Let Your Ashes Be a Reminder to You

Let Your Ashes Be a Reminder to You

Today, we bear ashes on our foreheads, given with the whisper, “You are dust, and to dust you shall return.” On Ash Wednesday, the message of ashes is more pertinent than ever. Ashes are more than an Ash-Wednesday sign of our Christianity and our belief in...

One Sister’s Prayer through Poetry

Dominican Sister of Hope Connie Kelly, OP is a published poet who’s written over 250 poems and is currently working on publishing an anthology. Today, Sister Connie shares with us the history behind her creative genius, the inspiration behind her writing, and one of...
Ashes, a Reflection by Sister Debbie Blow

Ashes, a Reflection by Sister Debbie Blow

Flickr: Fr Lawrence Lew, O.P. Our palms from last Sunday are now behind us, a foreshadowing of the whisper we will hear once again next year, “You are dust, and to dust you shall return.” However, during Holy Week, the message of ashes is more pertinent...
Mission of Hope Trip 59 Arrives Safely, Begins Work in Nicaragua

Mission of Hope Trip 59 Arrives Safely, Begins Work in Nicaragua

Reporting in this article first appeared in The Press Republican on Tuesday, February 17, 2015. Read the original story at www.pressrepublican.com. Debating with a Customs Official in Nicaragua is just an ordinary Wednesday afternoon for Dominican Sister of Hope...