by Mary Noble Garcia | Dec 12, 2025 | Blog
Emmanuel is a Hebrew name meaning “God with us,” an Old Testament prophecy fulfilled in the person of Jesus (Isaiah 7:14). Jesus invites us to join him in living our lives as the Presence of God in the world. We have the capacity to say “yes” to this invitation...
by Carolyn Kolovitz | Dec 1, 2025 | Blog
Have you ever heard a classic story a million times and then one day it revealed itself to be something else entirely? That’s how I felt after a lifetime of hearing the Annunciation to Mary story in my Catholic tradition as encouraging woman’s submissiveness, and then...
by Joanne Dehmer | Aug 21, 2025 | Blog
“These many beautiful days cannot be lived again…” These words by Daniel Berrigan are my words as I take leave of Loyola Spirituality Center. After I finished clearing my office and all other locations that held my material, I decided to return to Loyola to pray and...
by Amy Campbell | May 26, 2025 | Blog
Today my granddaughter Joni goes in for a scan. She was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer as a baby. She went from the tough case on the sad cancer floor at five months of age to the miracle baby six months later. Those days and nights in the hospital listening to...
by Susanna Bertelsen | Mar 27, 2025 | Blog
Remember this tune? “What the world needs now, is love, sweet love… It’s the only thing… that there’s just too little of…What the world needs now… is love, sweet love…No, not just for some, but for everyone.” Written by songwriters Brett James and Mary Holladay Lamar,...
by Carolyn Kolovitz | Mar 14, 2025 | Blog
Imagine if throughout history, Christianity modeled Jesus’ relationship with women and the Christian movement was led and shaped by women and men together. What would our world look like today? Recall that Jesus performed his first miracle by following the guidance of...
