Time for a Reality Check
By Sister Janis Yaekel, ASC I am Sister Janis Yaekel, ASC and I have pancreatic cancer. In fact, I have lived with cancer since 2012.… Read More »Time for a Reality Check
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Stories, Prayers, and Reflections
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.
My Advent with Central American Refugees
By Sister Kris Schrader, ASC During sabbatical from my education work in Guatemala, I have been volunteering with a group in San Antonio, Texas, that… Read More »My Advent with Central American Refugees
Meeting God in My Cancer Darkness
By Sister Janis Yaekel, ASC I am Sister Janis Yaekel, ASC and I have pancreatic cancer. In fact, I have lived with cancer since 2012.… Read More »Meeting God in My Cancer Darkness
My Brother, the Cardinal
To the world, he’s Blase Cardinal Cupich, the ninth archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago, appointed two years ago by Pope Francis. But to Kathy… Read More »My Brother, the Cardinal
Settling an Anxious Heart
By Sister Janis Yaekel, ASC I am Sister Janis Yaekel, ASC and I have pancreatic cancer. In fact, I have lived with cancer since 2012.… Read More »Settling an Anxious Heart
Few Regrets in a Full Life
By Sister Janis Yaekel, ASC I am Sister Janis Yaekel, ASC and I have pancreatic cancer. In fact, I have lived with cancer since 2012.… Read More »Few Regrets in a Full Life
How Can We Respond to the Violence?
By Sister Regina Siegfried, ASC As autumn leaves swirl around my city’s streets, I ponder eddies of fear, anger, racism, discontent and unrest churning in… Read More »How Can We Respond to the Violence?
Letters from Liberia
As busy as they were, and as tense as things were during Liberia’s civil war, the Adorer missionaries in that West African coastal country corresponded… Read More »Letters from Liberia
Remembering a ‘Soul-Mate Aunt’
Diane Shirley Kolmer so loved and admired her “soul-mate aunt,” Sister Shirley Kolmer, that she adopted the legal middle name, “Shirley,” when her aunt and… Read More »Remembering a ‘Soul-Mate Aunt’
Our Missionary Sister Martyrs Remembered
Today begins 12 days of remembering our missionary Sisters who died this month, 24 years ago in Liberia, during that African nation’s brutal civil war.… Read More »Our Missionary Sister Martyrs Remembered
Focus and Relax the Mind with Zentangle
By Sister Diane Tenbrink, ASC I have done art journaling since I was a young sister, and a friend and I would do it while… Read More »Focus and Relax the Mind with Zentangle
A Syrian Child Cries While We Pick a President
By Sister Krystal Funk, ASC Like thousands of people around the world, I viewed with deep sadness a video of a terrified and bloodied Syrian… Read More »A Syrian Child Cries While We Pick a President