“Look at me! See who I really am.” by Jeanne Christensen, RSM My name is Emma and I am living a nightmare. Someone said it is Lent. What does that mean? I think it’s something about God being tortured and dying so I can be saved. I...
“In God’s will, there is great peace” by Carol Davis, OP [caption id="attachment_3775" align="aligncenter" width="437"] Image: Stained Glass of St. Josephine Bakhita, Saint John Paul II Chapel, Mundelein | photo by Fr. Gaurav Shroff[/caption] The title of this reflection is a direct quote from Saint Josephine Bakhita, a...
Forced to Seek Safety in a Foreign Land: The Plight of Those on the Move By Jean Schafer SDS [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="280"] Holy Family: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/56083957838407207/[/caption] As we think of the Holy Family during the Advent/Christmas season, we often forget their need to flee their homeland shortly after the...
Hope is a Way of Life by Anne Victory, HM With all of the recent crises—multiple hurricanes leaving millions without the basics of life, earthquakes killing thousands, devastating forest fires, senseless gun violence, reckless political maneuvering—I’ve been feeling overwhelmed, drained, exhausted. Add to that the fact that...
Breaking the Cycle of Violence by Sister Kathleen Coll, SSJ The month of October is a favorite one of mine. Usually, the weather here in the mid-Atlantic is mild with cool evenings. The burst of color surrounding us is amazing! Everywhere you look the trees adorn themselves...
A prayer for the ones left behind By Michele Morek, OSU On May 25, International Missing Children’s Day, I was reading a Prayer for Missing Children by Jane Deren (Education for Justice) when I was struck by a thunderbolt of conscience. It was a lovely prayer, praying for...
Traffik 2017: A New Art Exhibit about Human Trafficking Marlene Weisenbeck, FSPA On May 11-12, 2017 Mayo Clinic-Franciscan Healthcare in La Crosse, WI held its 20th annual conference on Child Maltreatment with support from the Gundersen National Child Protection Training Center, Coulee Region Child Abuse Prevention Task...
By Sister Carol Davis, OP On the 4th of July in the United States we celebrate Independence Day. In 1776 John Adams wrote an historic letter to his wife Abigail telling her that from one end of this continent to the other there would be future...
Are We Living Too Fast? By Sister Jean Schafer SDS Summer time! For some of us around the country that season is long in coming and often too short. For most of us we want to make the most of summer: enjoy a bit more leisure, travel,...
What Does It Mean to be Safe? by Sister Kathleen Bryant, RSC Neurologists say that our brains are always scanning for information, for danger, for distraction like a vacuum cleaner! The stressful lives that we lead are not healthy for our brains. We all need time and...
