Meditations
Respect Life Video Series: Elder Abuse Awareness
October 6, 2021
In the first of our five-week study session on deepening our awareness of the meaning of “respect for life,” we meet Julie Kuzera and Nanna Cross of the Jane Addams Senior Caucus in Chicago, who are activists in the cause of exposing and preventing elder abuse.
Living in tension: Can you stay in a church that inspires and disappoints?
October 5, 2021
By Fr. Bill Nordenbrock, CPPS
Are you struggling with the tension of a Church that is simultaneously inspirational and disappointing? Do you wonder if it is possible to be faithfully loyal and faithfully prophetic? Can we form a communion while living in tension?
Sukkot: A Joyful Celebration in the Jewish Tradition
October 4, 2021
By Kathy Keary
The harvest analogy of Sukkot continues to hold significance as the Jewish people reflect on the spiritual and emotional benefit of the experience of heartfelt repentance and forgiveness offered by the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur.
Doggie Treats for St. Francis Feast Day
October 1, 2021
By Lucia Ferrara
October 4 is the Feast of St. Francis. Honor the saint by making these pumpkin-banana doggie treats and donating to your local animal shelter or animal rescue sanctuary.
Respect Life: Elder Abuse Awareness
September 28, 2021
By Fr. Ron Will
In the first of our five-week study session on deepening our awareness of the meaning of “respect for life,” we meet two activists in the cause of exposing and preventing elder abuse. Register to join us in person or online.
Yom Kippur: A Solemn Day of Atonement
September 27, 2021
By Kathy Keary
Rabbi Ted Falcon describes Yom Kippur as a day during which "atonement" becomes "at-one-ment," when Jews “feel an extraordinary sense of release and spiritual unity that comes with forgiveness.”
The Church offers an antidote to radical individualism
September 21, 2021
By Fr. Ron Will
The Church’s antidote to an individualism that threatens human dignity is community and solidarity. Come meet individuals who were tested by life experiences and responded with life-affirming attitudes and actions.”
Celebration of Rosh Hashanah: A Time of Repentance and Renewal
September 20, 2021
By Kathy Keary
We begin our exploration of the contemplative nature of Judaism with a peek at Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, celebrated each September calling all Jews to repentance and renewal.
Family Matters #27: Women Celebrating Women
September 15, 2021
By Lucia Ferrara
Mothers, wives, sisters, aunts, caregivers — whoever you are — we need to feed our minds, bodies, and souls with God’s grace to take care of His kingdom. This means taking care of not only others in our lives that matter to us but ourselves as well.
A Deeper Meaning to ‘Respect Life’
September 14, 2021
By Fr. Ron Will
Saturdays in October at the Renewal Center, we will meet individuals who were tested by life experiences and responded with life-affirming attitudes and actions. Listening to their stories will broaden and deepen what we mean by the phrase: “respect life.”