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In memory of …
...informing all residents that all roads in the area had to be named and labeled in case of emergency. A photo of Sister Mary Esther Lane taken in 1979 at Yosemite National Park. In Saint Mary-of-the-Woods Village, many residents who lived on one street decided they had to name it “Mary Lane.” The street was eventually changed to “Mary Lane Road.” “I understand that Mary Esther loved taking visitors over there to show them the road that is named after...
Sister Agnes Clare Buckley
...a teacher for so long.” Sister Agnes Clare also supported others with cards and phone calls. Her brother and others noted that if you asked Agnes what she wanted, she would say stamps, and not books – rolls! Sister Mary Fran Keusal, a band member, noted that, “If Agnes knew that someone had an ingrown toenail, she sent that person a card. I know how many cards she sent because I made hundreds and hundreds of return address labels for...
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...
Conscience, Candidates and Discipleship in Voting – Part two
...background of abortion, climate change and the culture of exclusion, it is clear that the faith-filled voter who seeks to be guided by Catholic social teaching is confronted by compelling moral claims that cut across the partisan and cultural divides of our nation. The pathway from these crosscutting moral claims to decisions on particular candidates is not a direct and singular one in Catholic teaching, rooted in one issue. For this reason, the drive to label a single issue preeminent...
Witness
...the weak cannot fall lower than the lowest which is in you also.” I believe Will LeCroy can teach us an essential truth: Who among us deserves to be labeled, judged, discarded even, according to the worst thing we ever did? Rather, are we not called to honor human dignity and extend God’s loving design to all creation? To all persons? Surely just as we know that God loves us always and is never far from us, so are we...
Sister Mary (Mary Agatha) Carlton
...Officially Sister Mary was the volunteer coordinator and in that position interviewed volunteers and supervised their orientation. In addition, according to Sister Pat, Sister Mary assisted with the taking in and labeling of medications, restocking examination rooms, picking up supplies, cleaning the clinic and doing fund raisers. Sister Pat attributes their many returning clients to Sister Mary’s influence. Ever the gracious and generous woman, she did indeed ‘heal the oppressed,’” shared Sister Mary Roger. “Over the last five years, Sister...
Jean Lynch: her own spirituality has been deepened
...is your connection with the Sisters of Providence? When I first came to Florida, I met a very special lady — Sister Maureen Therese Brennan (RIP). From our first meeting, we became fast friends with our mutual love of all things Irish. I believe that is when my discernment process began — way back in 1978! Sister Maureen Therese shared her stories of Mother Theodore and her own love for the mission of the Sisters of Providence. When I later...
Sister Susanne Gallagher
...presence of God’s Providence in all of life. The opportunity to belong with those who share a common spirit and strive to be a source of hope and strength for others animates me, animates us. Q. What message would you share with women in discernment? A. I hope that each of you in discernment has the opportunity to be with a Sister of Providence as she lives her call to serve and become who she is meant to be. The...
Sister Mary Catherine Guiler
...been significant factors in any discernment I have made regarding ministry. Q. What do you value most about your ministry opportunities? A. Twenty-eight of my 45 years in ministry have been in education, all but two in secondary education. I value the contact with these young people, as they are our link to the future. I like to think that we are imparting to them a solid moral foundation. Whenever we gather as a total group, I know I come...
Experiencing a deep and authentic unity
...the national media, evoking a variety of responses from many persons. True to its commitment to shared leadership and communal discernment in reaching decisions, the presidency of LCWR had been cautious in responding until it could consult with its members during the recent August LCWR National Assembly. All of us on our leadership team participated in this assembly. During this past week, we took some time to process what we had experienced during these important days. We’d like to share...
Sister Dina Bato
...thankful that discernment of ministries is a dual discernment, particularly toward one, or sometimes two, that brings out and enhances my gifts, talents, and passions. I have been gifted with an accounting degree, which has helped enhance my analytical skills. I’m also, however, a deep thinker and have a passion for learning new things, especially in the areas of theology and spirituality. Finding a ministry that helps to integrate my skills and my passions was rather difficult, especially in this...
Sister Bernice Kuper (formerly Sister Ann Bernice)
...her canonical hour for the last week. We teased Bernice mercilessly for one of her favorite sayings: “The wise man in the valley sees more than the donkey on the hill.” Yet, like many of her homey sayings, I think of it often and realize the truth of it. Sister Bernice had a sure-fire discernment/decision method that I still employ today. I thought I wanted to go home. I told Bernice. Again – that steady, calm gaze. After a time...