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Christmas Past, Christmas Present, Christmas Always

Marie-Celine Miranda, O.S.U. This will be my 80th Christmas. The first one, I don’t remember. I was six days old. I celebrated Christmas in the hospital, with my mother, in the days when newly-delivered mothers and their babies were allowed about a two-week rest from the traumatic experience of separation they had both just been…

ADVENT REFLECTION

  FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT   From the prophet Jeremiah 33:14-16   The days are coming, says the LORD, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and Judah. In those days, in that time, I will raise up for David a just shoot; he shall do what is right…

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SISTER MARY PATRICIA MEIKLEJOHN, 1929 – 2012

Sr. Mary Patricia Meiklejohn, O.S.U.December 24, 1929 – November 15, 2012 On November 15, 2012, Sister Mary Patricia Meiklejohn, formerly known as Sister Mary William, died at Sound Shore Medical Center in New Rochelle. Mary Pat entered the Ursulines in 1956, and she made her vows in 1959. Her years of service were given to…

SEND IN THE POETS

Elinor Shea, O.S.U. Recently, a memory of childhood delight returned to me. I was searching for help. Help to hold together, in some meaningful and ordered fashion the rich and varied experiences constantly flooding my awareness. Experiences of myself, my world, my universe; my relationships, my work, my friendships; my God, and my place in…

EAT, PLANT, LEARN

Dr. Roxanne Zimmer CNR students and faculty establishing the garden bed behind Gill Library. Roxanne Zimmer steers the wheelbarrow.   The bounty of the first crop. Think of the blackboard moving out of the classroom. That’s part of why we established a campus garden at the College of New Rochelle. Sharing the harvest with CNR…