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So I’m back from Denver and in the midst of a flurry of many interesting work and personal projects – if I had an administrative assistant and a housekeeper, life would be more manageable. One of the take-aways for me from the HERS Institute in Denver is a deep confirmation of my discernment . . . → Read More: Leading from within Here’s a press release about a statement of support for Beth Johnson that we affirmed at our Federation Event. For Immediate Release July 13, 2011 Sisters of Saint Joseph Support Theologian Elizabeth Johnson, CSJ (St. Louis, MO): Close to 900 Sisters and Associates of U.S. Federation of the Sisters of St. Joseph gathered at the . . . → Read More: Always our sister Until today, I have seen the word “ubuntu” only in the context of Linux distributions. What learned today from a talk by Meg Wheatley, is that it is also an ethical conept in Africa, ”I am what I am because of who we all are.” As a Sister of St. Joseph, my zeal for healing . . . → Read More: Ubuntu – not just another OS This was the theme for a conference sponsored by New Ways Ministry held over the weekend. It was a deep privilege for me to be part of a wonderful planning committee and to be a facilitator for the conference. A sacred time of sharing the personal and communal challenges concerning the issue of lesbian religious, . . . → Read More: Courage and Community – Coming Out and Coming Home On Sunday I returned from Dubuque, Iowa by way of Chicago, after visiting the LCWR exhibit, “Women and Spirit” at the Mississippi River Museum. A friend who is a BVM sister provided wonderful hospitality for 7 of us, and we had a nice time catching up with each other this weekend… If you have . . . → Read More: Women and Spirit As we approach the feast of Christmas, I find myself reflecting on the profound self-gift of God in the historical Jesus. And I also find myself challenged to respond to God’s invitation to radical engagement in today’s world, which seems in many ways to be every bit as broken as it was in Jesus’ time. . . . → Read More: Authenticity in a broken world Now that I’ve gotten your attention, please read on, lest you think I’m about to embark on a bragging session… As one of many of you who care deeply about the Church and the world, I have been following the news and op-ed columns of the mainstream and Catholic media as they pertain to current . . . → Read More: What if the Sisters have been right all along? [vodpod id=Groupvideo.2867432&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] How about another “nunly” topic? The traveling exhibit on Catholic Sisters in America is on display in Cincy until the end of August. Here an excerpt from a brochure on the exhibit’s web site: WOMEN & SPIRIT: Catholic Sisters in America reveals the mystery behind a small group of independent American women who . . . → Read More: Road trip to Cincinnati? From Bryan Cones in a June 12 U.S. Catholic article… Above and beyond the call | USCatholic.org It must be hard being a Sister in America. You spend a century creating a hospital system from scratch and educating generations of Catholic children of every race and class on a shoestring. Not only are you barely . . . → Read More: Thanks for your support and kind words My prayer tonight as I reflect on the speech Pres. Obama gave at Notre Dame on Sunday is that this nation will experience a moment (make that MANY moments) of clarity and recognize that we have so much more in common than not. And that on issues that are particularly troublesome and divisive, we . . . → Read More: A speech to remember |
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