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“Come and See” by Sr. Barbara Woeste

When I was deciding what to write, my mind suddenly focused on an image long ago. It was when I was a teenager (ancient history).  Our family was on vacation in Michigan at our favorite lake.  I was not feeling well and afraid that I was getting polio, I was extremely fearful of this disease.  Read more »

Center of Spirituality announces speaker

Join us on Saturday, September 28 as we welcome Ken Overberg, SJ. Ken grew up in the west side of Cincinnati, attending St. Aloysius Gonzaga parish and St. Xavier High School. He joined the Jesuits in 1962, eventually earning degrees in philosophy and theology (PhD in religious/social ethics is from the University of Southern California). Read more »

Sr. Denise Gough, OSB

Sister Denise Gough was born May 10, 1929 to Frank M. Gough and Catherine P. Volkering and given the name Anne Marie. Anne Marie was the sixth of thirteen children, seven brothers and five sisters. Her youngest brother died shortly after birth. Anne Marie entered St. Walburg Monastery in 1952, became a novice in 1953 Read more »

“Where we are right” by Sr. Colleen Winston, OSB

                        ‘From the place where we are right                                               flowers will never grow                                                                     in the spring”     Yehuda Amichai* This bold, hard-hitting assertion slams against the reader’s expectations and takes a while to be absorbed. While the scene of spring flowers can bring to mind a comfortable space with shade trees, new soft grass, a Read more »

“The Eucharist, Our Life” by Sr. Barbara Woeste

The National Eucharistic Congress just ended in Indianapolis, Indiana. Sr. Cathy Bauer from our Benedictine Community joined Benedictine Sisters from Beech Grove, Indiana to attend the event. Although I did not attend this Eucharistic Congress, I remember attending the International Eucharistic Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1976 with the Legion of Mary. I remember the procession Read more »