Reflections

A Lenten Reflection by Sr. Kathleen Coyle, SSC

The forty day season of Lent, is the Church’s preparation for the celebration of the Paschal Mystery.  It is a time of prayerful contemplation, of reaching out to those who need our compassion, and of offering the food we deny ourselves to the starving and homeless. The Holy Thursday Revolution             The Lenten season concludes...

Columbans in Mission – the Mission of the Trinity by. Sr. Kathleen Coyle

An African saying is my reminder: “If I go alone I go faster.  If I go with others I go father.” For the New  Year I hope to go a little farther so here is a reflection on a key moment in the life of Jesus –  his call to mission within the Trinity.  It...

Harmony Prayer Song

  Silsilah Dialogue Movement

So This Is Christmas by Celine Dion

Running to Stand Still

“This Advent season invites us To gently prepare our hearts To receive the Son of God.” Reflecting on his visit to small-town America, one writer listed some of the very appealing traits of that society – the warmth of the people, their politeness, their way of affirming one.  But it also struck him that this...

Blessed are the Comforters by SRT

“What is needed more than our  words is our presence, our sharing in the helplessness and  our sharing in the waiting.” When her six year old son died his mother was inconsolable.  Friends neighbours brought food and comfort.  But the mother grieved.  One day a kindly neighbour said, “Don’t be so sad, Mary.  You know you now...

A Blessing by John O’Donohue (1956-2008)

May the light of your soul guide you May the light of your soul bless the work you do with the secret love and warmth of your heart. May you see in what you do the beauty of your own soul. May the sacredness of your work bring healing, light and renewal to those who...

Sharing Mission Experiences…

One of the many blessings and opportunities as a missionary is to share the Joy of the Gospel. As a missionary in Chile, South America and Pakistan, I experienced different cultures, religious beliefs, languages, weather and even food. Now I am on mission in the United States where I go on Mission Appeals to churches...

Everyday Faith

“No need to go looking for him in ‘special’ places; He is by your side.  We can take each task, no matter how uncongenial, as an opportunity to say ‘Yes’ to God in our lives.”   Some days when it feels that God is far from us we may begin to harbour a real doubt:  is there...

St. Columban College Alumni Grand Reunion

I felt so blessed to be invited by our alumni of St. Columban College, Lingayen, and Pangasinan to be part of their Alumni Grand Reunion in Las Vegas on May 27-29 of this year with the theme: Let’s Spend some time, Connect, Celebrate. The theme reminds me of the SSC initials as I reflect during...