by Nik Sternhagen | Jan 30, 2026 | Blog Articles, Monthly Reflection
I’ll never forget that first seizure. I turned around to find my sweet baby – who just seconds before was happily playing on the floor – folded in half, jerking, and turning blue. That was the first of countless seizures. For our family, this month’s...
by Nik Sternhagen | Jan 2, 2026 | Blog Articles
“The instruction of the Lord is perfect, renewing life; the precepts of the Lord are enduring, giving wisdom to the simple.” (Psalm 19:7) The psalmist affirms that the instruction or teaching of the Lord (in Hebrew, “torah”), which is preserved in...
by Jennie Murphy | Nov 1, 2025 | Blog Articles
Lord Jesus, who invites those who are weary and burdened to come and rest in your Heart: Today we come to ask for those who struggle with suicidal thoughts. May they find in our communities places of welcome, listening, and understanding. May we know how to be close...
by Jennie Murphy | Sep 5, 2025 | Blog Articles
Jesus tells us not to worry about our lives. This is easier said than done, so he gives us the example of the birds for reassurance: “they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them” (Matthew 6:26). It is good to be...
by Jennie Murphy | Aug 1, 2025 | Blog Articles, Monthly Reflection
Let us pray that societies where coexistence seems more difficult might not succumb to the temptation of confrontation for ethnic, political, religious, or ideological reasons. Hearts United in Prayer and Care As a Young Jesuit I spent one summer in northeastern...
