by Reina Brekke | Feb 13, 2023 | Featured Image
Who is Reina? (pronounced Ray-na) She is the newest spiritual director to join the community of Loyola. She has lived most of her life in Minnesota, but has lived in Japan, Washington D.C., Florida, and Chicago. She comes with an M.A. in Spiritual Formation and...
by Susanna Bertelsen | Feb 1, 2023 | Featured Image
I don’t know about you, dear neighbor, but this last month of January has challenged me in many ways. Our weather people have reminded us that we have experienced 6 serious snow/ice storms in the last 8 weeks. That’s not MY Minnesota winter! I brag...
by Carolyn Kolovitz | Jan 19, 2023 | Featured Image
What Does This Season of Deep Winter Ask of Us? Sometimes nature demands that we hunker down in our homes, sink into the stillness and just be. Heavy snow and icy pavement slows our steps and our commutes. Plans get cancelled. Venturing out is downright treacherous....
by Susanna Bertelsen | Nov 25, 2022 | Featured Image
Closing out November with thanksgiving for so many blessings during these challenging times, and in anticipation of Advent 2022, with hopeful hearts, I share this reflection on the virtue that has been known to cancel out “fear:” GRATITUDE To be grateful...
by Carolyn Kolovitz | Nov 9, 2022 | Featured Image
When I was a little girl, my December ritual was to sit beside the twinkling tree lights in our living room and imagine myself into the coffee table manger scene. I visualized myself with the shepherds underneath a Bethlehem sky full of angels until the angels and...
by Susanna Bertelsen | Nov 2, 2022 | Featured Image
Autumn 2022 began on September 22 with the Autumnal Equinox and will end on December 21 with the Winter Solstice. This three-month transition between seasons of summer and winter, is an opportunity to balance energies between mind, body and spirit. I...
