Stories & features
We find inspiration and God in our ministry, mission, and even the smallest moments in our day. Here we share our stories, prayers, and reflections on everything happening in our lives.
We find inspiration and God in our ministry, mission, and even the smallest moments in our day. Here we share our stories, prayers, and reflections on everything happening in our lives.
At Commencement, Newman University honors one graduating senior woman and one senior man with the highest student honor it bestows —the Ablah Award. The origin of this award was an endowed gift from Fran and Jeri Jabara, university benefactors, to honor the love of education advocated by their parents.
I began my journey working for the Adorers in February of 2021. With a few months left of graduate school, this was my first full-time… Read More »Working with and Meeting the Sisters: A Year of Reflection
Benedictine Living Community at the Shrine in Belleville, Illinois, is the name of the new Home for 37 of us Adorers. This large complex includes three health facilities, all accessible and connected by walking.
“I witnessed the nuns being happy.” That was a thought conveyed to me, and to others around me, in my recent trips to Ruma (IL), Wichita (KS), and Columbia (PA) to visit sisters around the country.
Prairie grasslands, milkweed planting, and Earth Day Morning Prayer gave the Wichita Center community multiple ways of observing this important day and implementing some of the suggestions from Laudato Si’.
Palm Sunday offered the Wichita Center Community an opportunity to live out principles found in Laudato Si’. Instead of ordering the standard palms, this year we ordered from EcoPalms, a project to promote environment and social justice.
On Monday, March 14, 2022, over 250 Parishioners and community members from various Christian denominations gathered at Holy Trinity Church in Columbia, PA for a prayer vigil for the people of Ukraine. A number of Ukrainians were also present from the different areas of the Diocese of Harrisburg. The Ukraine Bishop from Jenkintown, PA was there with several of his priests. We were happy to welcome the Auxiliary Bishop for the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia.
S. Mary Shaw, ASC Recall, in the 60’s Religious Congregations were called to Adaptation…adjusting to the “changed conditions of the times.” Prefectae Caritatis says, “That… Read More »Ongoing Adaptation
Why and what makes us perceive time differently from situation to situation? I have been thinking about some current things in my life. I don’t… Read More »Is Time Truly Relative?
We’re losing our home Separated from our family Walking into the unknown Heart bleeding Sounds of war Some fresh, some old Our land Our land… Read More »FROM RUMA TO UKRAINE
Last October a small group of Adorers began a class in ASL I (American Sign Language) with Melissa Feil, one of the excellent teachers from… Read More »WHAT IS THIS FINGER EXERCISE?
By: Sister Mary Catherine Clark, ASC One of Fr. Joe Nassal’s popular prayers is “Psalm of the Edge” and over recent years, we have used… Read More »Take us to the Edge