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...
Feb 2, 2018 | Urgency, Youth
In the Garden of Eden, where God provided all the food and necessities of life in abundance for Adam and Eve, the prospect of losing it all loomed because of an ill-intended unwelcome guest, the devil. In the village of Umuagwu, the Mother Enabler Nursery and Primary...