Sep 28, 2019 | Education, Youth
I don’t know about you, but I looked forward to every holiday from school in all my years as a student and equally hated going back to school after the holiday ended. My best memory about the first day of school, from grade school to college, is that there was hardly...
Aug 30, 2019 | Education, Youth
The students of BOMCA (a.k.a. “the Masters”) perform dramas to express the Self-Emptying (Phil 2:6-11) mission of HEAL and the charism and apostolate of the Messengers of Justice Sisters (MOJ’s). I witnessed such a performance at my send off ceremony on July 13, 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...
Mar 29, 2018 | Education, Youth
Sometimes, great servant leaders (Mt. 20:28) come from humble and dangerous beginnings. Take Moses, who Yahweh chose to lead His people out of slavery in Egypt. Faced with Pharaoh’s plan to reduce the Hebrew slave population by killing newborn boys, Moses’s...
Mar 17, 2018 | Stories, Youth
“Before you leave the house, hit 5516 on the dial pad, then push ‘on’ and you will hear a beep sound.” That’s how my dad first told me to turn on our home security alarm. I’m sure you probably have invested in some kind of security system for your own home because the...
