Earth from the perspective of Artemis II
A Mirror of Our Humanity
“Our challenge is to create a new language, even a new sense of what it is to be human. It is to transcend not only national limitations, but even our…
The Universe Story: Celebrating Existence
In the first week of June 2024, I met with seven other RNDM Sisters, to reflect together on the “new cosmology”, and its implications for our life and mission. The…
Father Sky and Mother Earth
The recent solar eclipse of April 8th was applauded by many as a singular event, and the most viewed astronomical event in history. For humans who gathered in droves along…
A Musing on Charism (Part I of II)
The Gift of the Spirit When it comes to the charism — the gift of the Spirit — that animates our RNDM lives, I am struck by a simple truth:…
Friend Among the Asteroids
My knowledge of asteroids comes mostly from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s beautiful tale of The Little Prince, who lived on a house-sized asteroid known as "B 612", and gave the world…
The Time of Our Lives
Lately I have been reading a lot about the new cosmology. I find this research energizing and so hopeful in relation to the future of our planet home. For example,…
“It’s a Wonderful Life”, and the James Web Space Telescope
For many people, a regular part of Christmas is watching the 1946 classic movie "It’s a Wonderful Life". In my family, this movie was on our sister Mary’s perennial “Christmas…