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Mary Ellen McElroy SL

What seems to be emerging in our broken world today is an increase of online organizations who do not adhere to any one religion yet produce a variety of programs…
Read MoreThe butterfly has always been an amazing and beautiful insect for many of us, and we often ponder the wonderful transformative life the butterfly has experienced. Recently I came across…
Read MoreWe all have those special places that remain in our hearts and fill us with wonderment which we can pull out of our memory at a moment’s notice. One of…
Read MoreAround the middle of June 2023, the Motherhouse staff and Community members welcomed the Nuns and Nones (N&N) Land Justice team and 40 Community and staff members to a Loretto…
Read MoreAnyone living today who is not aware of the crisis our world is in has to be existing with their head in the sand. For years now individuals who have…
Read MoreThe Loretto Community at the Motherhouse has the privilege almost every Sunday to celebrate together with song and prayer using a ritual that is profound in its simplicity and beautiful…
Read MoreEvery Sunday I receive “Bulletins from Immortality” in my email from Jan Phillips, who is an author, spiritual activist, storyteller and more.* On March 12, she shared a challenging awareness…
Read MoreMany of us are familiar with the sermons and writings of Meister Eckhart who lived between 1260 and 1328. He has become popular in the past several years because of…
Read MoreDuring the past several years, according to a variety of surveys, there has been a notable decrease of Christians attending religious services and a lesser decrease in other religious traditions,…
Read MoreThe contemplative life, the contemplative self and other titles related to contemplation have been around a very long time. What seems to be emerging in our day is a new…
Read MoreIn his book, “The Most Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible,” Charles Eisenstein describes an important truth that ancient cultures taught, and mystics through the ages have kept alive,…
Read MoreA continuation of the discussion inspired by Ilia Delio taken from LCWR’s “Occasional Papers,” Summer 2012. Last month we were reminded by Ilia that we are living in an expanding…
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