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
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On the Nightstand: February 2015–And an Invitation
Don’t you love it when God keeps gently tapping at you to do something? That’s the way I’ve been feeling about the writings of Joyce Rupp, OSM. I’ve been reading her work in Living Faith for several years and enjoy her perspective very much. An author and speaker, she’s a Servite sister and describes herself… Continue reading On the Nightstand: February 2015–And an Invitation
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
On the Nightstand: January 2015
Last month for Living Faith, I wrote about the joyous curveball God tossed to Zechariah, John the Baptist’s father, and heard at the site and via email from a few folks. One mentioned a book called The Joy of Full Surrender byJean-Pierre de Caussade, a Jesuit priest. It seemed like the perfect resource with which to… Continue reading On the Nightstand: January 2015