under the title of the Immaculate Conception, but it is also the time to recall the coming of our Blessed Mother to the new world under the title of Our…
On Dec. 8, the church celebrates the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. This feast was celebrated in some monasteries before the beginning of the eighth century and became widespread in the eighteenth century. The bishops commended the United States to…
Last weekend was my first BVM Network on Women’s Issues meeting and it was such a blessing. At the Felician Motherhouse in Chicago we explored the universe story first by sharing a bit about “What difference has my emerging understanding…
When I was in grade school I spent many hours reading biographies on the lives of the saints. What exciting lives they lived!
I have been a Sister of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary since 1952. I came from Chicago to Dubuque and entered the congregation at Mount Carmel at the age of 18 after 12 years of Catholic education.
A common myth that many of us were taught when we were in grade school is that in 1492 Christopher Columbus sailed across the ocean blue and discovered America. Hopefully, at one point, we learned that he more accurately “discovered”…
I often find that what I am spiritually reflecting on and working on appears in the Sunday readings and homily. This I believe is the Spirit at work. It doesn’t necessarily mean the readings and homily are only intended for…
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…