I don’t have a daughter of my own, but if I did, I hope she’d be like Stephanie LeRoy… and I hope I’d be a mother as loving as Jolene LeRoy. Jolene is the Faith Community Nurse at Our Lady of Mercy in Aurora, Illinois. What a gift she is to the parish, providing holistic… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Jolene and Stephanie LeRoy
Category: Life in the 50s
Being Christ in Our Lives: Sister Christine Wiltrakis
Sister Christine Wiltrakis, a Missionary Servant of the Most Blessed Trinity (MSBT), had the privilege of journeying to Latvia soon after the Eastern European country’s liberation from Russia to share the Catholic faith with their teachers. She learned that it was primarily the “babushkas” or grandmothers who kept the faith alive underground during their care-giving of the… Continue reading Being Christ in Our Lives: Sister Christine Wiltrakis
Of Sabbath, No Matter What the Day
Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. Sabbath. Even reading or saying the word makes you smile and sigh a bit. The sibilant ess, the hard pair of b’s, and that closing th that almost begs to be… Continue reading Of Sabbath, No Matter What the Day
Time to Clean House
Note: On Tuesdays, you can find me at Your Daily Tripod, owned by my friend TonyD. A longer version of the post below appears there. So here we are, two weeks into the new year. How many of your resolutions have you already given up on? Or, did you even bother to make any at all?… Continue reading Time to Clean House