Cabrini Retreat Center staff represented all the Missionary Sisters’ Chicagoland missions at the Archdiocesan Life and Justice Day on September 15th.
Cardinal Cupich encouraged the over 100 attendees “to collaborate with one another, and in doing so help fight for a new reality where all people are guaranteed the right to have life and have it abundantly.” As Pope Francis said during his papal visit to Bolivia, “The rights of the planet, and the right to shelter and work, for all our brothers and sisters are sacred right worth fighting for.” [Read more…]
Archives for 2018
Cabrini Health Australia Provides Life-Saving Surgery Pro-Bono
A medical team from Cabrini Health banded together to perform life-saving brain surgery on a single mother from Papua New Guinea.
Is new life ahead in the church? An article by Sr. Ilia Delio
The recent disclosure of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church and the extent of depravity reported in the news are symptomatic of a church in crisis. It is no longer acceptable for the pope simply to issue a public apology nor is it sufficient for any group merely to reflect on what has happened by issuing position statements. [Read more…]
Sr. Marisel makes her 1st Profession of Vows
Sr. Marisel Mora made her first profession of vows on August 11, 2018 with her family and Missionary Sisters in attendance. Sr. Marisel did her novitiate in West Park, NY but decided to take her vows in Collegio Sagrado Corazon (Sacred Heart), a beautiful church in her hometown. [Read more…]
Advocates Prepare for Possible Cuts in Refugee Admissions
“Enlarge the Resettlement Lifeboat and Fill Every Seat” — the title of an Aug. 21 Justice for Immigrants campaign webinar on the upcoming “presidential determination” of next year’s refugee admissions — was a call to action based on the image of the United States’ resettlement program as a lifeboat rescuing refugees from persecution. [Read more…]
Prayers for Senator John McCain
Jesuit Father Edward Reese, the president of St. Ignatius Prep School in San Francisco, offered prayers in both Phoenix and Washington, including a homily at the National Cathedral in Washington, after the death of John McCain, the senator from Arizona who died Aug. 25 at age 81 after a long struggle with brain cancer. [Read more…]
Is new life ahead in the Church? A commentary by Sr. Ilia Delio – Global Sisters Report
The recent disclosure of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church and the extent of depravity reported in the news are symptomatic of a church in crisis. It is no longer acceptable for the pope simply to issue a public apology nor is it sufficient for any group merely to reflect on what has happened by issuing position statements. [Read more…]
On the Feast of the Assumption, Pope Asks for Consolation for those who suffer
VATICAN CITY — Mary’s assumption into heaven was a special sign of God’s favor, but it also indicates God’s desire to save all people, body and soul, Pope Francis said.
Reciting the Angelus prayer on the feast of the Assumption Aug. 15, Pope Francis also asked the crowd in St. Peter’s Square to join him in praying for the 38 people who died Aug. 14 when a large span of a highway bridge collapsed in Genoa, Italy.
But he also prayed for all people who are suffering around the world. “To Mary, consoler of the afflicted, who we contemplate today in the glory of heaven, I want to entrust the anguish and torment of those who, in many parts of the world, suffer in body and spirit.”
“Let us pray that Mary, with her maternal intercession, will help us live our daily journey in the sure hope of joining her one day with all the saints and our loved ones in heaven,” the pope said.
The assumption of Mary, body and soul, into heaven was a “divine privilege” given to her because of her close union with Jesus from the very beginning, the pope said. “It was a corporal and spiritual union that began at the Annunciation and matured throughout Mary’s life,” leading finally to the foot of the cross.
While Mary was given a special grace, the pope said, the feast day should remind Catholics that the church professes faith in “the resurrection of the body” for all who are saved by Christ.
“The stupendous assumption of Mary manifests and confirms the unity of the human person and reminds us that we are called to serve and glorify God with our whole being, body and soul,” he said. “Serving God only with our body would be the action of a slave; serving God only with the soul would be contrary to our human nature.”
President of USCCB plans to address ‘moral catastrophe of abuse’
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Aug. 16 announced three key goals and a comprehensive plan to address the “moral catastrophe” of the new abuse scandal hitting the U.S. church. [Read more…]
LCWR Wraps up Assembly with reflection on the Trinity and diversity
As the Leadership Conference of Women Religious wrapped up its assembly on Aug. 10, sisters explored the diversity within the image of God and lessons for religious life, marched and bore witness against systemic racism, and honored the first black recipient of LCWR’s Outstanding Leadership Award. [Read more…]
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