Vocations
An Autumnal Walk in Audubon Park
As a child, many of us undoubtedly read a magazine called “Highlights.” If so, you will remember a featured page in each issue where one searched for “hidden pictures.” This was my “go-to” page in every issue of Highlights, living up to its motto of “fun with a purpose.” Fascinated with the necessity of looking with focused attentiveness, with searching shapes and contours, and with discovering intricate details, that “search and find” puzzle both absorbed and distracted my attention during most visits to the pediatrician’s office. While walking this morning, my gaze fell upon an autumnal leaf suspended in [...]
Is it too late to say Happy New Year?
At the end of the first month of January, 2019, is it too late to say "Happy New Year?" Well, maybe, but is it too late to reflect a bit on how it is going? During the recent holidays, I was reminded of a classic tale written by Henry Van Dyke called The Other Wise Man. This expansion of the biblical story is about a fourth wise man the one who misses his connection with the caravan due to an unexpected encounter with a person in need. Instead of bemoaning his fate or abandoning his call, this wise man spends [...]
My Journey on the Road Less Travelled
Religious life is not for everyone. In fact, it is a very special way of life that has always been something for only a relatively select group of people. Never in history has religious life been a popular thing—something that attracted the crowd, or that crowd-pleasers have chosen to do. Usually, people in religious life do not care much for what the crowd, group, or gang is doing. They tend to follow their hearts on “the road less travelled” and to walk on a path that is less defined by what they want to do, and more defined by what [...]
Climate SmART: Honoring Our Children’s Future Through Faith, Art, and Action
On April 10, 2015 the Associated Alumnae and Alumni of the Sacred Heart hosted its Annual Conference in Boston, MA. A panel of artists and RSCJ educators explored the topic of climate change to discuss "Climate SmART: Honoring Our Children’s Future Through Faith, Art, and Action.” The 5 member panel was sponsored by Honoring the Future (www.honoringthefuture.org). It was moderated by Frances Dubrowski, Project Director, Honoring the Future and Alumna, Newton College of the Sacred Heart. Members of the panel included: • Peter Handler, award-winning craft artist and creator of “The Canaries in the Coal Mine” sculptural works about the [...]
My Vocation Story (as I reflect on it today)…
My vocation story was shared in this way with a small group of Seniors at the Rosary, our Sacred Heart school in New Orleans, LA and my Alma Mater. These are my reflections as shared with them this morning. I grew up in a large Catholic family of 10 children. We lived in New Orleans, not far from Audubon Park and in the middle of the university section. My parents were not necessarily pious in a devotional sense, but they were definitely fervent. Our family went to Mass every weekday morning at 7:30 AM before school at Holy Name of [...]
