I'm worried about the future my nephews will experience. But lots of religious sisters are empowering young people like them and showing them God's love, so they can face the challenges ahead.
Almost every day near our convent in San Antonio, I pass a memorial mural and see Claudia's resolute face. She stands as a witness that something is wrong in our human family, because we do not yet recognize each other.
As a spiritual director it is a sacred privilege to journey with others in their relationship with God. So it has been a sacred experience to live life in the presence of God in New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment.
Summer reminds us that we all need rest. We rest so that we can better love, and by resting, we recognize that rest — the very act of sabbath-making — is part of our call as people of faith.
St. Veronica Medical Centre is already making a difference in the life of the local community of Ttomi Buloba, Uganda, thanks to a collaboration born of a shared name — Good Samaritan Sisters — and a shared charism.
In Kenya, Medical Missionaries of Mary sisters are engaged in health and medical services, serving people in poverty. As part of our healing charism, I work in this mission, coordinating the medical outreach program.
Horizons - I attended the zonal assembly of my religious community, the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. What kept me contemplating during the assembly was the theme: "Together be bread for the world."
At times, we find these worries intruding on our prayer and community life and we do not give either the time we need. But, in spite of these struggles — in the end — it is our spirituality that gives us courage to keep going and trying new things.
