Today, the nation observes the National Day of Prayer, as it has for some 60 years. I like the idea of such a day and this year’s theme is “Hope.”…
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I was recently looking for something in Against All Odds: Sisters of Providence Mission to the Chinese (a great book by Sister Ann Colette Wolf) and in the process got…
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Who knew that April has been designated by someone National Card and Letter Writing Month? Personally, I’m for it. I love to both receive and write letters and cards. This…
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The Easter story is repeated every year! It is the same story but perhaps we hear it in a little different way than we did last year. Something within our…
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The Congregation’s voice against racist practices has a long history. Saint Mother Theodore, herself, set the tone for works of justice. Her journey through New Orleans comes to mind. She…
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In the true spirit of a Sister of Providence, Sister Jeanne Hagelskamp leaned toward the woman sitting next to her and said, “Lifetime achievement? Don’t they know I have another…
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I love the annual NCAA College Basketball Tournament, affectionately marketed as “March Madness.” Like many fans I rip out the page from the newspaper that has the teams in their…
Read moreAt a conference I attended in Arizona last week, the presenter noted that each day between Ash Wednesday and Easter, residents of the Northern Hemisphere experience about 2 1/2 additional…
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Evidently I had too much time on my hands while preparing to write about Random Acts of Kindness Day. I got to thinking: isn’t any act of kindness random —…
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Records were set along the Northeast Coast of the United States last weekend: records for snowfall, records for winds, records for piles of snow, records for conversations about snow. For…
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After the January Taizé prayer service at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, we learned that one of the participants made the following report to members of a committee on which he serves: “You…
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As a realist, I don’t often get blown away, but in November 2012, when Sister of Providence Cathy Buster gave me a tour of Casa Juan Bosco in Arcadia, Fla.,…
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