My busy summer has taken me to the University of Notre Dame (that’s the Basilica pictured here) for a Latino enrollment institute. Sponsored by the Alliance for Catholic Education, it aims to serve our Latino populations better by giving them the gift of a Catholic education. As the marketing chair of Grace Academy, I hope to return home with some great new ideas … and another incredible experience. Continue Reading
Month: June 2013
Summer (Benedictine) Adventures
Hi Everyone, I hope you are enjoying a wonderful summer. I know I am. It started with a much-needed silent Benedictine Retreat (I blogged about it 7 times as part of my reflection time – just dig backwards to find all the posts), but has ramped up since.
Almost as soon as retreat ended, we celebrated the 50-year anniversaries of 3 wonderful Sisters. Then, I was off to a monastery in South Dakota for a liturgical forum (that’s me with a couple friends at the forum). Whew. Continue Reading
Falling into God’s Hands: Our Benedictine retreat begins
Last night we began our annual week long silent retreat. Please join me for it!!
A monastic summer begins
YAY!!!! School is out. BOO!!!!! I will miss the students.
I find that the end of the school year is often bittersweet. It is exciting to have another year finished and summer activities begin (like working in my garden, where I found these baby birds)! Continue Reading
Bouncing out of preschool
Preschoolers always miss out on afternoon fun because they are napping at that time. So, when the whole school scheduled their end-of-the-year Field Day for afternoon, I decided to have our own in the morning. 🙂
It was a blast!! Continue Reading