While in Nicaragua last week and also, last year, some of us had the blessing of meeting Josefa, a woman who has conquered many odds, risked her life multiple times for other women and children, and who has now established a safe house for women in Nicaragua. This...
“Do I have passion?” the pastor asked himself in front of the multiethnic congregation. The reading was about the Baptism of Jesus. Jesus was invited by John to come to the water. This morning reminded me again of what I care about. In New York, for a couple of days,...
Dominican Sister of Hope Mary Headley thinks fast and talks faster. “I’m only seventy-five years old,” she says. “I’m young!” She’s also spry. After fifty-five years in hospice ministry, she retired and took on a number of volunteer jobs: she serves at Part of the...
Second Sunday of Advent “The winding roads shall be made straight, and the rough ways made smooth, and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.” Luke 3:1-6 Reflection by Paul Stage, Director of Campus Ministry at Saint Xavier University, and Former Christian...
Calling a trip to Iraq “emotionally taxing” might be an understatement. However, that’s just what Dominican Sister of Hope Nancy Erts, OP experienced when she visited Iraq in 2001.An act of civil disobedience, her visit was a response to a call from the Master General...
