BVM Blog - Walk With Us
We invite you to Walk With Us as BVM sisters and associates share their reflections on spirituality, our daily life, and the charism of the BVM community as expressed in our core values: freedom, education, charity and justice. We welcome you to share your comments, your reflections and your questions.
The Feast of Mary Frances Clarke
October 4, 2017
As we celebrate the Feast of Mary Frances Clarke, a peacemaker, a woman whose background includes the Quaker tradition, we ponder how she would react…
Mary McCauley, BVM Responds to DACA
September 14, 2017
A DREAMER shares: ... I grew up reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and proudly singing the National Anthem. I grew up learning what it means to be an American. I am an American!
Summer Gathering “United in Heart”
August 31, 2017
UNITED IN HEART was an incredibly powerful experience for me. It was a stroke of genius to hold the event in the Mount Carmel chapel,…
Summer Retreat: “Freed by Love, Acting for Justice”
July 25, 2017
Each summer I look forward to the Associate Retreat at Mt. Carmel and this year was no exception. It is always good to reconnect with…
Everyone Has a Vocation
July 17, 2017
Everyone has a vocation. Whether living our lives as married, single or religious God calls us to be faithful to the Gospel and to be…
Ecuador Immersion April 2017: Monday
April 27, 2017
Today was a busy day. Madre Cindy led us on a walking tour of the Working Boys Center #2. Cindy told us that it is the only organization in Ecuador that works with the entire family as a unit.