A member of the League of Women Voters and a District Chairperson of the Republican party in the late 60’s, within a Democratic stronghold of the South,..my mom was truly a groundbreaker. Deciding to run as a representative in Arkansas, the deck was clearly not in her favor and yet she doggedly pushed on… Continue reading Our Vote of Conscience
You are invited to join me this week for An Engaging Faith on Breadbox Media daily at 4pm EST Breaking into your ordinary with the extraordinary ... We start off our week with Make Room: A Child’s Guide to Lent and Easter with Laura Alary , then Jonathan Montaldo joins us to discuss Bridges to Contemplative Living with… Continue reading An Engaging Faith: 2/22-2/26
Those who know my husband and I closely, know that before we ever dated we were best friends. John was a sophomore at the University of Massachusetts and I a freshman at Mount Holyoke College in 1990. In looking back, every detail of our meeting and courtship was just as it was intended to be.… Continue reading Worth Revisiting:Love Worth Waiting For
"The saints are living and practical proof that Christ's philosophy works. The saints show us that it is possible for a human to be fully transformed in Christ" -Rediscover Catholicism, Matthew Kelly This Lent we are asked to engage in a transformation, a continual conversion of heart. To do so, however, we must become vulnerable-… Continue reading Wit & Wisdom:Be Transformed
You are invited to join me this week for An Engaging Faith on Breadbox Media daily at 4pm EST Getting ready for Lent with great invitations for Reflection and Action! Greg Wolfe with God For Us, Monsignor John Enzler with Everyone's Way of the Cross, Catholic Relief Services trip to Columbia Recap with Lisa Hendey and Sherry Brownrigg, Encore with Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle. … Continue reading An Engaging Faith: 2/15-2/19
Ash Wednesday Edition! Today as we begin the season of Lent I thought that this beloved Catholic funny was definitely worth revisiting! Beyond the obvious, when many of us have left with just a smear across our forehead, I see myself. (As a bit of perspective, I have actually corrected the cross of ashes on my… Continue reading Worth Revisiting {Ash} Wednesday
Dear Pope Francis: The Pope Answers Letters from Children Around the World (Loyola Press) With the incredible appeal of Pope Francis, there has been understandably a vast array of books on him or by him featuring his homilies, angelus’, addresses and encyclicals. Yet, I am so thrilled to be able to preview a book composed of… Continue reading A Child’s Perspective: “Dear Pope Francis”
You are invited to join me this week for An Engaging Faith on Breadbox Media daily at 4pm EST Getting ready for Lent with great invitations for Reflection and Action! Greg Wolfe with God For Us, Fr. Don Maldari with The Creed, Fr. Albert Haase with Saying Yes!, Karee Santos, will be joining us again this time to talk about how… Continue reading An Engaging Faith: 2/8-2/12
Can we even imagine a world where none of these exist? In small ways, I believe that we can, because we know the existence of good in knowing God. We have witnessed kindness and compassion, and instances whereby goodness has triumphed over evil. Yet in the kingdom of God, God’s goodness and reign is completely… Continue reading Worth Revisiting: Can I hear my Father’s Voice?
"It is by the apostolic preaching of the Gospel that the people of God is called together and gathered so that all who belong to this people, sanctified as they are by the Holy Spirit, may offer themselves 'a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God'." Vatican II, Presbyterorum ordinis, 2 With Lent fast approaching, this… Continue reading Wit & Wisdom: Sacrifice
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