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Liza Hyatt: finding solace in art
Published on July 10, 2011
…it by listening to her practice it while driving to the grocery.) My mother insisted that the original scholars went to the first universities not to learn a trade but to learn about the universe. When my older brother received a flyer in the mail from St. John’s with the statement: “The following teachers will return to St. John’s next year … Homer, Euclid, Chaucer, Einstein, Virgil, Augustine, Aristotle …” I immediately knew that St. John’s Great Books program was…
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Father’s Day and the Beatitudes
Published on June 15, 2017
…and be thankful for the graces that God has bestowed upon you in your life. With five children, one of the beatitudes that has resonated in the Horan household was “Blessed are the peacemakers.” That lends itself to lessons in compromise. I find revisiting the Sermon on the Mount periodically as it relates to me and my family to be a helpful practice. Fatherhood, parenting, is something I would not trade for anything in the world. My family is my…
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What is Eco-Justice?
Published on April 26, 2017
…insecurity, and violence increase. Women, children, and future generations are disproportionately affected. Life depends upon making the links between economic policy, trade, extractive industries, and energy, immigration, food and water security, war and peace, and climate change. Borrowing again from Laudato Si, what is needed is an “integral ecology” as we address policy and laws. A new definition of progress must emerge. One not based upon the mythology of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) index, but one which considers the…
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Sister Rita Lerner (formerly Sister Edward Clare)
Published on March 27, 2017
…clefts of the rock, in the secret recesses of the cliff, let me see you, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and you are lovely.’” The Word of God — A reading from the Song of Songs (2:10-14) Anyone who fondly recalls Sister Rita’s trademark greeting, “My love, my dove, my beautiful one, you look great in that purple sweater!” … or whatever item the friend happened to be wearing that day … will know why…
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Remembering Sisters Amata Dugan and Michael Ellen Green
Published on December 8, 2016
…in a golf cart, as it “became her personal trademark. “She didn’t want it for her own use, but to take sisters in the infirmary or other residences out for rides around campus to show them the latest beauties of nature or to the lake to enjoy the cool breezes,” Sister Ann wrote. Sister Ann also wrote that Sister Michael Ellen had two dogs, Foley and her Black Spaniel, Cindy. Sister Michael Ellen died on May 5, 2016. #throwbackthursday #tbt…
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Thoughts on Hydraulic Fracking
Published on October 17, 2016
…of fracking sites and waste disposal, I note the following: Air pollution from methane gas and the heavy truck traffic increasing asthma attacks, especially in children, Water contamination, Unrecoverable water, Some chemicals used not known to the public because of “trade secrets,” Increase of earthquakes, Contributing to climate change, Land grabbing without the owner’s consent, and Royalties promised to land owners compromised by some companies charging for processing and transportation. The Earth Justice link shows a map of the United…
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Sister Michael Ellen Green
Published on May 16, 2016
…relationships … tooling around in golf carts … and loving dogs, especially her beloved Foley and the black spaniel, Cindy. Because she didn’t drive, she finagled the permanent use of a golf cart from Hulman Links Golf Course and it became her personal trademark. She didn’t want it for her own use, but to take sisters in the infirmary or other residences out for rides around campus to show them the latest beauties of nature or to the lake to…
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NGOs – Conscience of the UN!
Published on February 15, 2016
…a bit guilty about the bottle of water in front of me that I had brought to the table from lunch and admitted as much. Moving to the practical level, FOE members discussed and planned how to use their website more effectively to assure that the UN and peoples around the world recognize that “the environment is the one common denominator at the heart of most crises – economic, development, climate-change, trade, and social-cultural ones.” My day experiencing firsthand the…
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Saving the Seeds: A Matter of Justice
Published on January 28, 2016
…he was spreading on his crops. Monsanto began selling its cotton seeds after a USA challenge at the World Trade Organization forced India to adopt seed patenting. Monsanto’s genetically modified seeds only produce one plant cycle. What that means is that once a seed has sprouted, there will be no more seeds produced by that plant. Ghana’s farmers are vehemently challenging the Monsanto Law for the right to use their own seeds and pass them on as they have for…
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Sister David Ellen Van Dyke
Published on July 9, 2011
…and Sacred Heart, Terre Haute. “She began her long love affair with Sacred Heart Parish in Terre Haute” in 1962, said Sister Mary Roger. Sister David Ellen ministered in the school as a teacher or principal at various times in the 1960s, 1970s and 1990s. “In 1983, Sister David Ellen’s life took a new and potentially disconcerting twist. She was called to come to the Woods to assist the aging Sister Cecile [Morse, RIP], who had served for over 40…
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Sister Alma Louise Mescher
Published on June 9, 2010
…to do was to paint. Those of us who live at the Woodland Inn are the enjoyers of several of her very beautiful water colors which adorn our walls. Some also hang at various places around the motherhouse,” continued Sister Jeanne. “Sister Alma Louise said in some reflective notes she wrote fairly recently, ‘I have always appreciated the many opportunities we have had as Sisters of Providence for enriching experiences in prayer, spirituality and education. And I have particularly appreciated…
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Annmarie Portela: ‘With this decision, I am truly content’
Published on January 14, 2008
…admiration of sisters continues to grow – Learning about their experiences I did not know… How You stand and promote what’s true – About serving God and her people too… Opening my eyes for things to see – This is what it means to me: To better understand and help prepare – A world of equality, of justice, of one that’s fair… To contemplate life and those in need – By prayer, meditation and actual deeds… To continue being educated…