Sister Constance is considered a spiritual mother by many of the residents, who said they will honor her on Mother’s Day.
Women religious find a place of honor on Mother’s Day
A saint for our times
Jean Vanier, Canadian writer, philosopher and humanitarian who died May 7, was a champion for people with intellectual disabilities and touched countless lives through his constant message of love.
The language of love: How do the mothers in your life express and experience love?
We can honor special women in our lives, even those not gifted with the physical role of motherhood.
Laura Kelly Fanucci: The women who stayed
The women stayed at the foot of the cross. They did not desert Jesus. They cared for his beaten, bloody body. They went in the dark to anoint him at the tomb with oil and spices. They stayed faithful to the daily, loving work of caring for others in body and soul.
Richard Doerflinger: Whitewashing Planned Parenthood
The story is emotional, and at times difficult to watch. But perhaps even more remarkable than the movie are the hysterical attacks on it from some film critics.
Dare breaking bread with others, risk seeing Jesus’ face
When we break bread with those we love, relatives and friends, we open ourselves to the revealing and transformative power of their presence.
Saving the treasures of our Church
The fire and the pledges to rebuild Notre Dame should also remind us of some other important things — about the Church and about the good that humanity can accomplish at its best.
Solidarity with a mother grieving her dead son
For centuries, Catholics have felt a unique closeness to the grieving mother whose son died on a cross, unjustly. The injustice exacerbates her suffering. No mother deserves to undergo the death of a child, much less if the death is unjust. Mary did.