The Meaning of Being a Death Doula
My mother, Trinidad, recently transitioned from her earthly life to God’s embrace, leaving our family grappling with grief. Despite the comfort our faith tradition offers, her passing was an ordeal…
Eulogy for Patricia Orban – November 23, 2023
In trying to describe something of who Patrica Orban was, and what she meant to us, the Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions, I am reminded of the film…
A Teaspoon of Neutron Star
Usually Advent stirs in me feelings of wonder and light – waiting in joyful hope. This Advent, I am more aware of the hovering presence of darkness and death, than…
The Taste of Things VI: Letting Go
I was shocked and deeply saddened! A week ago today, the Monday of Holy Week, I first read the news that St. Benedict’s Monastery in Snowmass, Colorado was closing. And…