by Director of Communications | Jan 29, 2016 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
READINGS: Jeremiah 1:4-5, 14-17; Psalm 71; 1 Corinthians 12: 31-13:13; Luke 4:21-30 PROPHETS AND LOVERS “Hearts on Fire” was the theme of my congregation’s 2015 Assembly, a once-every-four-year gathering to set our direction and elect our leaders. One memorable...
by Director of Communications | Jan 22, 2016 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
READINGS: Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 12:12-30; Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 Last Sunday at Mass, we heard that we are called to proclaim “God’s marvelous deeds to all the nations.” It seems to me that we do this in our homes, our convents, in our...
by Director of Communications | Jan 15, 2016 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
READINGS: Isaiah 62: 1-5; Psalm 96; 1 Corinthians 12: 4-11; John 2: 1-11 The Wedding Feast at Cana More than 20 years ago 18 pilgrims climbed into our tour bus. We were leaving Jerusalem with Sister Eileen Storey, SC, leading us onward to our first full day in Israel....
by Director of Communications | Jan 11, 2016 | Reflections, Spirituality
Readings: Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7; Acts 10:34-38; Luke 3:15-16, 21-22 We are ten days into this New Year. The Christmas celebrations have officially ended. The gifts have been given and in some cases returned. The Christmas trees have been taken down and now lay dying on...
by Director of Communications | Jan 5, 2016 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
On the occasion of the Feast Day on January 4th, Sr. Mary Mc Cormick shared the following reflection at the Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton on State Street. I am one of the Baltimore Catechism generations, and in my day memorized vast quantities of questions and...
by Director of Communications | Jan 1, 2016 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Readings: Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13; Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6; Matthew 2:1-12 This week the texts beckon to us from a dark time of captivity and exile when there was a vision for a bright future for God’s people, to the Magi from the East searching...