Some years ago, a retreat director, in fact Sr. Melannie Svoboda, SND,introduced me to a children’s book entitled Grandad’s Prayers of the Earth. I got a copy after the retreat and pull it out from time to time. It includes passages about how nature prays: …trees reach for heaven in prayer, …rocks are still, silent […]
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The early months of 2014 were marked by flash floods in many parts of the nation, including southern California, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, as well as in the southeastern part of the United States, to cite a few examples. In 2013 the United States spent $120 billion dollars on relief related to disasters such […]
Notre Dame Sister Kathleen Ryan is the Director of the Diocese of Cleveland Social Action Office. She is responsible for creating and implementing programs and pursuing legislative advocacy for peace, social and economic justice. She is beginning her 25th year at Catholic Charities and the diocese after a nineteen year teaching career. She recently was named Coordinator of the Sisters of Norte Dame, Chardon, OH, Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation Committee. 
The Sisters of Notre Dame of Chardon, Ohio, belong to an international congregation of more than two thousand apostolic women religious. We are one in mind and one in heart for the transformation of the world in Christ. 