From the monthly archives:

October 2007

Be a Juggler of Compassion

October 19, 2007

“The servants of God are really like jugglers, intended to revive the hearts of men and lead them to spiritual joy.” St. Francis
(Sabatier, p. 137)
Have you been capturing the sunbeams of God’s grace inding light and peace in your life?
Have you written your insights into a journal or shared them with someone you trust?
Now, what [...]

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All Hallows Eve

October 12, 2007

Why can`t we have a Halloween dance and Party, Sister? Because some people consider it the Devil`s Day at our school. Student Council was shocked and began to protest when all got quiet because one of their own Student Council members spoke up and said, ” It is the Devil`s Day! My parents told me.” [...]

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A Call for Help

October 12, 2007

          I love being down here in Greenwood, Mississippi and a part of the deep South.
The history of the people here is so vastly different than from what my life was like growing up in Wisconsin.  Living here for the past three years has given me an opportunity to just begin to realize the [...]

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“Boy, you better be good!”

October 12, 2007

At a School Advisory Council meeting last night we had two guest speakers from a new school that opened its doors this Fall in Greenwood, the Delta of Mississippi. The school is a college prep school The school also had the goal to be an integrated school in the Delta. The headmaster explained that the [...]

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Looking Outside Ourselves

October 1, 2007

“Technological society has succeeded in multiplying the occasions of pleasure, but finds great difficulty in giving birth to happiness. For happiness has its origin elsewhere: it is a spiritual thing. “
                        -Pope Paul VI, Exhortation, Gaudere in Domino, 1. 9 April 1975

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All the Trees of the Field Will Clap Their Hands

October 1, 2007

And I heard from the trees a great parade.
And I heard from the hills a band was made.
And will I be invited to the sound?
And will I be a part of what you`ve made?

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