Apr

27

Dealing with illness or disability? Here’s a book…

April 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment

It’s called Saints to Lean on and it was recommended by a reader.

Apr

21

Hallelujah Nuns Chorus

April 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Forwarded by Rev William Gaventa, NJCIM list serve

Apr

17

Violence Comes To Class

April 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Sr. Edith over at Monastic Musings, who is a college professor, writes a spiritual post about the questions our society and especially we as Catholics need to be asking about the shooting at Virginia Tech.

Apr

15

Helping others – it’s a good day

April 15, 2007 | 1 Comment

One of my friends , Joe (not his real name ), works as a Helping Hand at a grocery store. Joe has cognitive limitations and CP which makes it difficult to walk. Joe limps and sways as he helps customers but is strong enough to do the job.
“I like to work,” he told me one [...]

Apr

10

Today is National Siblings Day

April 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment

My younger nephew , a fifth grader, has a great sense of humor that helps him deal with his cerebral palsy. He has his parents, friends and loving grandparents, aunts and uncles.
But he also has his older brother who is 16. When he received his first computer as a gift on Easter so that he [...]

Apr

8

Inclusion: Ministering to the Excluded

April 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Easter. The parking lot is crowded, the pews fill up and the overflow of people attending Mass heads down to the new Parish center to watch Mass on an overhead screen. When it’s time to hand out Communion, Msgr. Malovetz heads down there with a number of Eucharistic ministers to hand out Communion . When [...]

Apr

5

Advocacy and Charity

April 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Definition: In Christian theology charity, or love (agapē), means an unlimited loving-kindness towards all others.
The term should not be confused with the more restricted modern use of the word charity to mean benevolent giving.
- Via Wikipedia
During Holy Week, I’ve been exploring some of the spiritual sides of advocacy work. I’ve dealt with the aspect of [...]

Apr

3

Guess where I put my palm on Palm Sunday

April 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I was thinking about Nouwen’s work at L’Arche and Daybreak, communities for people with developmental disabilities, this morning as we waited to go into church for Palm Sunday. I saw a few seniors on canes and walkers and there I sat in my wheelchair, amidst a few hundred people – adults and kids, with my [...]