Stories, Prayers, and Reflections

by Sr. Mary Kevin Rooney, ASC When I was 11 or 12, I was given a note from Donny Miller who was my “secret” boyfriend… Read More »Holy Thursday

By Sr. Margaret Washington, ASC Pilgrims of Hope: Journeying As Adorers, Sojourners and Associates, we are invited to respond to the call of Pope Francis,… Read More »Palm Sunday

As we prepare for Holy Week, we see Jesus surrounded by family. There is his friend Lazarus and his sisters Mary and Martha. His apostles… Read More »Family Takes Many Forms

Lent this year is filled with contradictions and controversies that can be captured in the familiar quote from Charles Dickens’s novel, A Tale of Two… Read More »Fifth Sunday of Lent

by Sr. Anne Irose, ASC I am 93 years of age and becoming blind.  Since March 1, 2022, I have made my home at Benedictine… Read More »My Ministry

They brought the one who was once blind to the Pharisees.Now Jesus had made clay and opened his eyes on a Sabbath.So then the Pharisees… Read More »Fourth Sunday of Lent

by Sr. Fran Schumer, ASC February is celebrated as Heritage Month at Newman University because it contains the celebration of the University’s two patrons –… Read More »Sister Therese Honored at Newman Banquet

by Sr. Mary Shaw, ASC Our news lately has been upsetting, and unsettling to say the least! Brothers and Sisters being treated like political pawns;… Read More »The Image of God: Imago Dei

March 23, 2025 But green is pushing up under dry grass.A lone robin sings in a bare tree. It was winter and suddenly it is… Read More »Third Sunday of Lent

Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18; Psalm 27: 1, 7-9, 13-14; Philippians 3: 17-4:1; Luke 9: 28b-36 “Hope is a gift of grace amid the realities of life.”  … Read More »Second Sunday of Lent

Deuteronomy 26:4-11;  Romans 10:8-13;   Luke 4:1-13 “Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness.”… Read More »First Sunday of Lent

Joel 2:12-18;  2 Cor 5:20-6:2;   Matthew 6:1-6, 16–18 As we come forward to receive ashes this day, may we do so with humility and… Read More »Ash Wednesday Reflection, March 5, 2025