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Everything is Connected – Our Consumption
Note: We want to share these blogs which have been adapted from “Our Common Home,” a joint initiative of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development along with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). This is the sixth blog in a series of eight. Our Consumption “A world of exacerbated consumption is at the same time a world which mistreats life in all its forms.” (Laudato Si’ 230) Ever-increasing consumerism and industrial patterns of production are having severe consequences for the...
Sister Sharon Richards
...to people’s lives. – Sister Sharon Q. Please complete this sentence. Sister Sharon is … A. I’m a happy person, very happy in my vocation. It’s a wonderful life. Sister Sharon is a very grateful person to God, my community and my family, of course. In the jail I never look at what a man has been accused of doing. I don’t want to put labels on them. I just look at each one and say we are all human...
On policing and Providence
Sister Pat Mahoney outside the District 22 police station in Chicago where she volunteers. From the way Sister Pat Mahoney greets the receptionist and walks right through the gate labeled “POLICE USE ONLY,” it is apparent that she feels right at home. Still, Sister Pat laughs, she never guessed she would volunteer at a police station. “But I never thought I’d leave teaching or stop wearing the habit when I entered religious life, either.” Sister Pat, a volunteer with the...
Where Your Treasure Is
...by thick concrete walls and by a system that had labeled her as less than human. As Congress begins negotiations for the 2019 budget, we know the Trump Administration has requested more resources to remove beloved residents like Sonia from our communities. The administration’s requests include: A massive increase in immigration detention – to 51,379 people in detention across the country every day Funds to recruit and hire 1,000 additional ICE officers, and Funds to compensate more local police to...
Sister Carol Nolan to be honored
...women who will be honored May 17. Joining her are Anita Rufus (Voice of Women’s Rights), Megan Beaman (Civil Rights), Elle Kurpiewski (Lifetime Achievement), Sonja Martin (Democratic Ideals) and Eileen Stern (Humanitarian). “I know one of the other women who will be honored at the event,” Sister Carol said. “Eileen responded to our call for volunteers in the fall. She has shared some English as a Second Language materials she used in working with gardeners and others working in her...
Honored for service!
...volunteer and I also teach music in two area elementary schools.” That volunteerism was recently noticed as the organization Democratic Women of the Desert named Sister Carol its 2014 Volunteer of the Year.” Sister Carol was one of six women who were honored May 17. Joining her were Anita Rufus (Voice of Women’s Rights), Megan Beaman (Civil Rights), Elle Kurpiewski (Lifetime Achievement), Sonja Martin (Democratic Ideals) and Eileen Stern (Humanitarian). According to its website, Democratic Women of the Desert is...
Caring for God’s gifts: the natural environment and faith
St. Joseph’s Lake By Sister Ruth Eileen Dwyer From the very beginning humans have had a mutual relationship with the natural world that satisfied their needs and with the Creator as Source and Giver of life. Perhaps the most ancient of the names people gave to the most observable and basic gifts of nature were the four elements held in sacred regard: earth, air, fire and water. Primitive and thoughtful people observed that these were indispensable for life; hence, the...
Do spirituality and technology connect?
...It is in the work of doing this task that I perceive technology and spirituality intersect, especially for one rooted in Providence. Sister Barbara Doherty, in the New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality, writes: “Providence is that name of God which brings the motions of human existence into meaning…. The word denotes human experiences of loss/gain … abandonment/care, disorder/order, … and allows the blending of one motion into another in creating the whole of life.” As we process the abundance of...
‘Act of Consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary’
...with love, ever ready to forgive us and raise us up to new life. He has given you to us and made your Immaculate Heart a refuge for the Church and for all humanity. By God’s gracious will, you are ever with us; even in the most troubled moments of our history, you are there to guide us with tender love. We now turn to you and knock at the door of your heart. We are your beloved children. In...
Bearing witness to an execution
...Human suffering “You’re talking to this person, this victim of a revenge killing. They are totally defenseless. There’s nothing he or I could do about it,” Sister Barbara said. “This is all just more human suffering,” she added. “For me, it reinforces the deep human need for compassion. We need to stand up and advocate for others. It’s critically important for me and for so many others to speak out against this injustice. Just prior to the beginning of their...
Mary Ann DeFazio
Sister Mary Ann was born in Pittsburgh, Penn. Currently, she ministers as the Pastoral Associate for Faith Formation at St. Christopher Parish, Indianapolis. Sister Mary Ann entered the Congregation on Aug. 23, 1975, from St. Mary Parish, Griffith, Ind. She professed final vows on Sept. 14, 1984. She graduated from Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College with a bachelor’s degree in humanities and theology. Sister Mary Ann has ministered in Illinois, New Hampshire and Indiana. Sister Mary Ann DeFazio All Ministries Chicago: Teacher,...
Mary Catherine Duffy
...Indiana State University. Sister Mary Catherine also has a honorable doctorate of humanities from the University of Indianapolis. Sister Mary Catherine has ministered in Illinois, California, the country of Peru and Indiana. Sister Mary Catherine “Marikay” Duffy (formerly Sister Marie Michele) Complete Ministry In Illinois: Teacher, St. Athanasius, Evanston (1955-56); Teacher, Our Lady of Mercy, Chicago (1956-58); Teacher, St. Sylvester, Chicago (1958-61). In California: Teacher, St. Joseph, Hawthorne (1961-64). In the country of Peru: Teacher/Principal, Colegio San Jose, Arequipa (1964-69);...