Topic
Spirituality
We proclaim the Good News of God’s unconditional love for all and embrace Mary, the first disciple, as our model of a life rooted in God.
The Center Still Holds: Vulnerability, Courage, Compassion
Courage is the ability to come through something that has frighted us, and out of that pain and grief, to discover a strength we never realized we have.
Vulnerability: The Journey to Wholeness
Vulnerability is not reserved for the leader. It is a mutual condition that is embraced if lifting the group toward wholeness is the goal.
Touchstones: A Peace and Justice Perspective
The questions remain: How will we move forward now, living lives of compassion and peace and inclusion? How will we create with our lives a field of healing presence for our beautiful yet wounded world?
Being a Mystical Presence in the World
We can access this great experience of God’s love through faithfulness to simple practices, ever ancient, ever new: silence, prayer, meditation, contemplation, adoration.
What table flipping needs to be done today?
Let this be the time to cross the thresholds before us.
Walking on the Two Feet of Love
It is my conviction that as the future of religious life emerges, we, sisters cannot cease from witnessing to the Reign of God with imagination, fresh thinking and hope, aware that “any attempt to practice the same spirituality as Jesus would entail learning to speak out boldly as he did—and face the consequences.”
Dealing with Anger
How do we express our anger in
healthy ways, and most importantly, how
do we allow others to express their anger
without feeling intimidated or personally
attacked?
The Value of Discomfort
“When I think of Jesus flipping the
tables in the temple, I imagine the chaos that ensued, people furious at him for upsetting the status quo. Yet throughout the gospels, Jesus taught things that made people uncomfortable.”
Reexamining Right to Life in Light of Our Chapter Commitment to Bold Discipleship
We need to speak, write, and work vigorously to correct and lift burdens that cause the right to life to be challenged in any way.
God’s “Temple of Humanity” at the US-Mexico Border
Asylum seekers depend on the compassionate care of people who believe that God resides in the “Temple of Humanity” and who do not turn a blind eye to their brothers and sisters’ angst and suffering.
