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)…
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ALL WORK AND NO PLAY?
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’s Hopscotch Tour II arrives in New Mexico
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.…
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BUCKETS OF BRACKETS
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…
Spiritual Direction Program Week 3
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…
DOWN TO BUSINESS
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…
SPRINGTIME IN NYC
Yes, indeed! even the subway is getting into the spirit. Every workday, I ride the shuttle subway between Times Square and Grand Central Station, and they are getting decked out for spring and summer. One car has a toad painted on the outside (painted to look like a frog–but I know the difference); the inside…
A Night at the Antique Auction
The annual fundraising dinner for the Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph, “A Night at the Antique Auction,” was a huge success on April 30. Guests filled the Maple Mount Auditorium and enjoyed a wonderful meal followed by a chance to purchase or bid on items that have had a home for many years at…
THE BIG PUSH
My boss Catherine is gone for a few days, but that does not mean the “mice” are playing! We’re working on flyers and drafting a letter to the Ecuadoran Ambassador to see if he will participate in a side event that UNANIMA is sponsoring next week at the Commission on Sustainable Development–CSD. (Will tell you…
AmeriCorps
About 30 members of AmeriCorps visited the Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center April 26-28 to have meetings before heading into Owensboro each day to work on a home for Habitat for Humanity.