Advent Week Three
Advent is my favorite season of the Church Year. I love all the Advent Hymns, especially “O Come, O Come Emmanuel.” My parish is using the refrain “Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel Shall come to thee, O Israel” as the response to…
The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
On this feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe may we be renewed in our faith and our devotion. May we experience God’s compassion and consolation in our sorrows. As Our Lady of Guadalupe called upon the Church to heed the…
Advent Week Two
In reading the scripture for today, my soul yearns for the promises of kindness, peace, joy and comfort expressed in the words. The Lord comes to me and to you in these syllables of grace unfolding much like the readings…
Advent Week One
[Jesus said] What I say to you, I say to all: ‘Watch!'” Mark 13:37 “Watch” This warning has been sounded in our ears many times over the course of our lives. Sometimes it heralded something wondrous: “Watch what happens when we…
The Feast of Mary Frances Clarke
As we celebrate the Feast of Mary Frances Clarke, a peacemaker, a woman whose background includes the Quaker tradition, we ponder how she would react to the acts of violence, the vitriolic rhetoric which is ever present in our world…
Mary McCauley, BVM Responds to DACA
A DREAMER shares: ... I grew up reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and proudly singing the National Anthem. I grew up learning what it means to be an American. I am an American!
Summer Gathering “United in Heart”
UNITED IN HEART was an incredibly powerful experience for me. It was a stroke of genius to hold the event in the Mount Carmel chapel, where I, like most BVMs had my first experiences of religious life, and to which…
Summer Retreat: “Freed by Love, Acting for Justice”
Each summer I look forward to the Associate Retreat at Mt. Carmel and this year was no exception. It is always good to reconnect with associates and sisters on the retreat as well as the residents at Mt. Carmel. The…
Everyone Has a Vocation
Everyone has a vocation. Whether living our lives as married, single or religious God calls us to be faithful to the Gospel and to be a loving people. Our challenge is to listen and discern how to respond to that…
Ecuador Immersion April 2017: Monday
Today was a busy day. Madre Cindy led us on a walking tour of the Working Boys Center #2. Cindy told us that it is the only organization in Ecuador that works with the entire family as a unit.