Happy New Year
As Catholic Christians, we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family on the Sunday following our Christmas celebration of the birth of Jesus. Most of us live the majority of our lives as part of a nuclear family; all of…
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…
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…
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.
Ecuador Immersion April 2017: Saturday
After our arrival at the Working Boys' Center in Quito, our first reflection had us looking at the four BVM Core Values: Freedom, Charity, Education and Justice. It will be our job to find real and meaningful actions that express these…
Ecuador Immersion April 2017: Friday
Friday April 21, 5 pm (ish) Hello and thank you for your prayers for this amazing adventure. Currently, I am sitting at my desk at the Center for Working Boys. I'm looking out my window watching children play basketball, standing…
Ecuador Immersion Trip April 2017
Meet the travelers on the Ecuador Immersion Trip happening April 19-28, 2017
Easter Refection 2017
Wake up! We are alleluia people from head to toe! We raise our voices in joy and thanksgiving for God’s amazing and wonderful works. We sing, “Alleluia,” and proclaim, “Jesus Christ is risen.” With Magdalene, we say, “We have seen…
