Here are five of my favorite quotes from Sister Helen’s talk, though she has given me so much to think about this week.
Five inspiring quotes from Sister Helen Prejean
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Shopping with kids: When you have your own purse-onal shopper
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I’ve reached a whole new place in parenting. Today if I get to choose, I do not want to shop alone. I want to bring a child along.
Starting the day with “Pastries for Parents”
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Pastries for Parents.It’s such a lovely idea. You’ll take your child to school a half-hour early and sit in the cafeteria and talk about school and life and meet their friends and other parents. That’s the dream. The reality? Everyone has to wake up early, which naturally sets the whole day up for success. They’re […]
A year in review
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At the start of a new year, let’s take a moment to look back at some of those special moments from 2017.
Matched through adoption: The first time we saw our son’s picture
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I knew then that what I had heard other adoptive parents say was true. You can fall in love with a photo.
Week in My Life 2017: Sunday
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Our 7-year-old climbs into bed next to me, and I know I should get up. But he wants to make conversation, and I can never get enough of that.
Bishop Madden to lead Baltimore prayer walk for peace Nov. 2
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Bishop Denis J. Madden, urban vicar and auxiliary bishop emeritus of Baltimore, will lead a prayer walk for peace Nov. 2 at St. Veronica, 806 Cherry Hill Road in Cherry Hill.
The joy of gift-giving (or a special moment on the Feast of St. Francis)
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It seemed as if I had all summer to hunt for a statue, and though I kept my eyes open, I couldn’t find the right one in time for his birthday.
Bishop Madden to lead Baltimore prayer walk for peace Sept. 27
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Bishop Denis J. Madden, urban vicar and auxiliary bishop emeritus of Baltimore, will lead a prayer walk for peace Sept. 27 at St. Francis Xavier, 1501 E. Oliver Street, in East Baltimore.
Reflecting on Charlottesville: Looking for light in the darkness
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It forced me to recognize that racism is real, not just under hoods, but in so many large structural ways and in small daily encounters we take for granted. And I realized that I do not know how to respond to racism, even when I am confronted by it.
Far far away behind the word mountains
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A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine. I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in […]
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A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine. I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in […]
