A Time for Remembering
The mornings are crisp and cool these days when I venture outdoors to greet the dawn, once leafy trees laying their many-coloured splendour at my feet. Summer’s labour over, Earth…
Reflection for the Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost C
Wisdom 11: 22 – 12: 2 (RM) or Isaiah 1: 10-18 (RCL); Psalm 145 or 32; 2 Thessalonians 1: 11 - 2: 2 (RM) or 1: 1-4, 11-12 (RCL); Luke…
Maple Leaves Painting
I love maple leaves.In a colorful romantic autumn,Everything is Yellow and Red,Legendary colors of my dreams.I had heard long agoAbout the gorgeous color of maple leaves,And that they livedFar away…
Indigenous-Filipino Catholic Relations
A Sneak Peek of My Research on Filipino Catholics and the Challenges of the Truth and Reconciliation Process: I am currently writing my research project for my Doctor of Ministry…
Reflection for the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time / Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost C
Sirach 35: 12-14, 16-18 (RM) or 35: 12-17(RCL); Psalm 34 or 84; 2 Timothy 4: 6-8, 16-18; Luke 18: 9-14. Did you, by chance, grow up with the older English…
My Life and Centering Prayer
As this is my first offering on the RNDM website, I wanted to introduce myself to you, dear readers. In my experience, when we have an opportunity to listen to…
The Birds of the Air, They Will Tell You
As I write this, it is mid-October here in Aotearoa New Zealand and so half way through spring. It has certainly been the birds and bee season around our home…
All Beings Confluence
The following post is a transcript of the presentation made by Fenella Temmerman, at the launch of Rosa Bruno-Jofré’s history of the RNDMs in Canada, on October 5, 2022.I am…
Diversity, Resilience and Gratitude
The Horn of Plenty, associated with our Thanksgiving Day and overflowing with a diversity of fruits and vegetables, is the image in my mind each year as I plan the…
The Taste of Things III
Most would agree with the newspaper article I read today that stated “we live in a fraught and fractured time!” Signs of disorder, chaos, and collapse are everywhere. Distrust, disinterest,…