September 8, 2014 | The Nativity of the Theotokos Trust in The Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5 Dear Brothers, Associates and Collaborators: Proficiat to everyone! This year we celebrate our 175th Anniversary as a Congregation. What are we celebrating? Let’s go back in time to…[read more]
Go forth and set the world on fire. -Ignatius Loyola Dear Brothers, Associates and Collaborators: Did you ever get hit by a cannonball? Probably not! Or has something so humiliating ever happened to you that you didn’t want anyone to know about it? I know I have had plenty of those experiences! As I write…[read more]
Pentecost | June 8, 2014 | en Français Dear Brothers, Associates and Collaborators: Then Jesus said to (the women), “Don’t be afraid. Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee and there they will see me.” Mt. 28:10 We first heard those words from Scripture in our Easter liturgy fifty days ago. Why did Jesus tell…[read more]
Easter 2014 Dear Brothers, Associates and Collaborators: Happy Easter to everyone! For those of us living in North America and Europe the signs of Spring are evident– birds chirping in the morning, the scent of freshly cut lawns and the green foliage of the trees, the daffodils and tulips, warm breezes and longer days. After…[read more]
Second Sunday of Lent ⎪ March 16, 2014 Dear Brothers, Associates and Collaborators: …then from the cloud came a voice that said, This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him. Mt 17:5 We are all familiar with today’s gospel story where we read that Jesus’ face “shone like the sun…[read more]
February 9, 2014 ⎪ Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time You are the salt of the earth, … You are the light of the world Brothers, you will find your fraternal love and friendship within the community one of the chief joys with which the LORD blesses you, and a most powerful means of evangelization. Fundamental…[read more]
New Year’s Eve ⎪ December 31, 2013 ⎪ en Français ⎪ in het Nederlands Behold, I am doing something new. Can you not perceive it? Isaiah 43:19 Dear Brother, Associates and Collaborators: Happy New Year to each of you! As John Hamilton and I travel to Nairobi this evening for a regional meeting, those of us living in South Sudan,…[read more]
December 3, 2013 ⎪ Feast of Saint Francis Xavier Dear Brothers, Associates and Collaborators: Stand ready to answer God when He asks you if you are available for Him to become more present in your life and through you to the world. Like Mary, may you willingly respond: Let what You have said be…[read more]
en Français August 15, 2013 Feast of the Assumption Dear Brothers: The exigencies of transition have delayed my writing to you since my return to Louisville. More about transition later in this letter. First I want to express my deepest gratitude to you for your many messages of congratulations. May I ask for…[read more]
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