From Scared to Sent: Transformed by the Holy Spirit
By Rebekah L. As the Church recently celebrated Pentecost, I’ve been thinking about my relationship God. Specifically with the third person of the Trinity—the Holy Spirit. Like many Catholics, I haven’t always understood the Holy Spirit. For most of my growing-up years, the Holy Spirit was a vague combination of white dove-tongues of fire-shimmery ghost. I must have learned something…
Raising Your Children “Wrong” So That They Turn Out Right: A Missionary Perspective
By Sarah Granger I cried folding clothes last week. Not because it is one of my least favorite chores (though it is!), but because I was folding my daughter Alyse’s uniform shirts, and thinking that I won’t be doing that much longer. Alyse is graduating from High School tonight. She’s going off to study Philosophy and Literature at a…
What A Girl Wants
By Susana De A. Two years ago I was sitting in a parish hall on a hot, muggy Filipino morning. I was in a very bad mood. We had a bunch of girls living with us in our mission apartment for three weeks. Sleeping on the floor + over-friendly mouse in the house + random giant cockroaches + overheated bedroom…
Letting Go and Letting God: A Controlling Sister’s Story
By Teresa Reardon Growing up as the eldest of four siblings, I often tried to control my sisters—the choices they made, the friends they had, the clothes they wore and the way they acted. So naturally when it came to our family’s faith, I tried to encourage them to follow the Lord. As I have gotten older, I like to…
From the Bayou to the Desert
Our Mission at Home By Genie Summers Those who are supporting and following our mission work, surely have noticed that we are a group of itinerant missionaries, surrendering to workings of the Holy Spirit who places us where we are most needed and where we most need to be. As I reflected on where Frank and I are now, at…
Mr. Frank’s Reflections on Pope Francis
Brothers and Sisters, I am so blessed by the selection of our new pope, and I want to reflect on what he already means for me: Pope Francis is a Jesuit. And that means a lot. Because he is a Jesuit, he is a member of one of the largest and oldest communities of PROPHETS in the Catholic Church, men…
