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FATHER OF MEXICAN ART- NUNS AT PRAYER
Last week, in the Blog on nuns and monks, I used a painting by a Mexican artist which I loved, so decided to do some research on him.ALFREDO RAMOS MARTINEZ was a painter, muralist, and educator, who...
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TENDER MOTHER AND LOST CHILDREN
Virgin of Tenderness-UkraineAs we remember our own Mothers this day- alive or with the Lord- let us continue to pray for all mothers in the Ukraine, especially those who are separated from their...
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BIRDS AND WATER
This year’s theme for the May Migratory Bird Day (Global Bird Day) is WATER: Sustaining Bird Life. Jim and I once again traveled our small island in search of the number of species still around after...
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ASCENSION
Mykola Rybenchuk- UkraineAscensionJohn Donne - 1571-1631 Salute the last, and everlasting day,Joy at the uprising of this Sun, and Son,Ye whose true tears, or tribulationHave purely wash'd, or burnt...
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PRIESTS TODAY
Perhaps there is some encouraging news regarding new priests in our country. While numbers are not that much higher, the quality of the men is certainly something to be proud of. Not only is training...
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COOPERATOR FOR THE EUCHARIST
Another laywoman being considered for canonization, also related to the Salesians (see Blog April 19), is SERVANT of GOD VERA GRITA, an elementary school teacher, born in Rome in 1923. After being...
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WOMEN AT PENTECOST
We know women were at the foot of Jesus’ cross, when most of the men had fled and they were there when they laid Him in the tomb.It was the women who walked through the desolate graveyard, hours just...
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BENEDICTINE ART DECO
In my Blog on Pentecost I used a painting by a Benedictine nun from Stanbrook Abbey in England and was curious to find more of her life.DAME WERBURG WELSH was born in 1894, in Cheltenham,...
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PASSING IN TASMANIA
An old friend of mine, whom I have known for over 35 years, died recently. He had been a veterinarian in Oakland, California, but was in Tasmania with his wife, Andrea, when the twin towers in New...
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SEASON OF SAINTS- HALF THE YEAR
The Liturgical year starts with Advent, leading us to Christmas and the feasts of Christ that follow. Then we have Lent, culminating in Easter, followed by the Ascension and Pentecost. This takes...
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GIFTS TO UKRAINE
Mother Felicitas’ son Bill (tenured professor at Dartmouth) was here last week for a visit, and being an expert on international relations, esp in Russia and surrounding countries, he keeps us abreast...
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TWO HEARTS
St. John Paul II said that "It is near the Heart of Christ that man's heart is given the capacity of loving."We know that the heart is a symbol of our core: our emotions, loves, passions, desires, the...
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SURFER SAINT
Will our troubled youth of today have another patron, along side Bl. Carlos Acutis and Bl. Georgio Frassati?VENERABLE GUIDO VITAL FRANCA SCHAFFER, born in 1974 was a Brazilian doctor, surfer, and...
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OUR "LAWYER" WITH GOD
One of our Oblates recently came across an icon of our Lady that touched her heart. She called and told me I should do a Blog on her.She is called ADVOCATA NOSTRA, (also known as The Madonna of San...
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THE SAINT OF GEESE
Always on the lookout for Benedictine saints, I found a whole family of them: eight women who even today are venerated for their lives. ST. WERBURGH could claim not only an abbess mother, but also a...
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THE "LITTLE FLOWER" BENEDICTINE
Recently in cleaning out a cabinet containing rarely used religious articles, I came across a small leather box which contained a relic of a saint I had never heard of. She is known as The “Little...
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GOLDEN JUBILEE
This year on the feast of St. Benedict, July 11, I celebrate my Golden Jubilee of vows. For me this is the time to thank the Lord for the many gifts I have received in my vocation to the monastic...
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BENEDICTINE POLISH REFORMER- WHO KNEW?
Just as I think I know every great Benedictine foundress/saint, I discover another. What amazes me is the similarities between them, eg. Mother Mectilde de Bar (French), my own foundress in America...
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A CHEERFUL BENEDICTINE
I know I have mentioned in the past, how when searching for one topic, the path leads me to another. Recently, I came across a delightful Polish Benedictine nun, who recently celebrated her own...
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MODERN WOMEN BENEDICTINE SAINTS
The BENEDICTINES have more Saints and Doctors of the Church than any other religious group, largely because their history stretches back to the 6th century. But the number of saints begins to thin...
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