About eleven weeks ago, I got a call to say that my Dad was on the brink of death. While not unexpected, this was still shocking news and...

                  I approached the “Helping Hike for the Poor” with some mixed feelings. I was excited for a challenge, nervous about...

When someone learns that our daughter is a Sister, he or she typically responds in one of two ways.  Most people, especially other mom...

We don’t use hashtags in our daily experience of religious life (unlike many of you, dear readers), but if we did, a lot of our posts these...

Sr. Katherine at her First Profession of Vows  in 1990  25 years ago on this day, the feast of St. Clare, our own "St. Clare...

As I think about the week I spent advising 40 Franciscan University students who chose to spend their Spring Break serving others right h...

 “It is Christ’s fidelity that is most beautiful.” - Fr. Boniface Hicks, O.S.B. Almost every woman, either as a girl or a young ...