Move ‘Beyond the Blues’ with Peter Case

Posted on February 1, 2010
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petecase.jpgAmid important conscious-raising causes and significant celebrations during the month of February, the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity offer singer-songwriter-author-guitarist Peter Case’s truth-seeking Beyond the Blues.  

About Peter Case

Ever since he grabbed on to rock’s roots as a teenaged street singer, Peter used his guitar to tell it as he sees it reported from the margins and outskirts of society for 30 years. Eventually working his way up, after countless nights of roadwork, Case has met not only the ghosts of a thousand truck drivers but plenty of real people, from Mississippi to Montana who appreciate a true song when they hear one, folks who treasure the words of a writer who speaks truth and directly to their dashed hopes, deferred dreams and the promise of a some bright morning on the horizon. Read his new book As Far As You Can Get Without a Passport.

Debuting in 1986 with a T-Bone Burnett-produced solo album (featuring contributions from Ry Cooder, David Hidalgo and Jim Keltner) he earned a Grammy nomination for its songs detailing the failure of the American Dream. Set to a tribal folk percussive blend of blues, country and rock’n'roll, echoes of its theme and sound run through his entire songbook.

stjude__sl500_aa240_.jpgOver the next two decades he would release the highly acclaimed and influential the man with the Blue post-modern fragmented neo-traditionalist Guitar, the dreamscape Torn Again and the rock solid Case classics Full Service No Waiting and Flying Saucer Blues. His own label, Travellin’ Light, released two beloved collections of stripped-down roots music: Peter Case Sings Like Hell and Thank You St. Jude.   The 21st Century has seen the psycho-Delhi-blues of Beeline, and 2004’s politically motivated tracks, Wake up Call and My Generation’s Golden Handcuff Blues, compiled on his best of the Vanguard years set, Who’s Gonna Go Your Crooked Mile.  The 2007 Yep Roc Records release, Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John, earned Case another Grammy nomination in the Best Traditional Folk Album category.  Sleepy John is Case at his most direct:  a straight shot from the frontlines of our times, delivered by one man, a guitar (and a handful of friends).

Peter’s Comment:

Vinyl records playing in the sunrise or late at night on teenage apartment phonographs, also heard on the sacred Sunday evening ‘Folkscene’ broadcast that’s what this music started as, for me: a key to the highway, an opening of the doors on the world. It’s a sound that left my heart room to grow and a connection from today’s world to a past that’s vanished, but never that far away.

Lyrics: Beyond the Blues 

The old man on the corner, he’s singing my life
He’s playing guitar with a frosty old knife
And each line that he sings rhymes with the truth
And the promise of something beyond the blues, beyond the blues

Now you and me darling took the long way around
Across the wide open country, past the heart attack town
We hit the fork in the road where we all have to choose
Between darkness and light, beyond the blues

Beyond the blues, beyond the shadows, and the rain
Beyond the darkness beyond the pain
When you know in your heart there’s no way out but through’
Take a walk with me darlin’ beyond the blues

That old man on the corner he’s been gone for years
His guitar and his knife are all rusty with tears
But there is a song that he gave us that we’ll never have to lose
About another life waiting beyond the blues
Beyond the blues, beyond the shadows, and the rain
Beyond the darkness, beyond the pain
When you know in your heart there’s no way out but through’
Take a walk with me darlin’ beyond the blues, Beyond the blues
Love is the road beyond the blues

Websites: http://www.petercase.comMy Space: http://www.myspace.com/petercase   Any comments?

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Focus on Saints and Consecrated Life

Posted on February 7, 2010
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franciscan-sister-mary-ann-and-franciscan-friar-joachim-share-good-news.jpgOn this super-saturated Sunday focused for or against the ‘Saints’, the United States Catholic Bishops mark the 14th celebration of the annual World Day for Consecrated Life.

Cardinal Sean O’Malley, OFM, Chairman of the U. S. Bishops Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations remarked:

The Church is greatly blessed by the many contributions of consecrated men and women through their ministries in the areas of education, health care, spiritual formation and social service. In particular, I wish to take this opporunity to acknowledge the service given by consecrated women, those who established the foundations in past generations and those serving in our midst today.

Also in this year for Priests, we extend our gratitude to religious order priests for their ongoing work of helping to build up the Church.

3635628035_911c419eb3.jpgWe, Francisan Sisters of Christian Charity, praise God for our over 140 years of consecrated life to the people of God. On this day of Eucharistic importance, we pray for all the ’saints’ who support us through heavenly intercession and the holy souls representative of all the vocations who serve with us in proclaiming the Kingdom of God today. We heartfully add prayers for young women who are discerning their own unique vocation from God. (Professional Photos: Fred Graber)

The world needs you. God calls you. We invite you.

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How Busy Students Become Prophets

Posted on February 5, 2010
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img_73381.jpgEver wonder what ‘prophet training’ might include? Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity Sister Mary Ann Spanjers, OSF, eye-witnessed a Busy Student Retreat, January 31-February 4, 2010 at the Newman University Parish at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point entitled: Listening to Prophets. Becoming Prophets.

img_7341.jpgWendy Mitch, Deb McComas and Father Tom Linder, pastoral leaders, planned the theme  and organized the retreat with the help of countless others including Dominican preacher, Fr. Brian Walker, OP who addressed these topics:  

Add to these strongly delivered words an intensive, holistic week of:

img_7328.jpgReligious spending time with the young adults included Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, La Crosse, WI, American Province of the Hospital Sisters of St. Francis, Springfield, OH, Jesuits: Society of Jesus, Midwest Province; Franciscan Friars Assumption BVM Province; Norbertines of St. Norbert Abbey; Dominican Order of Preachers, Minneapolis; Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis and of course, the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity.

Community-building among the students and all off-campus visitors was also an important part of the days spent together.

What would you include in ‘prophet training’?

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Read this Franciscan-Friendly Sustainability Spin

Posted on February 3, 2010
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dsci0026.JPGLooking for a St. Francis-friendly spin on sustainability, a Franciscan Sister of Christian Charity would be very comfortable with Max Kalehff’s January 29, 2010 on-line media post asking consumer electronic manufactures to  ” reverse the onslaught of cheaply-manufactured consumer electronics devices” and to “replace components versus entire products”. 

Here is a clear, practical way of alleviating waste that reverences creation. Durability, with the promise of simple upgradability, shows care for the environment. Keith Douglas Warner, OFM comments on the The Ethical Dimension of Sustainability reminding earth dwellers that the word sustainability became popular in a United Nations report written by the World Commission on Economic Development (aka the Brundtland Commission). The Brundtland Commission’s Our Common Future linked:

  • international economy
  • resource depletion
  • environmental degradation

A Fraciscan Gospel response includes a conscious awareness of behaviors regarding the environment. It calls for changes in consumption patterns and lifestyle so as to conserve natural resources. Our brothers and sisters in manufacturing are one with us in our responsibility to reverence all of creation. (Photo: Sister Mariella Erdmann, OSF)

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Wondering About Franciscan Community Life at Roncalli Convent, Manitowoc, WI

Posted on February 1, 2010
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During the month of February, the eight Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity living at Roncalli Convent, roncalli-convent1.jpgManitowoc, WI promise to blog on their daily lives on Franciscanized World.

Sister Annette Blonde, OSF, Sister Barbara Mathe, OSF, Sister Bernadone Fagan, OSF, Sister Delores Wisnicky, OSF, Sister Dolores Herrmann, OSF, Sister Elizabeth Ann Miller, OSF, Sister Helena Young, OSF, and Sister Jane Kinate, OSF will answer the question: What’s a Sister’s typical day like? Be assured of varied perspectives, but a commonality of Franciscan spirit in living community life today in the midst of responding to real needs among the Sisters and beyond to the people of God in Manitowoc County.

Now, Sisters, tell us about your pictures and what do you do all day?

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Where the Whole Lake is ‘Our Rink’

Posted on January 30, 2010
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Imagine receiving an invitation to a Skating Party where the whole lake is the rink. You img_7312.jpgwould be picturing the backyard of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Motherhouse. On Saturday, January 29, 2010 with music piped in the air through speakers housed in nearby ‘green hut’ (literally named for its evident exterior paint job), postulants, novices and Franciscan Sisters forged the frozen water enjoying a favorite Wisconsin winter sport.

img_7315.jpgBelieve it or not, Sister Myra Jean Sweigart, OSF was drawn to answering a call to the Franciscan Sisters  of Christian Charity after seeing seasonal pictures of the Motherhouse, because ice skating was one of her passions. Although not the ‘typical’ or only reason why a young woman may be attracted to be a Franciscan Sister, God does want our happiness and uses what we enjoy to help reveal His plan for a lifetime.

The skating party was complete with hot apple cider, s’mores, and of course, plenty of  Sisterly conversation between the ups and downs of life and trying to keep warm.

See Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity on Facebook for video clips.

Does any of this ‘rink’ true for you?

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Franciscan Sisters Part of Herald Times Reporter Best Photos of 2009

Posted on January 30, 2010
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img_5252.jpgEnjoying Benjamin Wideman and Jaslyn Gilbert, two creative professionals from the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter, for a Day in the Life with the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity coverage of Motherhouse happenings was a calendar-marking 2009 visit for the Catholic women religious.

Imagine the thrill, however, when finding out that Jaslyn thought her time spent with the Franciscan Sisters worthy of documenting not just once, but chose a photo from that February franciscan-sisters-motherhouse-in-winter.jpg2009 day in a special feature entitled: 2009 the year in Photos, an annual edition featuring a collection of the Herald Times Reporter’s best photos of 2009. Of course, Benjamin designed the paper-print copy of this remarkable insert. (winter photo-Jaslyn Gilbert)

You’ll want to check out the on-line photo gallery for the finest images and learn a bit more about the photojournalists at the same time. And while they last, get your hands on the Friday, January 29, 2010 Herald Times paper insert!

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Applaud Pope Benedict XVI’s Calling Francis Authentic Giant of Holiness

Posted on January 29, 2010
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francisclare-copy.jpgThe Franciscan spirit lives. While continuing his weekly general audience catechetical-natured talks on the Christian culture of the Middle Ages including the lives of noteworthy saints on January 27, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI called St. Francis of Assisi“an authentic giant of holiness”. 

You’ll want click here to read the English text. 

Here are a few important reasons why this 13th century saint is a model of Gospel living today for the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity and for the world:

Catholic News Service offers a  compact summary of the pope’s comments acclaiming St. Francis as an authentic interpreter of the Gospel for current times.

Desire to learn more about Francis? Consider a discernment retreat.

Any comments?

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Begin Celebration of Silver Lake College of the Holy Family’s Legacy

Posted on January 28, 2010
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p1010199.JPGThe beginning of 2010 marks a celebratory milestone in Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity-sponsored Silver Lake College’s long educational history. While educating young people dates back well into the 1800’s, in 1935, the State of Wisconsin issued Silver Lake College of the Holy Family its official charter as an undergraduate institution.

p1010202.JPGTo celebrate this educational legacy, and in honor of the 75th anniversary of its charter, Bishop Robert Morneau, highly respected past professor and former chaplain, presided at an opening Eucharistic liturgy on January 28, 2010. All alumni, friends, students, parents, and guests were invited to attend.

p1010203.JPGWhile the Franciscan Sisters and the college community proudly solemnize the past with other celebratory activities , it seems appropriate to delve deeply in the words of learned St. Bonaventure at this time:  

Prayer was a support to this worker; for in everything which he did, distrusting his own effort and trusting in God’s loving concern, he cast his care completely upon the Lord in urgent prayers to him…believing that without it no one could prosper in God’s service.”

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Franciscan Sister Receives Catholic Schools Week Elizabeth Seton Award

Posted on January 25, 2010
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s-award-003.jpgNational Catholic Schools Week is celebrated by each of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity involved in this important educational mission of the Catholic Church. For Sister Leonette Kochan, OSF, this year’s commemoration holds special meaning. She was presented the Elizabeth Seton Award on January 25, 2010 at Salpointe Catholic High School, Tucson, AZ. This is the seventeenth year that Salpointe Catholic High School has presented this award to outstanding individuals who have made significant contributions to Catholic Education in the Diocese of Tucson.

 

Here’s a portion of what the day’s program said about Sister Leonette: 

s-award-011.jpgThe second recipient of the award this year was Brother Nick Gonzales, principal of San Miguel Catholic High School. Brother Nick’s commented, “This was a big honor for South Side Tucson, since both recognized are from schools from there. It’s like the scripture, ‘Can any good come from Nazareth (South Side Tucson)?” 

Any comments on this National Catholic Schools Week?

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