by Communications Office | Dec 18, 2021 | Advent 2021, home, NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
“Silence has a special place during Advent, a time of waiting and expectancy. Two women who are central to the unfolding Christmas story – Elizabeth and Mary – are themselves in a state of waiting. They are pregnant. And like women the world over, they are tuned to...
by Communications Office | Dec 11, 2021 | Advent 2021, home, NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
“Shout for joy, O daughter Zion! Sing joyfully, O Israel! Be glad and exult with all your heart, O daughter Jerusalem!… the Ruler of Israel, the Holy One, is in your midst, you have no...
by Communications Office | Dec 4, 2021 | Advent 2021, home, NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
“Up, Jerusalem! Stand upon the heights; look to the east and see your children gathered from the east and the west at the word of the Holy One, rejoicing that they are remembered by God. Led away on foot by their enemies they left you, but God...
by Communications Office | Nov 27, 2021 | Advent 2021, home, NEWS, Spirituality
November 28, 2021. First Sunday of Advent Advent: a time of waiting, of longing, of preparing the way. Advent: a time to be reckless, to read the signs of these times and seek the grace of this moment, as this excerpt from the current issue of Give Us This...
by Communications Office | Sep 4, 2021 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
This season brings many challenges: to continue the hard work of protecting all from the coronavirus, to work for healing of broken persons and unjust structures, to hold the common good as central. We pray for students, teachers and parents, for those who are...
by Communications Office | Jul 30, 2021 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
July 31 marks the foundation day when Elizabeth Seton began the community in Emmitsburg. By Regina Bechtle, SC On a hot summer day in 1809, a group of women made their way to a lush valley in the rolling hills of northern Maryland, near the village of Emmitsburg. They...
