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The passage of Martha and Mary (Lk 10:38-42) has often been used to support the thought that contemplative and active religious life are opposites--one better than the other. I have experienced both styles of religious life.

It's March and in the New York area where I live that means multiple St. Patrick's Day celebrations.  Many of my friends and I refer to ourselves affectionately as Bronx Irish Catholics or BICs.   Our childhood memories consist of ceili dances, marching in various parades, and dancing and listening to Irish music.  However our elementary school principal, Sr. Catherine Marie Jordan, osu not only taught us about St. Patrick and his connection to Ireland and Catholicism, but also stressed to us that we celebrated this day because St.

Vision Space Gathering: This summer (July 5-7, 2014) a gathering of established and committed finally professed women religious generally born between 1955 and 1975 will be taking place in St. Louis, Mo. The group is a peer-led, self-organized space for visioning and fostering future oriented initiatives for religious life, inspired by Giving Voice and its circle process. This group is trusting the Spirit to gather the women who are meant to join this movement. Join the conversation and the first national gathering VisionSpace!

I was in a shopping center one day and heard the person beside me talking.  I responded to what she said, but when I looked at her, she wasn't even paying attention to me or to what I said but was continuing to talk.  I looked at her closely and saw this piece of equipment attached in her ear.  I felt so embarrassed!!!  It dawned on me that she was talking to somebody on the phone while her hands and eyes were busy looking through the items in the shelf.