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be still
“be still and know that I am God.” Ps. 46:10 It was exciting to see my first blog post on our website. And then, to see the comments that followed. I am excited to be sharing thoughts in this way and I hope that by drawing on all the experiences I have had on college…
fourth week of lent
While I am in the world, am the light of the world. John 9:5 I have heard of this man, Jesus, the son of the carpenter Joseph and his wife Mary. Some say that he is the anointed one of God. I don’t understand how this can be, isn’t he just one of us? As I…
never be thirsty again
third week of lent The noon-day sun shines brightly in Sychar warming the dusty ground on which I sit. I stretch and yawn as a woman approaches the well of Jacob with her bucket in hand ready to draw water. She is the one who is talked about by many because she is an adultress…
March madness!
St. Patrick’s Day, St. Joseph’s Day, PIAA, NCAA tournaments–what’s not to love about March! I arrived at Georgetown University the same year as Patrick Ewing so I thought I had died and gone to heaven in the decade of the 80s! Patrick, Alonzo, Dikembe, Allen Iverson, Jeff Green and Roy Hibbert–I knew them all. When…
take up your cross
second week of lent We adore Thee O Christ and we bless Thee, for by Thy holy Cross you have redeemed the world. In 355 A.D. the emperor Constantine erected the Church of the Holy Sepulcher at the site where Jesus’ tomb was believed to have been. Soon after it was completed, pilgrims began to…
KINDNESS: Get in the Habit
Catholic sisters serving in the Diocese of Erie are joining a nationwide campaign in March to encourage people to be kind toward one another. The message – “Kindness: Get in the Habit” – will be shared through billboards, television public service announcements, social media posts and other venues. “Kindness is needed to counter the continued…
lead us not into temptation
first week of lent Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. Romans 4:1 Jesus was in the desert for forty days and forty nights and during that time the devil tempted him. I read this as the devil (was) actually taunting him to turn rocks into bread; to…
Ash Wednesday: the beginning of lent
You are dust and to dust you shall return. Repent and believe in the gospel. With these words ashes are imposed on the foreheads of the faithful at mass on Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Lent, from the Teutonic word lente, meaning springtime, is the traditional forty-day period of preparation for the resurrection…
resource center for religious institutes
Here is the information to access the RCRI Toolbox website which Sr. Mary Ann White mentioned during community day on February 11. Click the link below and enter the following user name and password. link: RCRI website In the sign-in box on the right side of the page, enter: LCWR as the username (all caps)…
SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH MAXIMS
