Spiritual Reflections
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Celebrating St. Angela Merici – Jan. 27th, 2022
- January 31, 2022
- Posted by: Patty Coenen
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No CommentsDear Sisters and Friends, Happy Feast Day! Let us rejoice and be glad today as we celebrate St. Angela, woman of great promises. As we find refuge in her Beloved and ours, let us trust and cherish one another. May Angela instil confidence and boldness in us as we journey together in a time not unlike her own. We thank Sr. Diane for her reflection Angela’s Promise. Happy Feast Day Everyone, Marian for the Leadership
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Warm Christmas Greetings……December 2021
- December 8, 2021
- Posted by: Patty Coenen
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Dear Sisters and Friends, We greet you on this Winter Solstice. As we move into the coming back of Sun and the Feast of Christmas, we wish you peace and resilience. May the celebration of the coming of God-among-us be a light for your heart and your life. Marian for the Leadership Circle Christmas 2021 reflection
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Living Parables
- March 14, 2018
- Posted by: AtmLogin
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Saints, like Angela Merici, are for us living parables. They present alternative visions. They pay very close attention. They don’t see themselves as extraordinary. They make their way forward one step at a time, like a pilgrim. The pilgrim step in an ancient dance tradition is two steps forward and one step back. They don’t invite us to be like them, or to imitate them. They direct us, always, to the Divine, the Source of
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Roots and Weeds
- May 26, 2017
- Posted by: AtmLogin
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Angela Merici was a radical. Radical here doesn’t have to do with how far to the right or left of centre you are. Radical has to do with depth. Radical comes from roots. Angela was rooted. Where was she rooted? In love, of course. She was blessed, as we all are blessed by the words shared with the early Christians: May your lives be rooted in love. I pray that you may have your roots
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Enlarge Your Tents
- May 26, 2017
- Posted by: AtmLogin
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When we look at the women and men who inspire us, who invite us to become our true selves, we may discover that they are often people who have moved beyond personal comfort and “widened their tents”, that is expanded their hearts to make room for the suffering, the distressed, the lost, the oppressed. These are women and men who could not be comfortable, settled, or closed in on themselves while those around them were