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June 16, 2020
This past week our community was on its annual retreat. Understandably changed due to Covid-19, we had no Oblates present with us as we usually would, nor did we have some of our sisters who live out of the monastery since the presentations were available online. So, it was even more quiet than the week’s usual noiselessness. An additional small retreat from technology made it even nicer.
June 15, 2020
To Paradise now may the angels bring you, and may the martyrs now come to meet you on your way, and may you be led into the holy city Jerusalem. All the choirs of angels make you welcome there, and with Lazarus once so ill and poor, may peaceful joy be now forever yours. ~In […]
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June 15, 2020
Season 1. Episode 5 of Messy Jesus Business, hosted by Sister Julia Walsh …
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June 15, 2020
This post is dedicated to the people in my life who are most directly impacted by the sin of racism.
My prayer of late is percolating, filled with emotion and low on words. I am a very strong “T” on the Myers Briggs (those who know me will not be surprised), but my thought bubbles right now are being outpaced by my heart bubbles.
June 13, 2020
I struggle to put my feelings into words with the toxicity of racial inequality that we have being seeing in the USA(and beyond). So... I created the sketch below as my little way of putting some healing and solidarity out into the world through art. There is also a black lines version (no colour) that you can print out or download and colour in for free. Perfect as a prayerful mediation. Download the image via the Colouring In page, plus view the resources below.
June 12, 2020
In the June burst of green and sunshine, I am taking a bike …
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June 12, 2020
After two months of cancellations or postponements due to the coronavirus, the Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center was able to start a new program on June 3, 2020. “12 Keys to Spiritual Vitality: Powerful Lessons to Living Agelessly” is being presented by Center Director Maryann Joyce. The program consists of six morning sessions plus an Educational Faith Assessment profile.
June 11, 2020
I'm sure you chuckled at yesterday's tongue-in-cheek reflections on the free box of vegetables and fruit received from our tribal food give-away.
Today, though, I'd like to challenge you to tackle a much harder topic: white privilege.
June 10, 2020
Yesterday was the funeral of George Floyd. He was buried next to his mother’s grave in a cemetery near Houston, where he grew up.
His funeral came after more than two weeks of shocking stories in the news and on social media about his death.
June 9, 2020
Sister Delores “Dee” Long, 81, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died June 7, 2020, at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 45th year of religious life. She was a native of Kansas City, Mo.
Sister Dee was an Ursuline Sister of Paola, Kan., until the merger of that community with Mount Saint Joseph in 2008. A former semi-pro tennis player, she enjoyed nature and traveling and had an interest in Native American culture. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Saint Mary’s College in Kansas in 1970 and a master’s degree from Emporia State University in Emporia, Kan., in 1989.
June 8, 2020
Have you ever had an experience that was so life-changing and memorable that you just had to write about it afterwards? Perhaps you relayed it in great detail in a diary, prayer journal, or letter to a friend. St.
June 7, 2020
From the Archdiocese of New York
June 7, 2020
"God's plan for humanity is good, but in our daily affairs, we experience the presence of evil. It is a
June 6, 2020
"Fundamentally prisons are not broken; they are designed to do something that is wrong."
--Hannah Bowman,
Founder of Christians for the Abolition of Prisons
In episode four, Sister Julia speaks with guest Hannah Bowman about how Chrisitans are called to work for Prison Abolition.
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June 5, 2020
The writer of Saint Matthew’s Gospel tells to love our enemies as well as our friends. It is easy to love my friends. My enemies? That’s more challenging.
Psalm 145 tells us that God is good to one and all. God makes no distinction.
As I look at what is happening in our country, I see violence and what appears to be lack of love.
Pope Francis calls for mercy. He tells us that all God’s children are equal in God’s sight.