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October 16, 2020
It’s Sunday and four-year-old P’s turn to pick the movie. The eight-week ban on “Frozen 2” has expired and so, to her older brother’s chagrin, that is what we are watching, again. I admit that, aside from the film’s flaws and how tiresome it is to watch it for the hundredth time, it is aContinue reading "Making good trouble and the trouble with goodness"
October 13, 2020
I made my first excursion out of Erie (at least my first in the past six months!) last week to visit my new nephew back home. An odd experience to travel with plenty of gloves for pumping gas, constant applications of hand sanitizer, and a general heightened awareness of my surroundings, but all was worth it to hold the newest member of the family. Even Bob Ross reminded us to wear our masks at the art store!
October 12, 2020
This morning
I luxuriated in the day
Cool autumn breeze
Sunlight illuminating everything
And the leaves and the lake
I sit and watch with my coffee
to keep me
company
What better way
to be
to pray
to sit with the wonder of it
all
From time to time
I spy
with my little eye
a very busy
squirrel
The first sighting
he or she
I see has a mouthful of
leaves
October 11, 2020
The star of this video, based on a Dakota legend, is my student Cokaya. It was made a while ago. The director is his brother. I suspect it was a blast to take part in creating it!! Yay for creativity...and all the learning that comes along with that.
Link: https://youtu.be/jw02E-q-CDs
October 8, 2020
In Season 2, Episode 2, Sister Julia Walsh talks with Steven P. Millies about the believer's role in our highly-politicized ecosystem. We also dive down into the interplay of sin and polarities, the importance of trusting in Divine timing and our jobs as Catholics working on the assembly line on the project of building God's reign.
October 7, 2020
For Dominicans, the study of Scripture leads us deeper in relationship with God and helps us perceive God’s grace at work in the world. Through prayerful meditation on the Word, we listen for God’s call impelling us to respond to the needs of our times.
October 7, 2020
... O Lord, God of Hosts.
It didn't matter that it was raining and cold last week.
Bonnie, Jeanine, and I spent an afternoon up in Sica Hollow, enjoying the trees and other plants that were celebrating the turning of the seasons.
October 6, 2020
In case you may have missed it! I'll be delivering the Anne Drummey O'Callaghan Lecture on Women in the Church at Fairfield University this Wednesday, October 7th at 5PM Eastern. Entitled "Showing Up: The Radical Work of Commitment in Uncertain Times," this lecture will explore the nature of commitment, what makes showing up a radical act, and the commitments being called forth in the church, with particular regard to the commitments and roles of women in the church!
October 6, 2020
The rosary is a simple prayer with great power that has been prayed for years. According to the stories, St. Dominic received the rosary from the Virgin Mary in 1214. The Feast of the Rosary was brought about by St. Pius V in 1573.
October 5, 2020
Pope Francis tells us that gossip is “a plague worse than Covid.” He goes on to call it a tool of the devil to divide the Church.
Erma Bombeck tells us that some say our national pastime is baseball. She believes it is gossip.
October 4, 2020
The new encyclical brings the breadth of Catholic Social Teaching on human solidarity to center stage at a critical time, esp considering
the pandemic
the movement for Black Lives
the election
the climate crisis
the economic melt-down
the refugee crisis
October 2, 2020
The Coronavirus Pandemic has triggered a global health crisis, as countries - rich and poor - seek to respond as the disease rolls through their population. The pandemic has also triggered a global economic crisis as companies and individuals, governments and municipalities seek to put responsible restrictions in place and limit economic and social action. This response has triggered social unrest as left and right clash, responding to different narratives about the pandemic, about it’s unequal impact, about the science, and about the meaning of truth itself.
October 2, 2020
About once a month, instead of a written post, we will be sharing some photos that have been taken throughout the month. Here are some pictures to show what we have been up to since moving in August 14th.