Listen Up with Your Heart
Listen Up with Your Heart! To celebrate National Catholic Sisters Week (NCSW), March 8-14, 2019, area Catholic Sisters and Davenport's African American Council for the Arts are producing three...
Read MoreBusy Student Retreats
Sisters have been involved with busy student retreats for a number of years, and I feel blessed to continue the tradition....
Read MoreSaving Land for the Future
The retreat center property has always been a focus of the sisters to protect, restore and care for the land. To that end, not long after the Land Ethic was adopted, the CHMS decided to dedicate about...
Read MoreThe St. Vincent Connection
November marks the anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone of St. Vincents Center in 1897....
Read MoreHomeless with Rewards
A poem written by a homeless person gives insight into a hard life, yet one filled with rewards...
Read MoreThe Waste that Nature Can't Digest
Plastic pollution threatens wildlife, and our own health, as we consume plastic through both water and food. Plastic toxins are associated with increased risk of cancer, liver damage, and reproductive...
Read MoreBlessed are the Peacemakers
Sr. Jeannie calls it "rabble-rousing". I call it women of God doing the work of the gospel...
Read MoreSister Gives Water a Test
Sister Kathleen Henneberry, CHM, is very concerned about water pollution and recently volunteered to test local waterways....
Read MoreTeaching Inmates Patience
Sister Cathy Talarico shares her experience of teaching art at the Iowa Correctional Institution for Women. "Art has the ability to bring a wholeness and holiness to the creator."...
Read MoreOrphan Train to Sisterhood
A little girl, born in the slums of New York in 1909, rides the Orphan Train west to Iowa where she is adopted into a loving home. She is taken to the church and dedicated to the Blessed Mother....
Read MoreMy Global Ministry of Prayer
The people I meet often project a prayer that I am in need of that day without their knowledge. We learn from each other in many ways unknown....
Read MoreMinister of Baby Hugs
Sr. Kathleen Hanley, CHM, is a minister of music in Billings, Montana. And now she adds minister of baby hugs to the list....
Read MoreHelping Homeless Veterans
Anyone in Des Moines who is homeless or on the brink of homelessness can attend the event. And many have so far. The line to the last "Stand Down" was so long it wrapped around itself. Many...
Read MoreJourneys Ended, Journeys Begun
Today, over six years since that first journey, I now will be taking my final ride down that lane to begin a new journey. Among my belongings will be a deeper awareness of God’s love and presence in...
Read MoreFace Your Fears, Respond with Love
It is not always easy to speak the truth, but done well, it is the loving thing to do. Beginning right at home, I can strive to be a loving presence....
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