Well! did I get a crash course in international politics these past two weeks. Though I did go to a lot of interesting side events, the fascinating thing was watching the delegates work on the text. It was especially instructive as the week wore on and the night sessions lengthened (for the past two nights…

The Mount welcomed 66 first-graders from Tamarack Elementary School in Owensboro, Ky., on May 12 to learn about the stewardship of the earth from Ursuline Sister Amelia Stenger. Donna Howard, one of the first-grade teachers at the school, brought fourth-grade students a few years ago, and said she knew Sister Amelia does a great job…

Someone just asked me if I would be glad to get back to where I have a car to get around in. I haven’t even missed a car; everything I could possibly need is within a block of here. Hardware store, dollar stores, UPS center, two real grocery stores and the Gourmet Garage, wine shop,…

About 180 seniors from Reitz Memorial High School in Evansville, Ind., came to the Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center on May 10 for retreat. Here are some photos from the day:

This sounds like an old Bob Hope / Bing Crosby movie, doesn’t it? Well, it’s a “where we go from here” idea at the UN right now. Though they certainly have enough on their plates here at the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), everyone keeps peering down the road to the next Earth Summit (Rio+20)…

Come on, you know me better than that! I came home early today so I could stop by Grand Central Market and get some fresh mint–yes, indeed, I am going to show these sisters what a DERBY PARTY is like. We’re going to have a prize for the best hat, incentives for Win / Place…

Sister Sharon Sullivan, congregational leader of the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, left Maple Mount on Jan. 26 to visit sisters who minister far to the west and north of Kentucky. Her goal was to make it all the way to New Mexico, where Sisters Clara Reid, Sheila Smith, and Sara Marie Gomez minister.…

More on how the UN does business! Last Sunday at our orientation for the commission meetings these next two weeks, our facilitator explained the different kinds of United Nations BRACKETS: Alternative, Contentious, Suspicious, Tactical, Uncertain, Waiting, and Weary. Those of us new to the process (like me) didn’t “get it” until later this week. The…

The 2010-12 class of the Spiritual Direction Training Program visited the Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center for its third week May 2-6. On May 5, the seven members gathered in the Saint Angela Oratory for their morning prayer. The group returns July 25-29 to mark their halfway point in their two-year journey. Here…

We’re immersed in the nuts and bolts of the two-week Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD), and this is really different from all my prrevious UN experiences. It’s very intense, because this is the second year in the two-year cycle of meetings; the first year for every different Commission is devoted to learning from experts and…