by Jennie Murphy | Oct 8, 2025 | Blog Articles
Fr. Phil (a Catholic), and Saima (a Muslim), co-wrote this reflection.Saima: I met Fr. Phil on my first day of work in university ministry. He greeted me with Assalam-o-Alekum, the Muslim greeting in Arabic meaning “peace be upon you,” which I’m not...
by Jennie Murphy | Oct 3, 2025 | Blog Articles
“Since I could not be a missionary through action, I wanted to be one through prayer and penance” (Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus). Saint Thérèse is the patron saint of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network. From childhood, she lived the charism and spirit of...
by Jennie Murphy | Sep 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Five months after Pope Francis’s death, his voice remains alive and prophetic, especially in his call for a universal fraternity inspired by Saint Francis of Assisi. His passion for the care of creation endures as a precious legacy for the Church and for...
by Jennie Murphy | Sep 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
Eight hundred years ago, in 1225, St. Francis of Assisi wrote the Canticle of the Creatures: a prayer of praise that many Italian students still learn by heart in school today. Ten years ago, in 2015, Pope Francis published the encyclical Laudato Si’: one of the...
by Jennie Murphy | Sep 3, 2025 | Blog Articles
At the end of July 2025, former director, Fr. Joe Laramie, SJ, our new Assistant National Director, Grace Mazza Urbanski, and part of the USA team headed to Paray-le-Monial, France. They traveled there on pilgrimage to attend a gathering hosted by the international...
