In 115 pages, and with photographs of what she describes, Sister Marian takes the reader on a journey of discovery. She discovers in the language and customs of the people she encounters some of the richness of the human family. Intelligence, respect, and good humor characterize her approach to varied new situations. In her accounts,…
Bridget Puzon, O.S.U. All Saints Day reminds us that in every generation there are exemplary men and women who remind us of God’s goodness through the way they live their lives, suffer adversity, and are magnanimous in success and prosperity. The saints of our times are people whose faces and lives can be graphically shown…
Bridget Puzon, O.S.U. In a special interview with Pope Francis I, Antonio Spadaro, S.J., the editor of La Civiltà Catolica, the Italian Jesuit journal, asked the pointed question: “Who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio?” The Pope’s first, delayed response was, “I do not know what might be the most fitting description.” He then takes the spiritual…
Bridget Puzon, O.S.U. When the plane touched down in Johannesburg, Sister Jane Finnerty began her journey to meet the Ursulines in South Africa and Botswana. As her pre-General Chapter visit to another province, she chose this province in particular because of her desire to see the work of the many sisters from the Eastern Province…
Mrs. Joanne Kelly, Assistant Principal Academy of Mount St. Ursula As I sit in the midst of summer with a warm ocean breeze swirling around me, basking in the hot, summer sun, I am reminded of how our Lord asks us to bask in his love and to share it with all our community to…
Bridget Puzon, O.S.U. “I wanted to visit an Ursuline province with a different culture, where it would give me a third-world experience,” recalled Sr. Ann Peterson. She chose the countries of the Ursuline Caribbean Province: Barbados, Venezuela, and Guyana. For her the experience of Ursuline life and mission in countries and cultures there offered her…
Bridget Puzon, O.S.U. As we pray this Pentecost Sunday, “Send forth your Spirit and renew the face of the earth,” we might well invoke the Spirit, while acknowledging the astronomical changes in our understanding of God’s creation: “Renew the face of the cosmos”—of which we are a part (not the whole). Genesis 1:1: In the…
Alice D. Grant As I begin this reflection in the wake of the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, I am discouraged by the negative messages surrounding the announcement—media references to the continuing effects of the clerical sexual abuse scandals and the unconscionable response of the Church leaders, Popes as well as local Bishops; the announcement…
Irene Mahoney, O.S.U. On the Sunday following the Feast of Epiphany, the celebrant of our community Mass alluded to the fact that we had only a few weeks left before Lent began. At once, the golden glow of Epiphany was gone. The exotic smell of incense was gone. The wise men had, as T.S. Eliot…