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February 22, 2021
Sister Kathleen Kaelin’s ministry is all about being present to people. For the past 11 months, she’s had to learn how to do that without being physically present.
Sister Kathleen is a therapist and spiritual guide and leads meditation classes at the Earth & Spirit Center in Louisville.
February 21, 2021
Greetings everyone,
I apologize for not writing in sometime. As some of you may know, I recently began working on a masters of Theology. Studying does not leave me much time for my other interests and most of my writing time goes into papers and research projects.
I look forward to continuing with my blog here at A Deer Thirsts in May when this semester ends; unless perhaps I have some homework I think you might all be interested in reading!
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February 19, 2021
Sister Dianna Ortiz, 62, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph for 43 years, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in Washington, D.C., after a brave battle with cancer. She was raised in Grants, N.M.
Sister Dianna called on God to help her survive a traumatic event in her life to become an advocate for torture victims worldwide.
February 19, 2021
Last year was supposed to have been the "lent-iest" Lent ever. So what are we supposed to do for the second Lenten season of the pandemic? As I write below in my latest for Global Sisters Report: "The temptation to give up is real."
May we resist the temptation to give up hope this season and embrace the many invitations to let go of the things that make us want to give up.
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February 18, 2021
Covid restrictions have played havoc with Sisters whose ministries involve visiting the sick or elderly. That is the case with Sister Joan Riedley, who is a parish minister at Mary Queen of Peace Parish in Louisville, Ky.
February 18, 2021
Sister Julia Walsh and author Lisa Deam talk about pilgrimage as a spiritual practice and discipleship as a journey. They discuss the paradoxes of faith and being a contemplative, where we are called to be in the moment, while also moving toward God. And they share how loving history and being part of the Church is relational, messy work.
The post Lisa Deam: We Are All Pilgrims appeared first on Messy Jesus Business.
February 17, 2021
Sister Suzanne Sims started the new year leaving one ministry where she had deep roots and exchanging it for the place that has been her “home” for 54 years.
Sister Suzanne served as director of Faith Formation at St. Pius Tenth Church in Owensboro, Ky., since December 2016. Her family were charter members of the parish and she attended the fifth through eighth grades at the school, taught by Ursuline Sisters.
February 16, 2021
I was indulging in some winter self-care the other morning, a February necessity. Sure, there are thoughts and memories of spring, but not yet any visible signs presenting themselves in nature. We are straddling that space—the in-between of winter and spring, as the feast we celebrated on the first day of this month, Imbolc, reminds us. Imbolc marks winter's midpoint, and it is also the Feast Day of St. Brigid of Kildare, that wonderful woman saint who you'll remember by her miracle where she turned water into beer.
February 15, 2021
Sister Alfreda Malone, 96, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 71st year of religious life. She was a native of Raywick, Ky.
Sister Alfreda was a prayerful woman with an unceasing energy to serve wherever she was needed. She graduated from Brescia College, Owensboro, Ky., in 1965.
February 15, 2021
The other night, Annie and I were taking our turn starting up the cars to help prevent the batteries from dying in the cold temps we’re having. As we were doing this, a light, fluffy snow was falling from the sky. Walking down our sidewalk, towards the gate which leads out to where our cars are parked, I paused for a moment to take in the peaceful calm that comes over everything when this type of snow happens. The problem I didn’t see coming as I paused was I now live in Chicago where cars and people are constantly around. As a result, this awaited stillness didn’t come. I was disappoi
February 15, 2021
Adapting one’s ministry during a pandemic is difficult. How about starting an entirely new ministry during that time? But that’s what Sister Jane Falke did, after serving from 2008 to 2020 for Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas.
February 12, 2021
On this day in 1902, my grandfather Ludwig Lincoln Schmelzer was born in Pennsylvania to German immigrants, Anton and Ida. They chose Lincoln as his middle name because he was born on Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. A lot to live up to for a baby!
My granddad Ludy had a kind heart, wise soul, and gentle spirit. He loved my Irish immigrant Gandmother Eileen to bits. Theirs was a love story for the ages–there are love letters to prove it, written by him, that would make your heart melt.