Stories, Prayers, and Reflections

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

by Sr. Cecilia Hellmann, ASC The community of St. Teresa School in Belleville, IL, celebrated Catholic Schools Week in a very special way on January… Read More »Our Nuns

by Sr. Angela Laquet, ASC In 1906, a request had come to the former Ruma Province requesting sisters to help staff a hospital in Taylorville,… Read More »118 Years of Caring for our Dear Neighbor

by Sr. Kristen Forgotch, ASC The Eucharistic celebration of my perpetual profession was a blessed experience of community, but the eucharistic gathering of ASCs in… Read More »Reflecting on the Experiences of Eucharist

DEEPER LOVE Valentine’s Day is often seen as a celebration of romantic love, but at its core, it is an invitation to reflect on the… Read More »Deeper Love