Photo credit: Pixabay.com These are days of extraordinary loneliness for many people. Several of my past blogs have mentioned the kindnesses of people reaching through the fog surrounding others to let them know they are thought of and loved. Please contact the lonely, here is why. You may have read my post two weeks ago on the death of our beloved dog, Finn.... Continue Reading →
Photo Credit: Pixabay.com How could anyone not vote? Especially in a democracy? Just take a look at Belarus these days. Or, some of the struggling neo-democratic countries teetering on tyrannical rule. Let me give you some examples I have experienced about freedom and voting these past 60 years. In the 1950’s when I was in religious formation, communism governed... Continue Reading →
Photo Credit: Anita Maroun, SC He is lying without movement on the exam table. I am holding him and making efforts to be cheerful while encouraging him to remember that he was a “good boy” and we loved him. He knows what is about to happen. The doctor, an irenic instrument between our anguish and submission, listens for his... Continue Reading →
Sister Helen Scasny, SC with angel collection. Photo credit: Sisters of Charity Cincinnati Mother Mary Joseph’s collection of angel figurines should have made the Guinness Book of World Records! Once word got out that she loved angels, well, that was the go ahead for gifts of angels of all sorts, sizes and thematic representations of the heavenly... Continue Reading →
Photo Credit: Pixabay Several of you have asked what to do in preparation for voting, assuming I might be able to help. I have spent most of my professional life as a professor of journalism, specializing in media ethics. I am also a freelance journalist. I will draw on this experience, as well as my... Continue Reading →
Photo credit: Pixabay At least once a month, I try to carve out a Sabbath Day. Last Sunday, I wandered into the Cleveland Metroparks within the Erie Drift Plain, the part of Northeastern Ohio where I live. I have wandered there almost daily for 30 years with my dogs (three over the last 25 years) and have had many experiences to share. Fortunately, dogs don’t talk, at least not... Continue Reading →
Photo credit: Pixabay The story is told in all four gospels. John’s gospel is the most detailed, but each narrative is brief and to the point. Coming into the Temple with his disciples, Jesus mounts an attack, yes, an attack against the merchants who have set up stalls selling produce, animals, household needs. He fashions a whip and lashes... Continue Reading →
Photo Credit: Pixabay On a golden September day in 1946, right after Labor Day, I began my education in the “little kids building” of a Catholic school in Cleveland, Ohio. Here is what I remember of that day. I walked to and from school, just over one mile, along tree lawns and front yards dappled... Continue Reading →
Photo credit: Pixabay I thought we might want to think about a few saints who can be held up as examples during this period of intense heat and I’m not referring to climate. I am referring to the warming up of the campaign season with the political conventions of our two major parties in the United States. I want to look at three... Continue Reading →
Photo Credit: Pixabay.com Though I agree with removing monuments throughout our country that commemorate historical injustice, I recently came across a toppled statue that was simply a result of juvenile vandalism. So I’ve been told. The statue was near the entrance of our former Motherhouse and can barely be seen from the main road. However, while driving past the property, I spotted the overturned hollow base of the statue and... Continue Reading →
In All Things Charity 