Scribbling hope. That’s how I would describe my attendance at this fall’s Diocesan Council of Catholic Women conference on Saturday, Sept. 17. I usually write down […]
Choosing to be instruments of God’s mercy
Reading, a social good
A recent study reported in The New York Times (Aug. 3) determined that people who read books live an average of almost two years longer than nonreaders. Indeed, the lives of readers are likely to be not only longer but deeper.
Welcoming the stranger: thinking globally, acting locally
His name is Omran. He sits motionless in an Aleppo ambulance after his family home was bombed. His silent stare screams at anyone looking: “I am a human being! Why can’t you see me?”
Caribbean dreaming: bold adventures, surprise homecomings
The phone call came when I was boiling sweet corn — suppertime on a hum-drum Sunday whose excitement peaked with a trip to the grocery store. […]
Two Benedictine women devoted to guiding young minds, hearts
Shortly before I started the fifth grade, my family moved from a farm in South Dakota to the farm where my mom grew up in Minnesota. […]
Conscience and voting 2016
Conscience brings us into the realm of morality, considering not only what could be done, but what ought to be done in specific situations.
Volunteering with Mother Teresa’s nuns: ‘getting right in the dirty of things’
What is it like to volunteer with the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata? Thousands travel to Kolkata, India, each year to give their time helping the […]
Visits with migrant workers helped me to see ‘we’ instead of ‘them’
“Migrant workers.” Many of us have heard that term, and many of us have a picture of who these workers are and what their lives are like. Right?