by Jennie Murphy | Jan 1, 2025 | Blog Articles, Monthly Reflection
Immersion trips are an invaluable part of a student’s formation, providing real-world experiences that foster empathy, cultural understanding, and personal growth beyond the classroom. As a professor at Boston College, I’ve been fortunate to facilitate a course known...
by Jennie Murphy | Dec 25, 2024 | Blog Articles
Do you remember the story of that paralyzed man who, with great difficulty, was carried on a stretcher by some people across the roof of the house where Jesus was, and they lowered him right in the middle in front of Him? (Luke 5:17-26) Do you remember what the...
by Jennie Murphy | Dec 18, 2024 | Blog Articles
“Now the time has come for a new Jubilee, to open wide the Holy Door once more and offer the living experience of God’s love, which arouses in the heart the certain hope of salvation in Christ.” Pope Francis What is a jubilee and which jubilee is opening this...
by Jennie Murphy | Dec 11, 2024 | Blog Articles
“Hope is the virtue of those who have a young heart; and here, age does not count. Because there are also elderly people with eyes full of light, who live in a permanent look towards the future”. Pope Francis. A young heart, eyes full of light, a look towards the...
by Jennie Murphy | Nov 27, 2024 | Blog Articles
We lost our son Fabrizio in an accident. In an instant, the “light went out”: silence, darkness, and anguish invaded us. How does one survive a child? I cannot imagine a deeper pain, nor can I communicate the sense of boundless and desperate injustice one feels. We...
by Jennie Murphy | Nov 22, 2024 | Blog Articles
We have been married for 28 years with two wonderful children, Francis, 22, and Makara, 17. Our journey, however, has not been as easy as it would seem from these first sentences… Our new family’s enthusiasm was immediately quenched by the news, after a fetal...
