See this new interview about Venerable Mother Catherine McAuley, Foundress of the Religious Sisters of Mercy with Sr. Yvonne Mary Loucks, RSM, and Sr. Mary Cora Uryase, RSM. Catherine McAuley's life never turned out how she thought it would. As a child, her life was...
“Christ suffered for you to give you an example of how to follow in His footsteps.”[i] This word “example,” hypogrammon (ὑπογραμμὸν), means “a writing-copy, an example, pattern.”[ii] One way that Jesus gave us an example is in the temptations he faced in the...
Listen to Healing: The Role of Religion during the Pandemic Sister Grace Miriam Usala, RSM, MS, MD First presented | February 24, 2021 Saint Francis Xavier Home of Mercy in Tulsa, Oklahoma Divorced from religion, the healing process is often imperfect. This is...
How can you grow in your spiritual life? How can you integrate that growth with your everyday experiences, choices, and relationships? Venerable Catherine McAuley not only taught this, but she exemplified how to do so by taking one step at a time towards growing in...
At the beginning of 2021, we find ourselves amid a great pandemic from COVID-19. Thousands of persons from every country in the world have lost their lives or have become severely impaired and unable to carry on with the life they had known before their illness. ...
Listen to this Lenten presentation by Sister Anna Marie McGuan, RSM, of St Andrew's Convent in Edinburgh of the Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma, Michigan. Organized by the Catechetics Commission of the Archdiocese of St Andrews & Edinburgh, this is the first...
Every year Christians should consider how they may grow closer to the Lord during the time of Lent. While the grace to even desire conversion first comes from the Lord drawing us to Himself, many times individuals will consider different practices to help turn their...
February 11, 2021 commemorates the 29th World Day of the Sick and the celebration of Our Lady of Lourdes. The Gospel chosen for the day is from the Gospel according to John. It is the account of the miracle of the wedding feast of Cana in which Mary tells the...
You may have heard about the 5-2-1-0 strategy[1], especially if you work with children or care for a child or grandchild. It is a wonderful tactic developed to reduce obesity in children, and there is easy-to-read information on several states’ health websites. Here,...
February is Heart Awareness Month. Heart healthy living may be promoted by eating a healthy diet and getting plenty of physical exercise. This is true for everyone. Some people also have family histories of heart disease or genetic pre-disposition for heart...