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Dinner with St. Margaret of Scotland
Casting about for a new observance for November, the month of saints, I am now very glad to have consulted Saints at the Dinner Table by Amy Heyd, an accomplished Cincinnati cook and mother of three....
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Our Lady of Guadalupe
“I am your merciful mother and the mother of all the nations that live on this earth who would love me, who would speak with me, who would search for me, and who would place their confidence in me....
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Feast of St. Blaise and Blessing of Throats
“Through the intercession of St. Blaise, bishop and martyr, may God deliver you from ailments of the throat and from every other evil. In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”...
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Renewing a Friendship
St. Ignatius and I go way back to my college days when as a junior I took a theology course called “Ignatian Spirituality Today.” Prior to that class, I knew nothing about Ignatius, discernment, or...
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The Passion of Mary Magdalene
In honor of Mary Magdalene’s feast today, this week I read The Meaning of Mary Magdalene: Discovering the Woman at the Heart of Christianity by Cynthia Bourgeault. Actually, it was a second read, and...
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Our Dog, a Blessing
Today’s feast of St. Francis of Assisi prompts me to recollect for a moment what a blessing our dog, Carly, has been to our family. Her ability to form relationships with people is very special, and...
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Birthday Feast Day
Today is our daughter’s 19th birthday, a happy occasion I always love to celebrate. I recall back when Kieran’s second birthday was approaching that my father-in-law commented casually, “I always...
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Round of Life
For the ancient Celts, the year began on November 1, as the light gradually diminished to winter’s darkness. It was to them the “thinnest” period of the year, when the veil between time and eternity...
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St. Nicholas Comes Full Circle
Thanksgiving being so close to December 6 this year serendipitously altered my St. Nicholas Day observance. While I often find change difficult, this shift just sort of happened — a gift “in secret”...
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A Patron Saint for Autism
In honor of World Autism Awareness Day on April 2, I am pleased to share a guest reflection below written by my cousin, Ellen Wimberg Cicconi, the mother of two sons on the autism spectrum. Among her...
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Today is the feast of St. Angela Merici, an Italian saint whose vision and wisdom are as worthy of emulation in the 21st century as in the 16th. The founder of the Ursuline sisters, actually she...
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A Mentor's Legacy
A dear mentor and friend died unexpectedly last week, and I was very sorry to be unable to attend her funeral yesterday. For 22 years that included my young adult and parenting stages, Rosemary Conrad...
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