Posted in Catholic, Justice, Spirituality on 7 May 2008 | 2 Comments »
I had an e-mail recently from New Ways Ministry, talking about a recent press conference prior to the recent visit of Pope Benedict XVI. The three panelists answered the question, “What would you say to the Pope if you had an opportunity to have a conversation with him?” One of the panelists was Gregory Maguire, [...]
Posted in Catholic on 14 April 2008 | 1 Comment »
For those of you are are interested in keeping up with all things “popely”, I’d like to share an excerpt from an e-mail I received from a visitor to my site. (I know, this is a lazy post, but things at work are crazy with the lead up to final exams next week…I’ll be back [...]
Posted in Catholic, Spirituality on 22 March 2008 | No Comments »
I’ve been spending a fair amount of time at Gesu these days. Our Holy Thursday celebration was beautiful in a kind of quiet way. But the main thing I want to share with you is our Good Friday service. Starting at noon, we have a devotional service based on the Stations of the Cross, followed [...]
Posted in Catholic, Justice, Nun, Spirituality on 28 February 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m listening to the podcast of Tuesday’s The Diane Rehm Show, and there’s an interview with British journalist, Binka Le Breton, on her new book, “The Greatest Gift: The Courageous Life and Martyrdom of Sister Dorothy Stang.” You may recall that a couple of years ago, Sr. Dot was shot and killed in Brazil, for [...]
Posted in Catholic on 22 February 2008 | 1 Comment »
While checking my blog stats, I discovered that this blog has been nominated by at least a couple of people for this year’s Catholic Blog Awards. Thanks to Steven, and to anyone else who may have nominated this blog. And congratulations to all who join in the conversations…I really believe that the quality of our [...]
Posted in Catholic, Nun on 9 February 2008 | No Comments »
A while back, I told you about one of our Baden CSJ sisters who writes novels. Allow me to introduce you to another, Sr. Christine Kresho, who writes murder mysteries. She was just interviewed by a Washington, DC TV channel. Like Fr. Andrew Greeley, her novels are situated in Catholic contexts. Sounds like she is [...]
Posted in Catholic, Random thoughts on 21 December 2007 | 4 Comments »
I was riding in a car with someone the other night who noticed an outdoor crèche with Jesus missing. She was very upset that someone would steal the baby Jesus from the church that was displaying the crèche. It’s funny…I would not have assumed a theft, as I have lived in convents where Jesus was [...]
Posted in Catholic, Nun, Spirituality on 4 December 2007 | 3 Comments »
OK, so that’s a little “nunspeak”…let me explain. Every so many years, in our case, five, members of Roman Catholic religious orders get together to set future directions and elect a leadership team. This gathering, called “Chapter,” is the highest authority in the congregation. Ours is coming next summer, so we are in a Chapter [...]
Posted in Catholic, Justice on 27 September 2007 | No Comments »
Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB, has a weekly column on NCRCafe. I’m having a pretty brutal week with my workload, so rather than not post anything, I thought I’d point you to her Sept. 17 post. She is writing of the crisis that the worldwide Anglican Communion is facing these days. I leave you with the [...]
Posted in Catholic, Spirituality, tagged Catholic, religion, scripture, Spirituality on 23 September 2007 | 5 Comments »
Anyone else out there just not able to get today’s Gospel reading? I do plan to look this up and see if I can figure it out, but on face value, this Gospel passage seems quite cryptic to me. On one hand Jesus says, “I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth, [...]
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