by Karen Treat | Feb 3, 2022 | Featured Image
Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers today; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All Simply in the spring of the year. ~First stanza of A Prayer in Spring by Robert Frost Winter in Minnesota invites me to consider migration to...
by Dan Johnson | Feb 3, 2022 | Featured Image
Please hear a resounding THANK YOU from all the staff and board at Loyola for your generosity in the last three months of 2021. Loyola received $20,180 in donations! Here are the ways you chose to give: $2,938 – GiveMN $1,105 – Monthly Recurring for...
by Kay Vander Vort | Jan 27, 2022 | Featured Image
It was just an ordinary Monday in January, freezing and icy outside. I was feeling sad and a little lonely (perhaps the January blahs) after all the excitement and connection with friends and family that I had so enjoyed during this past Christmas season. I decided to...
by Lindsay McGlynn | Jan 21, 2022 | Featured Image
January is often a difficult month for me, despite all the things I love about it, like the fresh slate of a new year. I’m not much one for “resolutions,” but I do enjoy spending time reflecting on the past year and setting intentions for the new year. I also...
by Susanna Bertelsen | Jan 11, 2022 | Featured Image
Last week, on January 6, we celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany! For many Christians this is a familiar Biblical story of how three astrologers journeyed to follow a star to the Christ Child. Thinking about the perseverance of the Magi, I aspire to emulate...
by Linda Cherek | Jan 7, 2022 | Featured Image
How many of you make New Year’s resolutions? When I was younger I tried a few times but then lost track of them and never followed through on them. I know a woman who, instead of a New Year’s resolution, chose a word for the year and reflected on it and utilized it...
