St. Joseph Parish in Central City, Ky., brought 23 high school students to the Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center on March 11-13 for a retreat. Here are some of the photos from the weekend.
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PEACE!
On my schedule, 3/11/11 was dedicated to peace. I guess if you had asked me what the United Nations was all about a year ago, I would have said “Peacemaking.” The sculptures on the grounds of the UN certainly bear that out: a gun with its barrel tied in a knot, a brawny man beating…
Yarn Spinners Retreat
Spinners came to the Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center March 11-13 for a retreat to spin their yarn and create beautiful pieces of art. Here are some of the people who enjoyed the beautiful weekend:
Sts. Joseph and Paul Church Memories
Sts. Joseph and Paul Church in Owensboro, Ky., is celebrating its 125th anniversary in the coming year, and is collecting memories from people involved in the former St. Joseph and St. Paul parishes and schools. On March 12, five members of the parish – Lavida Mischel, Kathy Mischel, Braun (Brownie) Mischel, John Wells and his…
NOT BORED WITH THE BOARD
Since I’m over a week behind in my blogging, I might as well go on back and tell you about the UNANIMA Board Meeting on Thursday and Friday of last week. It was great to see Suzanne (on right) and to meet the rest of the board–they are an energetic and interesting group from all…
THE SITE
Sorry I haven’t “blogged” for awhile–three things were going on at the same time: the end of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, a week of preliminary work on the upcoming Commission on Sustainable Development, and the UNANIMA board meeting. Jan and I are not on the board, of course, but we prepared…
Connect, Awake and Share
The Mount Saint Joseph Conference and Retreat Center welcomed 46 people on March 5 for a catechist retreat called “Connect, Awake, and Share.”
How do you view interruptions?
Our lives are much more self-directed when our goals are clear. Goals represent a desired future. Goals need to be not only clear, but cherished, so they will not be abandoned when inevitable obstacles are encountered. Plans, however are different. Plans are a description of results we want soon. Plans need to be flexible. Too…
Build a Patchwork of Hope
Photos from the Building of the ‘Patchwork of Hope’ Quilt On Monday, Feb. 28, we received our 1,000th donation and completed the Patchwork of Hope quilt! Below is a photo taken of the finished quilt top in the chapel for the first Friday of March prayers. Thank you all for your love and support of…
DOING FAMOUS THINGS
Thank you for being impressed, and for all your congratulations. Let me set the record straight…I did NOT make a speech in front of the General Assembly! But I did get to do something rather cool. The Commission on the Status of Women consists of 45 member states; they invite outsiders with various kinds of…