2022 Journey of Lent – Week 5
As we continue our Lenten journey focusing on the Wheaton Franciscan Laudato Si’ Action Platform statement, we reflect on our commitment to …promote nonviolence and… Read More »2022 Journey of Lent – Week 5
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As we continue our Lenten journey focusing on the Wheaton Franciscan Laudato Si’ Action Platform statement, we reflect on our commitment to …promote nonviolence and… Read More »2022 Journey of Lent – Week 5
Unexpected Surprises: Part 2 by Sister Alice Drewek In 2021, the border between Canada and the U.S. opened in early September. I packed my bags… Read More »Weavings Poetry Reflection: April 2022
As we continue our Lenten journey focusing on the Wheaton Franciscan Laudato Si’ Action Platform commitment, we reflect on the call to “…embody radical hospitality,… Read More »2022 Journey of Lent – Week 4
We hope your Lenten journey has been prayerful. This week’s focus from our Laudato Si’ Action Platform is the commitment to …living a life of… Read More »2022 Journey of Lent – Week 3
We hope your first full week of Lent was everything you needed it to be. We are in week two of our Lenten reflection based… Read More »2022 Journey of Lent – Week 2
Unexpected Surprises: Part 1 by Sister Alice Drewek Every summer for the last ten plus years I have been traveling to the Algonquin Highlands in… Read More »Weavings Poetry Reflection: March 2022
This week we begin the Journey of Lent. In her invitation to the Lenten journey, Sr. Ilia Delio writes, “Lent is a time for living… Read More »2022 Journey of Lent – Week 1
In 2022, we are grateful to celebrate and rejoice with our 5 Sister jubilarians! We celebrate their lives and commitment to living Gospel values. Sisters… Read More »2022 Jubilarians
Icon Gazing – The Good Shepherd By Carol Sejda, Covenant Companion Praying with an icon is a new experience for me, but since the days… Read More »Weavings Prayer Reflection: February 2022
Growing Into Peace by Karen Diersen, Covenant Companion Although I should have expected it after four years of declining health, when my sister Mary passed… Read More »Weavings Reflection: January 2022
Christmas Presence By Joanne and Dave Pfeifer, Covenant Companion The smell of baking cookies is a childhood Advent memory that both of us share. For… Read More »Weavings Reflection: December 2021
Mourning Those We Have Lost By Carol Sejda, Covenant Companion Losing a loved one through death causes a deep aching and sadness in our hearts… Read More »Weavings Reflection: Nov 2021
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