by Communications Office | Mar 6, 2021 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Forgiveness: the Lenten Face of Love Each time of the year, in the Church’s perspective, invites us to think about and to imitate another face of charity, of love – God’s love for us, ours for God and for each other. At Christmas, for example, love is about gifts,...
by Communications Office | Feb 27, 2021 | NEWS, Reflections, Spirituality
Readings: Genesis 22:1-18; Psalm 116; Romans 8:31b-34; Mark 9:2-10 In what do I believe? Or in whom? I am an American, after all. I believe in self-reliance, independence, going for the “dream” – whatever dream it is that I follow. So much in our culture tells...
by Communications Office | Feb 25, 2021 | NEWS, Reflections
“Certainly He will open the door, probably as generally happens in such cases, when we least expect it.” – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (Elizabeth Bayley Seton, Collected Writings, Volume 2, 285) St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s words bring to mind the familiar line, “Ask...
by Communications Office | Feb 3, 2021 | NEWS, Reflections
Elizabeth Seton: Light and Grace Candlelight on her Bible. She reaches for the pen, writes in the margin “to know Thy truth.” To know, in the midst of argument and controversy … Candlelight flickers as she underlines Eternity. “Evenings alone:...
by Communications Office | Jan 21, 2021 | NEWS, Reflections
“…I see all in the order of Providence.” (to Julia Scott) – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, from Elizabeth Bayley Seton, Collected Writings 2, 642. St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is enjoying Restaurant Week. (Remember those?) Maybe she is meeting her friend Julia at their favorite...
by Communications Office | Jan 3, 2021 | NEWS, Reflections
January 4, 2021 marks the 200th anniversary of Elizabeth Ann Seton’s death. Elizabeth Ann Seton Wife, mother, foundress, saint. Her steadfast fidelity, unwavering hope, astute ability to trust in her own experiences, make her a woman for our times as for...
