About 180 juniors from Reitz Memorial Catholic High School in Evansville, Ind., came to the Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center on April 1 for their day of retreat. Students gathered in the auditorium, throughout the Center, and enjoyed the grounds from 8:15 a.m. until 2 p.m.
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Sister Martina Rockers: Still bringing teaching to life after 65 years
Update: Sister Martina Rockers continues at Bishop Miege High School, serving in the development office, the science department and the Stag Shop spirit store. Bishop John Baptiste Miege built the first Catholic church in the Kansas Territory he oversaw, which included what is now the state of Kansas and part of Colorado. His work ethic…
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MARIO THE MINER
You never know who is going to show up at the United Nations. This week we had three visitors of note: the President of Italy (who addressed the General Assembly early in the week), President Obama (who dedicated the new US Mission right across the street–thereby closing all streets anywhere around and bringing out more…
Great Promise Keeper
” Your promise revives me; it comforts me at all times.” Psalm 119:50 What would it be like without spring’s warmth after a long and cold winter, rest after an exhausting and difficult day, success after an intense and tiring struggle? Promise of the reward to come mark life. Life itself is a promise –even…
Plenty of time
” A thousand years means nothing to you. They are merely a day gone by or a few hours in the night.” Psalm 90:4 Time is both a friend and an enemy. I do my best to conquer it, and yet it continually slips by. I sometimes measure my life, my successes, and my productivity…
What is your pathway to God?
Written upon every heart is a pathway to God. Our pathway to God is as unique as each fingerprint. It is amazing, how often we discover God when we least expect to encounter the Mystery! Today, the Church celebrated the first scrutiny with our elect, and we identified all the things that we seek to…
Sister Helen Hermreck, OSU
Sister Helen Hermreck, 87, an Ursuline Sister of Mount Saint Joseph, died March 27 at Mount Saint Joseph, in her 72nd year of religious life. She was a native of Scipio, Kan. Sister Helen was an Ursuline Sister of Paola, Kan., until the merger of that community with Mount Saint Joseph in 2008. She was…
Women’s Retreat
Ursuline Sister Cheryl Clemons shared the spirituality of Caryll Houselander with more than 20 women on March 25-27 during her annual Women’s Retreat at the Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center. Titled “We Are the Body of Christ,” the retreat focused on the 20th-century English mystic who developed an appealing spirituality accessible to all…
Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord
Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. May it be done to me according to your word.” Today’s feast is a beautiful reminder that surrender to God’s will is an avenue of grace. What courage it takes to say YES to an unknown future. Mary’s willingness and humility reminds me that if…
A dawn of new perspective and hope
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? –Psalm 27:1 Problems always seem most daunting just before the dawn. When I find myself awakening at three in the morning, it is always a sign to me that…