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Eileen Custy SL

Eileen Custy was born and raised on a dairy outside of Denver and attended a one-room schoolhouse for her first eight years. After a year of college at Loretto Heights, she joined the Sisters of Loretto. In spite of the fact that she thought at that time she never wanted to be a teacher, she loved the work and taught for 46 years. Most of those years were spent in El Paso, Texas. Eileen “retired” in 2004 and moved to Kentucky, where she served as an administrative assistant to the Motherhouse Coordinator for nearly 20 years before retiring in November 2023. Eileen continues to serve the Motherhouse Community, particularly pastorally.
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Reflection on the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord

By Eileen Custy SL / February 2, 2025 /
presentation Jesus Temple. Painting

Mary and Joseph stand before Simeon who holds and blesses their infant son. Then he turns to Mary and tells her that her heart will be pierced with a sword…

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Reflection on the Vigil of the Nativity of the Lord

By Eileen Custy SL / December 24, 2024 /

This evening, we begin our celebration of the incarnation, God’s choice to live in our midst in the person of Jesus. What a wonderful gift to us. But I would…

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Reflection on the 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time

By Eileen Custy SL / November 10, 2024 /
a woman holding flowers at the cemetery

Listening to the Gospel for today I imagine a tiny, bent-over, old woman shuffling up to the treasury box and dropping in two small coins from her meager funds. I…

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Reflection on the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Eileen Custy SL / September 15, 2024 /
Two colorful banners are side-by-side. The first reads "We give You glory, thanks and praise!" The second reads "Oh bless our works and guide our ways"

God really likes surprises. In 1951 when 15 of my 36 novitiate classmates and I gathered for the first time at lunch in the guest house, which is now Knobs…

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Reflection on the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Eileen Custy SL / August 11, 2024 /

Sometimes I think the “Jews,” who in John’s Gospel passage for today refers to the religious leaders, get a bad rap. Let’s pretend for a few minutes. Suppose Aiden Miles,…

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Reflection on the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Eileen Custy SL / June 30, 2024 /
crop woman with heart on palms

Today’s focus is on faith and courage. We need both. There are two miracles in Mark’s Gospel for today, two of four that explore the power of Jesus during this…

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Reflection on the Feast of the Holy Trinity

By Eileen Custy SL / May 26, 2024 /
Young FST sisters smiling wearing green squiggly Trinity cloth, which forms part of a habit.

A gypsy man stopped at a well in a town square for a drink. After he drank he continued gazing into the well as if he was looking down at…

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Reflection on the Fifth Sunday of Easter

By Eileen Custy SL / April 28, 2024 /
Branches and Vines Quilt

Growing up, I remember vines loaded with morning glories popping up every spring along the fence on the front of our property. No one ever did anything to care for…

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Reflection on the Fourth Sunday of Lent

By Eileen Custy SL / March 10, 2024 /

There are some lessons to be learned from the man blind from birth. His healing allows us to look at both the physical aspects of light in relation to sight,…

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Reflection on the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Eileen Custy SL / February 11, 2024 /

Hansen’s Disease is a frightening, painful disease that for centuries was only cured by death. It is highly contagious, which as you know, fostered isolation and fear of anyone who…

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Reflection on the Second Sunday of Advent

By Eileen Custy SL / December 10, 2023 /
Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

If I saw John the Baptist walking up the driveway today, I would very likely alert the campus to go on full lockdown. As I thought about him, I wondered…

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Reflection on the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Eileen Custy SL / October 22, 2023 /
The sun streams down through an opening in the clouds to illuminate the waves striking the beach.

“Render unto God what is God’s and to Caesar what is Caesar’s.” As a child I remember thinking about God as an old man – a grandfather though I didn’t…

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