Jan 22, 2021 | Appeal, Events, MOJ
In yesterday’s Gospel (Mk 3:7-12), Our Lord boards a boat off shore of the Sea of Galilee to avoid being crushed by a great crowd pressing upon him. In the crowd, people with various diseases wanted to touch him and be healed. Sr. Dorothy processing up the aisle...
Feb 13, 2020 | Education, Events
A BOMCA student named Christopher told me his mother is an American, but she didn’t want to come back to Nigeria with his father. I could hear the sadness in his voice, and I wondered if he shared this hoping I might be able to find his mother since I’m an American...
Nov 21, 2018 | Events, Trips
Dr. Alveda King, niece of civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., spoke recently at St. Paul of the Cross parish in Park Ridge, IL on the right and dignity of life in the womb. She quoted Scripture, “I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day,...
Sep 6, 2018 | Events, Prayers
“This is why I don’t think you should go!”, my mom said to me in 2014 before my first mission trip to Nigeria. She handed me an article in the Chicago Tribune about a Boko Haram terrorist attack that claimed many victims in northern Nigeria. I reassured mom that the...
May 24, 2018 | Events, Youth
We can all recall times when behavioral dynamics within our own families fostered division and disharmony rather than unity and peace. And, while we should always focus on the good times and be grateful for our families, we shouldn’t ignore the real harm that adverse...
Apr 26, 2018 | Events, Spiritual, Youth
Everything in Our Lord’s life reflected His self-emptying by which He saved us from sin and death. By “self-emptying”, St. Paul refers to Jesus taking the “form of a slave” and “obediently accepting death” on a cross (cf. Phil 2:6-11). And, on the night before He...
