August 2015
Hurricane Katrina: Ten years later
These are the reflections I shared during our Prayer Service at the Rosary on the eve of Hurricane Katrina. For those of us that endured Hurricane Katrina, we remember it very well. It was a storm that brought much suffering to many people. Many people lost their lives and families separated and scattered to far off places. Homes and treasured possessions were lost forever in the waters that poured over our broken down levees. On the eve of the anniversary of Katrina, yes, we remember those times of darkness--that time when the clouds covered the sky and the torrents of [...]
Back to School: Welcome to our ASH Parents!
It is with a real sense of joy that I welcome you all back to school for the 2015-2016 school year! I hope that you have all found some time in the months of summer to enjoy some special time together with your daughters and to nurture your spirit through leisure and relaxation. While we have only been back for a total of 6 days, it seems to me that the girls have returned with a little extra kick in their step, glad to be back, and looking forward to a great new year at Sacred Heart. After several days [...]
A Morning Prayer: Faculty and Staff In-Service at the Academy of the Sacred Heart, The Rosary
At the end of the summer and in anticipation of the school year, all of our Faculty and Staff at The Rosary join together for a three day in-service. During these days, we pray together to deepen our relationship with God and with one another. I offer this morning prayer to you as an invitation to join us in prayer for the community at Sacred Heart in New Orleans. May we all be blessed in the year ahead! Morning Prayer-Faculty In-Service 8-10-15 “To hope is to believe in the future. Hope is always founded on strength of conviction, which makes changes and [...]
A Prayer for the Beginning of the School Year with Faculty and Staff
We need a means to encourage the soul, to nourish it and raise it over itself. The means of all means is the Spirit who vivifies and makes it fruitful…This Spirit becomes the breath of the soul…would to God each one may exclaim, “I begin today!” Conference Amiens, 1841 Leader: Loving and Compassionate God, we gather together this morning with our hearts and minds turned toward preparations for the coming school year. We come with hearts full of anticipation and excitement, expectation and hope for a good year. Be with us as we listen and learn from the wisdom of [...]
