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“Yes, do be a saint…and, why not?”
What do you think it means to be a saint? Why is a person considered holy? Is it the miracles that they do, or the way that they live each day? What do you think about being a saint? Our own Saint, St. Madeleine Sophie Barat, had some thoughts about becoming a saint. She understood it as how one lives her life; and that is how a person interacts with people and situations each day. Not about miracles, she thought, being a saint is about the things we do each day. Once when she listening to a person who was [...]
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 [...]
Down on the Bayou
Sometimes, we are given openings in our day to connect with our Creator, with one another, and with the flora and fauna of nature. A few days ago, Marianne Tavares, RSCJ (Toronto), Sheila Smith, RSCJ (Ottawa), Georgeann Parizek, RSCJ (Baton Rouge), and I did just this in the Cypress Island Swamp Preserve in Breaux Bridge, LA. Being in this environment makes one realize the precious gift of life as it is expressed so gratuitously through the cypress trees draped with moss, the native vegetation, the puffy clouds and blue sky, the alligators sunning on driftwood and the smiling faces of [...]
AASH Closing Remarks
Here are my “Closing Remarks” at the recent AASH Conference held in Miami, FL. Sunday-April, 17, 2011 Good Morning, everyone! Hasn’t it been just wonderful to be in this beautiful place together? It is so lovely here and the natural beauty of our surroundings reflects to me the lush abundance of God’s grace in just everything. I do not know about you, but, for me….Being here these past 3.5 days has been truly an experience of ‘El Jardin” –of truly being at home in God’s heart with each of you. Everything has been so thoughtfully and sensitively prepared, I know [...]
