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‘We’re all grateful for your CONNECTION’
...kind of word our Saint Mother Theodore likes to use. Mother Theodore who always, it seems to me, is effusive in her descriptions of many things. But none more so than in her descriptions found in today’s reading: How magnificent; how beautiful and majestic; valleys that defy the imagination as they spread their lush greenness; the eye is lost in the ravishing spectacle. Connection However, one word that came to me through all these readings. (And additionally, through the letters...
April 23, 2023: Third Sunday of Easter
Gospel: Luke 24: 13-35 That very day, the first day of the week, two of Jesus’ disciples were going to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus, and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred. And it happened that while they were conversing and debating, Jesus himself drew near and walked with them, but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him. He asked them, “What are you discussing as you walk along?” They stopped, looking downcast....
June 1, 2025: Ascension and 7th Sunday after Easter
Gospel for Ascension: Luke 24:46-53 Gospel for 7th Sunday after Easter: John 17:20-26 Ascension “This is what is written that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. I am sending upon you what my Father promised; so stay here in the city until you have been...
Mystics and Fellowship
...sessions scheduled, with the first taking place on Saturday, Oct. 26. The remaining three will take place on Saturday, Nov. 23, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, and Saturday, March 29, 2025. Each session will take place from 9-10:30 a.m. Our series will focus on a thoughtful question each month: October: How do I move through the stages of my faith into a more authentic and life-giving sense of belonging and communion with God and others? November: How do I reconcile with...
Racism’s infection within American healthcare
...the racism in medical fields that is still present today. The persistence of racial health disparities comes as a result of preventable mistakes continuously being made by American healthcare due to racist misconceptions of the past being upheld. Events like the Tuskegee Syphilis Study and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic put these faults on display and reveal how detrimental they can be to communities of color. The medical education of today lacks the teaching necessary to fully understand the racial contexts...
Photos and fun: Sisters of Providence annual meeting 2019
...reflects. Sister Marilyn Ann Kofler, right, speaks with those at her table, including Lorrie Heber, left, director of White Violet Center for Eco-Justice and member of the Justice Coordinating Commission of the Sisters of Providence. Catching up, from left, Sisters Mary Jeanine Schubert, Susan Dinnin and Peggy Lynch. Sister Dawn welcomes sisters and associates to Monday’s first day of meetings. Sister Rosemary Schmalz speaks with sisters during a social time. Sister Lisa Stallings takes some notes during one of the...
Sister Ann Denise Reger
...at Owens, Lourdes and in Mother Theodore West. Some of you remember Ann Denise as an excellent swimmer and diver. During the time there was a swimming pool at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods open to the sisters, we saw her in action and watched her as a life guard. During her grade school and high school days basketball, bike riding, and swimming were her favorite activities. Her nephew Bourke could tell us about her bike riding with him as a passenger. Sister...
Immaculata Holiday Party
December 5, 2024 at 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm EST MATCHBOX, Rockville, MD The CONGRESSIONAL ROOM 1699 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852 United States (301) 816-0369 View Location Website Nancy Holmes (302) 604-8890 bubblesseaside@gmail.com $38 Includes buffet of salad, sliders, pizza and nonalcoholic drinks. Cash bar. Jingle Jangle!! The Class of ’74 is hosting the Immaculata Holiday Party Activity: Luncheon, merriment and the “never retired” IPS Immaculairres and Chorus will lead us in caroling Dress: Holiday Spirit RSVP Final headcount...
Newsnotes HOPE summer 2017
...She was instrumental in the approval of the school nickname and in initiating the first athletic scholarships offered at the college. Sisters speak at ISU Human Rights Day Indiana State University hosted its 16th annual Terre Haute Human Rights Day on March 7. Two sisters offered presentations during the event. Sister Kathleen Desautels, who ministers at 8th Day Center for Justice in Chicago, offered the presentation “Human Rights in Honduras.” Sister Rosemary Schmalz presented “Myths and Facts about Raising the...
In Solidarity: Vowed Catholic Religious Honor Trans Day of Visibility
Note: The undersigned religious communities represent more than 6,000 vowed Catholic religious and partners in mission in more than 18 states. As vowed Catholic religious and our partners in mission, we wholeheartedly affirm that transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive individuals are beloved and cherished by God. We mark March 31, International Day of Transgender Visibility, as a time to celebrate, acknowledge, and uplift folks who identify as transgender, nonbinary, and/or gender-expansive. We know our actions and commitments must extend beyond this...
Taking time for silence during Lent
Last week, we began the season of Lent with Ash Wednesday. When I was growing up, my mother encouraged me and my five siblings to spend Ash Wednesday in silence. Whether she wanted us to learn the discipline or she simply needed some peace and quiet is up for debate! But I have always tried to spend Ash Wednesday in silence as much as I am able. Spending time in silence is not only a good Ash Wednesday and Lenten...
A Valentine’s Day reflection for 2014
...think of your heart’s condition? Perhaps you will take some time to pray however your heart moves you today. How would you describe our collective heart — the collective heart of Earth’s people — all 7 billion-plus of us? Again, are you inclined to prayer of praise and/or petition as you ponder this? Perhaps you will pray what moves within you as you move through this day celebrating hearts, love. I would like to join my prayer with yours today....