Direction for your life in Uncertain Times

“You have already been told what is right and what Yahweh wants of you. Only this, to do what is right, to love loyalty and to walk humbly with your God.”  Micah 6:8 These last months have broken our routine, they have awakened us to what is important, and they have made us see the world in a new light.  We are learning the importance of justice, mercy, and peace every day in new ways. God is always calling us.  What is that call for you today? Catholics on Call Young Adult Retreat Free and Fully online July 20-24, 2020 View content on your own and then join us on Zoom July 20, 22 and 24 at 7:00pm for group reflection.

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Wait

 

This Holy Week is unique for all the world.  It  brings us to the heart of the Paschal Mystery of Jesus.  We might recall and ponder the words of T.S. Eliot in Four Quartets:  

“I said to my soul, be still and wait without hope

For hope would be hope for the wrong thing; wait without love

For love would be love of the wrong thing; there is yet faith

But the faith and the love and the hope are all in the waiting.”

And so, we wait . . . and learn to have faith and to hope and to love.

 

The Face of Angela Among Us

Seventh grade girls of Ursuline Academy/New Orleans were blessed with a whole day of retreat last week at their Archdiocesan Retreat Center. Directed and accompanied by several of their teachers, they tuned in to the Holy Spirit, listened and learned, prayed and sang.  The beautiful grounds on a nice day added much.  I loved helping them discover what “face of St. Angela” they want to bring to their school community at this time in their lives.  They are true witnesses of Angela’s joy, concern for others, and desire to use their gifts in a spirit of “Serviam”.

Angela Today

After countless beautiful celebrations for the feast of St. Angela Merici, today came news of a church named for her in Guyana.  The town where the church is located is “La Parfaite Harmonie,” meaning “Perfect Harmony.”  Would not our beloved Angela be delighted?  And can we not see her rejoicing over this vibrant little community and the three Ursuline Sisters pictured with them?

 

Catholic Media Guyana said this:  “The community at La Parfaite Harmonie is now St. Angela Merici Roman Catholic church. They celebrated their 7th anniversary as a community last Sunday. Please keep our Brothers and Sisters in your prayers,as they continue to build their community and spread the Good News of the Lord.”

 

Ursuline 2020

The Ursuline family around the world celebrates the feast of our foundress, St. Angela Merici, on Monday, January 27.  We thank God for the gift she is to our church and world and for the blessings of belonging to this 2020 global community!