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January 17, 2021
From talking with friends and family, I know I’m not the only one who is a wee bit tired these days. Pandemic. Politics. Life in the midst of pandemic and politics. No elaboration is necessary. If this is where you are at these days, you might like this video prayer I just put together, set to “Show Up” by Jill Phillips.
January 15, 2021
As a house, we are currently studying St. Dominic: The Story of a Preaching Friar by Donald J. Goergen, OP. In the most recent chapter we read, Fr. Donald writes:
January 14, 2021
Sister Rose Marie Craycroft, 97, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 79th year of religious life. She was a native of New Haven, Ky.
Sister Rose Marie was a prayerful, positive person who had great artistic ability. Her former religious name was Sister Mary Clarence.
She earned her bachelor’s degree from Ursuline College, Pepper Pike, Ohio, in 1966, followed by a master’s degree in library science from Spalding College (now University), Louisville, Ky., in 1975.
January 13, 2021
It was on the feast of Saint Joseph – March 19, 2010 – when Ursuline Sister Stephany Nelson first thought God might be calling her to religious life.
She was teaching at a school named for Saint Joseph in Bowling Green, Ky., and felt led to join a religious community that honors the foster father of Jesus. Sister Stephany is among the many people who are happy that Pope Francis has decreed 2021 a special year dedicated to Saint Joseph for the global Catholic Church.
January 12, 2021
when chaos storms Capitolsor your fragile heart and mindthe God of order restoresthe law of love remainswhen fatigue bends your body or your ambition, motivationthe God of rest renewsrestoration is comingwhen heartache breaks you downand you are crushed, cryingthe God of comfort holdsfeeling grief is holywhen fear is the fire that burns youand you areContinue reading "God is with us in all this hardship"
January 12, 2021
Yes, we are in quarantine here at the monastery, with positive cases. (You can read the statement from our prioress on the front page of our website.)
January 10, 2021
On Friday, all the Tiospa Zina Tribal School employees received the first of two doses of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine.
January 10, 2021
Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord. This brings to an end the season of Christmas. The Church recalls Our Lord's second manifestation or epiphany which occurred on the occasion of His baptism in the Jordan. Jesus descended into the River to sanctify its waters and to further his relationship with his heavenly Father. The event takes on the importance of a second creation in which the entire Trinity intervenes.
January 9, 2021
Letter-writing has connected Christian communities across geographical distances since the first and second centuries. The early church relied on circular letters to communicate, support one another during persecution, and strengthen bonds of friendship. Like first-generation Christians dispersed throughout Asia Minor, we at the CDN wrote and received many letters this past December as we celebrated the Advent and Christmas seasons in Chicago.
January 8, 2021
I was writing a different column this week for the Global Sisters Report. That is, until Wednesday happened. As I write, "Wednesday was like any other Wednesday until it wasn't." There are lessons to be learned in that normalcy and in the story of the Epiphany.
January 7, 2021
Today is our CSJP Community Day of Thanksgiving – marking our 137th anniverary. It is also the day after the shameful insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. I shared the following reflection on today’s liturgical readings during our word and communion service today.
January 7, 2021
In this episode of Messy Jesus Business, Sister Julia Walsh talks with Father Adam Bucko about contemplation, action, new monasticism and the messiness that permeates it all.
The post Father Adam Bucko: Every Day A Beginner appeared first on Messy Jesus Business.
January 4, 2021
By Sister Marietta Wethington
Maya Angelou tells us that hate has caused a lot of problems in this world, but it has not solved one yet.