Life-Giving Satisfaction
“How Life Flows Through Our Community” is the motto of the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center. I have been a faithful volunteer for decades....
Read MoreYou Gotta Have WiFi
Our Lady of the Prairie Retreat receive grant to upgrade technology. Hallelujah!...
Read MoreRelationships Lead to Healing
I believe, as did Carl Rogers, that people are basically good. That given the right environment, they are naturally inclined towards wholeness....
Read MoreIt Started as a Dream
While we marched, a separate rally was organized to draw attention to the growing number of homeless children. At the end of their rally the children from around the country marched with their parents...
Read MoreThe Golden Rule
The Holy Year of Mercy prayer card on my desk has this list of Corporal Works of Mercy: to feed the hungry, to give drink to the thirsty, to clothe the naked, to shelter the homeless, to care for the...
Read MoreStanding with the Pope
CHM sisters do what we all should do to effect change. They stand up for what they believe in; they call their legislators; they attend peaceful gatherings; they sign petitions; they make healthy...
Read MoreA Time to Heal, to Help, to Forgive
Pope Francis has declared December 8, 2015, through November 20, 2016, the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy. He is inviting all of us to see with eyes of mercy. In a world where millions of...
Read MoreYou Mean Nuns Can't Communicate for Themselves?
People do not realize that the CHM religious community like most businesses, requires professional assistance with materials that provide information to the CHM sisters, their staff, friends, donors,...
Read MoreEmbodiment of Christ Doesn't Require a Habit
Shame on anyone who questions faith based on apparel. The CHM Sisters, as did many other communities, did not start out wearing habits. They were wearing the clothes of poor women so as to blend in...
Read MoreBecoming the Heart of the Universe
It seems that in our culture many believe humans are the center of creation, separate from all the rest. This prevents us from recognizing our role as part of creation and keeps us from seeing how we...
Read MoreSister Marian gets an "A"
Sr. Elizabeth and I give Sr. Marian an A for community-building – with her CHM sisters and her hometown friends in Erie....
Read MoreThe Youngest Nun: Life Transformed
Having never witnessed such an event, I wasn’t about to miss it. For two hours I watched intently as the chrysalis continuously changed ever so slightly, getting closer and closer to the anticipated...
Read MoreWhat hasn't changed in 100 years?
The photographs above were taken 100 years apart. So very much has changed in that time. What I know that has not changed is the devotion of consecrated lives focused on prayer, service and community....
Read MoreMother Teresa of the Latinos
Sister Molly is the Angel of the Field bringing with her the Word of God and changing the battered faces of migrant farmers into faces of hope and encouragement....
Read MoreHoly Communicator!
Standing at a a podium in front of overr 100 nuns I was just a tad bit nervous. I was their newly hired, non-catholic communications director and my start date was a month away....
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