… what I did not expect was the increase in the number of colleges and college students actively participating as part of CSMG’s Young Leaders Initiative.
John Freund, CM
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Ladies of Charity Reflection First Sunday of Lent
Sr. Fran Ryan, D.C., Spiritual Moderator, offers this reflection to the Ladies of Charity preparing for Lent.
The hidden costs of being poor
How Expensive It Is to Be Poor The Pew Research Center released a study that found that most wealthy Americans believed “poor people today have it easy because they can get government benefits without doing anything in return.”
60 Seconds with Sister Julie Kubasak, DC
How Julie Kubasak went from friend to Sister
Would a Missionary give up Swahili (Facebook) for Lent?
What’s the first thing a missionary does? Learn the language. This is the language of the world we live. I’m sorry if you don’t like it. You could go “okay, I don’t like Swahili.”
Sisters of Charity and housing ministry
Women religious have a history of seeing needs and responding to them. Sister Donna Dodge and her community of the Sisters of Charity of New York walk in that tradition.
Stir into flame… Tom McKenna CM
The “Stir Into Flame” is from 2 Timothy 1: 1-8 — plays on Paul’s line here, and also Vincent’s “If love is a fire, then zeal is its flame.”
Upended expectations in encountering the homeless
Unexpected transformations are occurring as volunteers provide haircuts for the homeless in the shadows of St. Peters.
World Youth Day message: “Have the courage to be happy”
Pope Francis has told young people to “have the courage to be happy” in his Message for the 30th World Youth Day, which will be celebrated in dioceses around the world on Palm Sunday.
Honoring Sr. Carol Keehan DC
Carol Keehan will be honored as one who has demonstrated a significant commitment to leadership for social justice grounded in the spirituality of St. Ignatius of Loyola,
