Read the text of the GV Response on Mission and Ministry by Leslie Keener, CDP from the opening night of our 2013 National Gathering.
In doing my summer homework for a Bible course on Paul, I can't help but hear a reading assignment--The Journeys of Paul--in light of next week's conference on "Mission and Ministry in the 21st Century." My professor, Laurie Brink, writes, "We are the heirs of Paul's willingness to be blinded by God's insight, totally turned around and sent in a new direction."
Plan on joining us for our first Giving Voice 40s weekend retreat (August 1-3, 2014) at North Lake outside Seattle, Washington!
When I think of ministry and mission, I have to think about why I do what I do. While working as a librarian downtown Cleveland, Ohio, before I entered the community, I would take the bus into the city and notice the lines by the Cosgrove Center, the local Catholic Charities outreach which served meals, as well as the men who were homeless coming into Cleveland State Law Library where I worked. I would often give up my bus fare to the guy waiting along 14th Street and Euclid near my bus stop.
In this our Holiest Week, we bear witness to the pinnacle of the passionate mission of Jesus through
I am positive I am not the only one who has sat up and paid attention to the new leader of our church, Pope Francis. I marvel with the rest of the world, as Pope Francis cannot help but go towards the people by washing the feet of young people in a juvenile detention center and embracing a disabled boy, just to name a few examples. This drive to go out and be the Gospel message not only comes from Pope Francis' ministry as our church leader but also from who he is as a child of God as he strives to follow Jesus.
This morning I woke up to a light dusting of snow on the ground ... in late April! As we prepare to celebrate Earth Day this week, I find my spirit yearning for buds of green and spots of color that will finally signal that spring is coming to Chicago.
Thankfully I was able to spend Holy Week and Easter with my Sisters at our regional center outside of Seattle. Spring had already sprung in the Pacific Northwest.
The registration deadline for our is May 31st!
Earlier this month we announced a necessary change in our program due to an unforeseen scheduling conflict for our original speaker, Carol Zinn, SSJ. We are very excited and deeply grateful that Yolanda Tarango, CCVI has agreed to step in and help us break open the topic of mission and ministry!
Get ready for great conversations, prayer, and process which will engage us in what it means to be living the call as young Sisters today!