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So, is this summer hot or what? I find myself working in the wee hours because I can’t seem to concentrate with the heat the way it is…of course, it’s not much fun sleeping in the heat of the day, either. Weather aside, I can’t help feeling disappointed at the way the ideological rhetoric in . . . → Read More: Chillin(?) in the D
Like many Roman Catholic institutes, parishes, and other organizations, we Baden Sisters of St. Joseph have embraced an option for the poor, devoting ourselves to standing with those who have no voice, trying to make a difference both by direct service and by challenging societal and political structures that contribute to the . . . → Read More: An option for youth… 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? I find it utterly amazing how God can take the most dismal situation and help me to find the gift, the silver lining, in it. There’s a bumper sticker that says something else “happens,” but I firmly believe in God’s ability and desire to make great fertilizer out of that substance. So what prompted this . . . → Read More: Grace happens… From Lily Coyle, in a letter to the editor of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune, in response to news about Pat Robertson’s unfortunate response to the human tradegy in Haiti. (If you haven’t heard, he basically said the reason they are suffering from this disaster is that the Haitian people long ago made a deal . . . → Read More: Satan's response to Pat Robertson Very surprising news…I wonder what is really going on… Can’t imagine that quitting like this would bode well for a future in elected office…I bet she ends up on talk radio or Fox News… Alaska’s Palin is leaving office this month – Kansas City Star Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska rattled the political world Friday . . . → Read More: Palin out! [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 From Nicholas D. Kristof’s Thursday column in the NY Times… Op-Ed Columnist – This Time, We Won’t Scare – NYTimes.com Rick Scott, a former hospital company chief executive, leads a group called Conservatives for Patients’ Rights. He was forced to resign as C.E.O. after his company defrauded the government through overbilling and is now spending . . . → Read More: Reject fear… The sister heading up the process for the apostolic visitation of women’s religious congregations in the U.S. asked the leaders of the congregations to propose possible candidates for the visitation teams. U.S. women religious study raising new concerns | National Catholic Reporter Millea’s letter noted that those who take part in the work “will be . . . → Read More: More on the apostolic visitation |
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