A wish come true…

I just had to write about this…
The last time I was in Baden for our Chapter meetings, I was talking with some of our sisters, including Sr. Mildred, who celebrated her birthday this summer – I may not have this exactly right, but if she’s not the most senior sister in our community, she’s pretty [...]

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Sharing our CSJ mission

On my congregation’s web site, there is a section called “Sharing Our Mission” that lists some ways that you might want to consider joining us in our mission of promoting love of God and love of neighbor without distinction. On that page is a prayer request form, and if you have some intention for which [...]

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Maxims of Perfection

While surfing the web yesterday, I came upon the website of the Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Augustine, Florida, who provide a great resource for prayer, using a form of the “Maxims of Perfection”, a core document pertaining to the spirituality of the Sisters of St. Joseph. They were written in the 17th century, [...]

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You go, Girl!

I want to be like Sr. Catherine when I grow up. Catherine is long-time staff member of NETWORK, a national Catholic social justice lobby. Here’s a summary of a story about her in the Aug. 18 issue of the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
An 86-year-old nun from Cleveland who works for a Catholic anti-poverty lobbying group has [...]

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Honor and Shame

I was thinking about this past Sunday’s gospel reading, and found this reflection on the Sojourner’s Magazine website. Would that we all would be willing to embrace truth, even if it means admitting we’ve been wrong.
An Indigenous woman asks Jesus to help her child, and he calls the woman a dog (Matthew 15:21-28).
Various scholars and [...]

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Fun with avatars

So, I was playing around with this site called meez.com, that lets you create animated avatars. You’d think I would have better things to do with my time, and I do…but any way, I created two of them. First, we have the “Techie Nun,” as I refer to myself on this blog.
Then we have the [...]

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A culture of fear…

There is no doubt in my mind that at least we US citizens are immersed in a culture of fear. We who have so many advantages, and use so much of the world’s resources, are taught to fear “the other.” If we allow more immigrants, they will take our jobs. If we do not fight [...]

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Play nice…

Well, here I am taking off again for several days…what is it they say, “join the convent, see the world!?” Actually, I’m only going to my brother’s RV on Lake Erie for several days of R&R. But it’s sufficiently isolated that I’m pretty sure I won’t be on line until the end of the week. [...]

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On a lighter note…

Well, after I got riled up about that awful web site, I realized that I needed to just put it out of my mind, and this little story sent to me by my cousin brought a little chuckle to me…enjoy!
5 NUNS IN A BAR
Sisters Mary Catherine, Maria Theresa, Katherine Marie, Rose Frances, & Mary Kathleen [...]

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Some truly disturbing cyberspace content

I was surfing around the web tonight and found some truly disturbing claims made by a man going by the name of Fr. David Trosch. Apparently his faculties as a practicing RC priest were withdrawn in 1993 by Archbishop Lipscomb in Mobile, Alabama for his views justifying the murder of abortion providers.
I find his web [...]

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