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Jesus, our model for breaking boundaries
...fullness, just as Jesus wanted. — *Note: Jesus wasn’t condemning Judaism. He was condemning those abusing Jewish customs for the sake of maintaining their own power. We see the same from religious elites today in movements like religious nationalism. About the authors: Sisters Emily TeKolste and Corbin Hannah live in the Farrington’s Grove neighborhood of Terre Haute and strive to foster healing through connecting with their neighbors near and far. Originally published in the Winter 2024 issue of HOPE magazine....
Oral history: Sister Kathleen Desautels, change maker
...way Sister Kathleen meets with actor Martin Sheen at a breakfast for International Worker Rights Day sponsored by ARISE-Chicago. “We didn’t start a revolution,” Kak said in our interview. But revolutions are organized movements aimed at effecting change in some manner — economically, politically, socially. Training workers in non-violent direct action who are striking is revolution. Providing service to groups of people who would train other people: revolution. Working for years on women’s issues and equality: revolution. Non-violent action is one...
Who is Anna Murray?
...On March 8, 1813, Anna, the eighth children of this family, was the first to be born free. At age 17, she left home to make it on her own. She was involved in the abolitionist movement and the Underground Railroad. When she met Frederick and they fell in love, he was still a slave. She told him that she did not want the father of her children to be a slave. She sold some of her goods to provide...
Sharing on National Feelings Day
National Feelings Day began as an online movement to promote well-being, creating a safe space to express the wide range of feelings human beings experience. In the 1970s, I was teaching at Good Shepherd School in Evansville, Indiana. I hadn’t heard of National Feelings Day. Nevertheless, I began having my second grade students share their feelings at the beginning of the day. I would ask one child by name, “______, how do you feel today?” They were free to share...
Sister Rosemary Eyler (formerly Sister Mary Luke)
...Master of Science in education and the second a Master of Arts in educational administration and supervision. Her first ministries were as a teacher, mostly primary grades in Illinois, Indiana, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, for about 15 years. In the height of the civil rights movement, she was given her first principal assignment — to St. Bridget’s School in Indianapolis, a primarily African American student body at the time. Thus began her 42 years in the role of principal! Sister...
The Total Eclipse of the Sun: A Celebration of Darkness
...movement of the eclipse had to be more exciting than it seemed. After all, it was advertised everywhere. There were even total eclipse hamburgers, cupcakes, donuts and pies! Certainly, there was something more about the eclipse that for some reason I was not experiencing. So, I went back outside to a more secluded part of the campus. In a brief period of time, darkness came and there was a fleeting chill in the air. It was a special private moment...
Our trip to Ruillé sur Loir
...Day 6 – Giving Thanks Hello again! After another intense day in the Chapter Room working on orientations for the next six years (complete with more Post-a-notes AND newsprint), the day ended with a celebration of gratitude for the Leadership Team. Elections for the new team begin on Friday. Sister Gill (left) with Sister Arlette Set in the context of prayer, the celebration opened with the Sri Lankan sisters carrying candles to the altar accompanied by beautiful movement. Psalms and...
July 14, 2024: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
...moving on –— another town, another healing, another person to touch, and another parable to share. Perhaps their own walking sticks would be a reminder to the apostles that they too were to be “movin’ on” and following their teacher’s lead. Action This week you might think about what for you is a symbol of movement on your spiritual journey — a pair of sandals (or hiking boots)? The north star? An outstretched hand? Or maybe your own walking stick!...
Land Justice
...States during colonization, there are a plethora of rules and beliefs still operating today throughout the world and within the U.S. government and society. Click on this link and watch in slow-motion the land size and population movement of the U.S. here: Indigenous Land Loss on Turtle Island. Repudiation – July of 2023. Pope Francis stunned many when he recently renounced cultural or racial superiority … the objectification or subjection of people. He strongly condemned any attitudes or actions that...
Celebrating International Literacy Day
Twenty-two years after the founding of the United Nations in 1945, that organization affirmed the establishment of International Literacy Day, setting its annual observance on September 8 and placing it within the framework of UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization), a UN specialized agency. The purpose of International Literacy Day is to raise awareness about the importance of literacy and numeracy skills worldwide and to promote such skills as global human right. From the start, the literacy movement...
White Guilt and Growth
...guilt is a term that does not lend itself to positive conversation. The term often causes negative reactions in white people who reply that they were not even alive during slavery and have nothing to feel guilty about. Many whites are quick to point out that they have many black friends and support the civil rights movement. What is missing from this conversation is the recognition that POC have been denied many advantages and it takes generations to recover. In...
Honoring the Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi
...women too, started to form a Franciscan religious order which is today known as the Poor Clares, and a Third Order movement also began for lay persons drawn to the spirituality of Francis. The main features of the new Franciscan religious groups were: First living a life of radical poverty, second great simplicity of lifestyle, third begging for alms, fourth championing the poor, fifth preaching repentance and last, a total trust in the providence of God. Francis of Assisi adopted...