![Returning to that which is Essential!](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/04/michelangelo-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Returning to that which is Essential!
Alone we can do nothing … we need the help of God who is our strength and security during this time of pandemic.
![Blessed Marta Anna Wiecka, D.C.: selfless service during an epidemic](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/05/marta-wiecka-featured-1-1080x630.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Blessed Marta Anna Wiecka, D.C.: selfless service during an epidemic
Blessed Marta Anna Wiecka bravely served the sick.
![Warde, a story of providence](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/05/WardeLebanon-scaled-FI-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Warde, a story of providence
With a big smile and shiny eyes, Warde welcomes you whenever you visit; a visit she prays for every day, every week, every month.
![Film Documentary on Pedro Opeka, CM](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/05/OPEKAfilm-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Film Documentary on Pedro Opeka, CM
A very skilled film-maker has submitted a documentary on Pedro Opeka’s work in Madagascar.
![Bishop Andrew E. Bellisario, CM Named New Metropolitan Archbishop of Anchorage-Juneau](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/05/archbisop-bellisario-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Bishop Andrew E. Bellisario, CM Named New Metropolitan Archbishop of Anchorage-Juneau
Pope Francis named the current bishop of Juneau and apostolic administrator for Anchorage, Andrew E. Bellisario, CM as the new metropolitan archbishop of Anchorage-Juneau.
![Feast Day: St. Joan Antida Thouret – May 23](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/05/st-joam-antida-thouret-with-others-featured-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Feast Day: St. Joan Antida Thouret – May 23
The beautiful story of St. Joan Antida Thouret and her Sisters still working today in 26 countries.
![Stepping Back To See More Clearly!](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2020/02/homelessness-series-featured-2-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Stepping Back To See More Clearly!
Poets are well known for helping us step back and see things we have not noticed before.
![Visit to the United Nation in Geneva](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/04/vincentian-family-UN-facebook.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Visit to the United Nation in Geneva
Sister Franca Edet, DC, who is a member of the Daughters of Charity United Nations Advisory Group, had the opportunity to visit the Daughters of Charity in Geneva and to visit the UN there.
![What is the Most Important Room In the World?](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2018/05/mosaic-pentecost-1024x576-1-1080x630.jpg?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
What is the Most Important Room In the World?
What is the most important room in the history of the world… and our lives? The Oval Office, Buckingham Palace? … Would you believe a simple “upper room” in Jerusalem! Why? Because in that room on the day we call Pentecost, the most powerful movement in history was...![Louise and Light (Isaiah 58: 5,10)](https://b704496.smushcdn.com/704496/en/files/2016/02/mckenna-tom-reflections-featured-facebook-1.png?lossy=2&strip=1&webp=1)
Louise and Light (Isaiah 58: 5,10)
Yet while walking those somber corridors, St. Louise came to discover right there in the gloom a flickering light that held her on course.