Jesus asks us to love our neighbor as ourselves. Certainly, we love our neighbor. We have raised our children, given our lives in the service of others, taken care of the sorrowful, the lonely and the poor. Yet, our love…
My mother once told me that shortly after I was born, she sat on the front porch, rocked me all afternoon, and just looked upon me trying to comprehend the wonder of her first-born. God loves us in this way,…
Love How do you know when you are loved? How do you love in so many ways? We, living, know the need and the joy. Valentine’s Day is also Ash Wednesday. Is there a mutual between the two? Love reaches…
by Associate Sean Bradley, BVM Spiritual Care Minister I have never been anywhere where gratitude is so ingrained as at Mount Carmel Bluffs. The community expresses it well and often. I am both a recipient and swept up in waves…
Come celebrate with us! You are invited to join the Dubuque Catholic Social Justice Network and the Dubuque Interfaith Green Coalition to reflect on our place in creation Sept.1–Oct. 4. Events are part of the global movement for the Season…
by Bette Gambonini, BVM The Season of Creation is the annual Christian celebration to pray and respond together to the cry of Creation: the ecumenical family around the world unites to listen and care for our common home, the Oikos…
Beginning in October, BVMs will spend the next year embracing Goal #1: Response to the Cry of the Earth of the Laudato Si’ Action Platform (LSAP). This LSAP goal calls for protecting our common Earth home for the wellbeing of…
Within the last week, a family member made a rude remark to me, someone cut me off in traffic, and I wasn’t as supportive of a friend as I could have been. As always, opportunities for forgiveness abound! Dr. Martin…
As we come into the final weeks of another winter season, I find myself imagining what is beginning to happen underneath the ground as Earth prepares to awaken from her cold slumber here in the Midwest. My tendency is to…
You are invited to join others in taking a contemplative look at BVM core values and direction statements in dialogue with resources from authors writing on ecological spirituality and practices.