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Posted on August 6, 2018August 6, 2018

Bridging the Divide Between the Sexes on Our Worldviews

Recently I have had discussions with my husband and a close female friend of mine who is also married with children. We've been talking through the differences between the way men and women communicate and understand the world and relationships with other people. I've worked with a lot of men over the years and many …

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Posted on December 5, 2017December 5, 2017

We Need to Stop Gossiping About Our Priests

I have been in active ministry for over ten years. I've had occasional breaks as my vocation has required, but I've worked with a variety of people and priests over those years. In all of my time serving in the parish and local community I have observed--as Pope Francis has said many times--that gossip is …

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Posted on August 16, 2016August 16, 2016

Miscarriage: The Pro-Life Movement’s Inconsistency

Has the pro-life movement fully embraced what it espouses? This is a question I am left pondering in the wake of my most recent miscarriage. I have sensed for some time that there is indeed serious cognitive dissonance going on within the movement of which I am a member. My miscarriages have taught me that …

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Posted on October 29, 2014

Stopping Division in Our Church Communities

The biggest struggle in Church community is overcoming ourselves. There is a current within ministry, community, and other aspects of the Church that works hard to cling to power and stomp out opposition.  This is tied to fear and our own immature understanding of living a life of virtue and in communion within the Mystical …

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Posted on May 19, 2014

Just Say “No” to Busy

 I have not written much on this website lately.  I was taking a break to focus on my family and faith journey.  I had gotten myself into a rut where I was doing too much and accomplishing very little.  I was leading or helping out in five ministries while trying to balance being a wife, …

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Posted on November 12, 2013

Serving the ‘Least of These’

Then the king will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, a stranger and you welcomed me,naked and you clothed …

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Posted on November 5, 2013

The Foot of the Cross

November is the month in the Church when we remember and pray for the dead.  The month begins with the Solemnity of All Saints to celebrate the men and women who have gone before us and who pray for us from Heaven.  Then All Souls is on the 2nd, which is dedicated to the dead …

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