Posted in Random thoughts on 28 March 2007 | No Comments »
Just checking in with you all. My head is spinning. I am now at the point where I am preparing for my classes minutes before I have to teach them. Not fun when the material is something I never learned well as a student myself… To what extent do sophomore electrical engineering students need to [...]
Posted in Spirituality on 25 March 2007 | No Comments »
The Gospels the past couple of Sundays seem to me to have a theme about forgiveness, of letting go of judgment and resentment. Not a bad thing for any time of the year, even more appropriate to hear during Lent. I wonder what our world would be like if during Lent, all Christians would fast [...]
Posted in Catholic, Nun, Spirituality on 21 March 2007 | 1 Comment »
This week has really gotten away from me…the harder I work, the “behinder” I get…
Anyway, Monday was the Feast of St. Joseph, the patron of Sisters of St. Joseph all over the world. It was also my crazy full day of teaching, but I did make the time to celebrate the feast with other Sisters [...]
Posted in Catholic, Justice on 18 March 2007 | 1 Comment »
I just returned from a symposium sponsored by New Ways Ministry, an organization that “provides a gay-positive ministry of advocacy and justice for lesbian and gay Catholics and reconciliation within the larger Christian and civil communities.” Allow me to add a small footnote that I’m proud to say that my congregation [...]
Posted in Catholic, Nun, Spirituality on 15 March 2007 | 29 Comments »
I’m kind of using my last post as a springboard into a new topic, but please, let’s keep the previous thread going, by all means…
I’ve heard from different media sources that some religious communities are experiencing a resurgence in interest in vowed membership among younger women (20’s). I may be risking a generalization here, but [...]
Posted in Spirituality on 11 March 2007 | 2 Comments »
As you may or may not know, as a Roman Catholic religious, I take a vow of poverty. There are many books written on this and the other vows, so I won’t even attempt to give a complete explanation here, but simply share some insights that are coming to me as I reflect on this [...]
Posted in Spirituality on 10 March 2007 | 2 Comments »
I was listening to a radio talk show while driving to Pennsylvania yesterday. The guest was a psychiatrist who claims that in order to be truly happy, one must possess a high level of maturity. He went on to describe three attributes of maturity (a) capacitance - the capacity to handles stresses and anxieties without [...]
Posted in Spirituality on 7 March 2007 | No Comments »
I just received a prayer request, so I thought I’d add a couple of my own and then direct you to the one I received.
First, for one of our sisters (Sr. K.) , who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and will soon be having a mastectomy. From what I’ve heard from a Jesuit friend [...]
Posted in Spirituality on 5 March 2007 | 6 Comments »
An experience of prayer I had over the past weekend brought to mind some memories of my involvement with “O Beautiful Gaia”, a project that aimed to promote reverence and healing for, and advocacy on behalf of Earth and all Her creatures. On the 2-CD volume is a song whose words are, “What do we [...]
Posted in Spirituality on 2 March 2007 | No Comments »
Sorry for the dearth of posts this week…it has been crazy with midterm grades due, and the relentless onslaught of class sessions, every one of which I’m preparing and conducting for the very first time. We are now into material (Fourier analysis) in the Signals and Systems course that I’ve never taught before in any [...]
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