The message of Christ is not for the faint of heart. Jesus did not ask us to love our neighbors only when it was convenient.
Kemme
In Our Own Words: New Book on Religious Life of the Present
by Elizabeth Astridge | February 24, 2018 | Formation, News, Reflections | 0 Comments
Pestered by God?
by John Freund, CM | May 21, 2016 | Formation, Reflections | 0 Comments
Mercy: The best of who we are
by John Freund, CM | January 14, 2016 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
God of the journey
by John Freund, CM | January 7, 2016 | Formation, Reflections, Sisters of Charity | 0 Comments
NY Times features Sr. of Charity Tracy Kemme
by John Freund, CM | Sep 30, 2015 | News
NY Times features Sr. of Charity Tracy Kemme and addresses the question of why the idea of entering religious life...
Eucharist – Tracy Kemme, SC
by John Freund, CM | Sep 11, 2015 | Formation, Reflections
Human lives are complicated, especially the lives of our sisters and brothers living in economic poverty.
“…standing among 20 “young nuns” “
by John Freund, CM | Jan 23, 2015 | Formation, Reflections, Sisters of Charity
These women have risked a joyful “yes” to a road not often traveled.
Tracy Kemme SC reflects on “Thin places”
by John Freund, CM | Jan 2, 2015 | Formation, Sisters of Charity
Tracy Kemme SC reflects on “Thin places” – The Celtic saints spoke of “thin places.”
7 Advents of a Sister of Charity Vocation
by John Freund, CM | Dec 14, 2014 | Formation, Sisters of Charity
7 Advents of a Sister of Charity Vocation Journey with S. Tracy Kemme, a novice with the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati. Read her story of being in love with a man and God.
The Future of Charity – young Charity Federation bloggers
by John Freund, CM | Dec 2, 2014 | Sisters of Charity, Social
Meet the Bloggers of The Future of Charity – all members of congregations across the Sisters of Charity Federation
Sr. Tracy Kemme, SC and SVDP Prison Re-entry Program
by John Freund, CM | Nov 28, 2014 | Formation, Poverty: Analysis and Responses, Sisters of Charity, Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Sister Tracey Kemme, SC (Cinncinati), has just completed her canonical novitiate year. She is already at work telling the story of the St. Vincent DePaul Prison Re-entry Project.
Sharing the ‘yeses’ of religious life
by John Freund, CM | Nov 7, 2014 | Sisters of Charity
During this National Vocation Awareness Week, I’d have to say that I grew up rather “vocationally unaware,” as, unfortunately, do many Catholics. Although my practicing Catholic parents lovingly brought me up in the faith, and although I attended 16 years of Catholic school, I didn’t deem religious life a viable option until my 20s. Sure, we covered the “Vocations” unit in various religion classes, but there were few experiences that encouraged me to consider that my vocation really could be something besides marriage.