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 Loyola | Dec 15, 2023 | Featured Image
Even before the United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy called attention to our public health crisis of loneliness, New York Times columnist and author David Brooks noticed that certain people create a sense of belonging and cohesion among community members,...
by Dan Johnson | Nov 22, 2023 | Featured Image
To all of you who support Loyola by reading our posts, with your prayers, and through your generosity, we want to share with you what we have heard from the people who benefit from your actions: Thank you from the one who has never shared their story before – now they...
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...
