by | Dec 29, 2009
Instead of exchanging gifts this year, Mike, Nick and I had a “night out” in Minneapolis to celebrate Christmas just before we each went our separate ways mid December. We went to see the 3D film “A Christmas Carol”, the adaptation of Charles...
by | Oct 14, 2009
There are two Church issues that have been of concern to us lately: Firstly there is the issue of the Vatican visitation or scrutiny of active religious congregations of women religious in the U.S. Sr. Sandra Schneiders, IHM has written the most clear explanation of...
by | Aug 13, 2009
How time flies! We have been back in the USA since July 20, almost a month next week. Of course it has been non stop for us since. Mike has been traveling for a little R & R. Nick is working in the parish where he goes for a month every year, St. Thomas More...
by | May 27, 2009
Tender Spirit Sophia, Wrap me round with your love. Ready me for risk. Fierce and wonderful you are. Free me, Spirit Sophia, So that I might serve as you would have me serve. Amen Taken from: “Prayers for a New World” by Betsy Clarke,...
by | May 9, 2009
I wish all my friends who are mothers, grandmothers, great grandmothers….a very happy Mother’s Day. Today in the homily which Nick and I gave together, we used the Gospel account of the vine and the branches comparing it to the umbilical cord with which...
by | Apr 28, 2009
We arrived back on the shores of awesome Australia on April 25. The journey over went well. No delays, baggage arrived with us. These days that is a “great” trip! Our neighbors sent an email saying that the day after we left they saw a mother bear and...
