social justice

A Christmas Reflection

by Kathleen Ryan, SND on December 23, 2013

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A Christmas  Reflection I believe in Jesus Christ and the most wonderful, holy night when he came among us. I believe in the Savior of the world, born in a simple manger, a stable full of smells and disturbing noises.

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Journeys Ended, Journeys Begun

by Mary Beth Gray, SND on December 17, 2013

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Sister Mary Beth Gray,  a trained Awakening the Dreamer and Wake Up (for young adults) facilitator for the Pachamama Alliance, who recently returned from Amazon Rainforest, is the guest writer of the JPIC blog.  Final Blog Entry:  Epilogue What we call the beginning is often the end.  And to make an end is to make a beginning.  […]

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Help Ecuador Now!

by Mary Beth Gray, SND on December 12, 2013

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Note:  The blog was originally sent on Dec. 10. However, due to technical difficulties, some received an incomplete message, so it is being resent Dec. 12.  Sister Mary Beth Gray,  a trained Awakening the Dreamer and Wake Up (for young adults) facilitator for the Pachamama Alliance, recently returned from Amazon Rainforest as the guest writer of the […]

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Magnificent open-air market

by Mary Beth Gray, SND on November 12, 2013

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Sister Mary Beth Gray,  a trained Awakening the Dreamer and Wake Up (for young adults) facilitator for the Pachamama Alliance who  just returned from Amazon Rainforest as the guest writer of the JPIC blog.  This is the fifth entry of the series.  Her journey continues…

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The Middle of the Earth

by Mary Beth Gray, SND on November 5, 2013

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Sister Mary Beth Gray,  a trained Awakening the Dreamer and Wake Up (for young adults) facilitator for the Pachamama Alliance who  just returned from Amazon Rainforest as the guest writer of the JPIC blog.  This is the fourth entry of the series.  Her journey continues…. On our way to the Andes, we stopped at the equator, the […]

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Guayasamin: “Picasso of the South”

by Mary Beth Gray, SND on October 29, 2013

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 Sister Mary Beth Gray,  a trained Awakening the Dreamer and Wake Up (for young adults) facilitator for the Pachamama Alliance who  just returned from Amazon Rainforest as the guest writer of the JPIC blog.  This is the third entry of the series.  Her journey continues…. Having arrived in Quito one day early to acclimatize to the altitude, […]

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Easter, a Celebration of our Baptism in Christ

by Kathleen Ryan, SND on March 26, 2013

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I’d like to begin with a story.  A friend of mine and a great friend of peace and justice, Rev. Dick Sering, worked for more than 30 years as a Lutheran minister in the city of Cleveland.  His organization, Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries (LMM) is one of the largest faith-based organizations dedicated to working with the […]

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November is a Superstar Month

by Kathleen Ryan, SND on November 13, 2012

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I love the saints.  I actually can’t think of how to make our faith come more alive than to proclaim salvation history through the stories of the lives of a saints.  I’d like to share a story withyou that provides a great  answer to the question, “Who knows what a saint is?” A mom was walking […]

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To love and serve the Lord

by Kathleen Ryan, SND on October 9, 2012

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Until recently, at the end of our liturgy on Sunday, the priest said, “Go in peace to love and serve the Lord.” That command tells us our liturgy is ended, but we are now charged to go out into the world, to bring the good news and enflesh it in our daily life.  Our great saint […]

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