Passionate Perspectives
Health & Housing
My Learning Journey
We are all pilgrims on a journey. In anticipation for my first Camino, I planned, trained, watched, read, listened, journaled, reflected, and lightened my pack. The Camino was calling me. There are many parallels between…
Mount Carmel Bluffs: Construction Progress
Mount Carmel Bluffs, a new senior living community along the Mississippi River in Dubuque Iowa, is taking shape. New turrets echo those on the Motherhouse, built in 1893. Mount Carmel Bluffs is shared ministry of…
Goodnight Zoom … How a Five-Year Old’s Questions Inspired a Way to Explain our Unknown Future
While watching PBS NewsHour last night I was touched by Stefanie Trilling’s creative response to her five-year-old daughter’s questions. Whenever her daughter heard an ambulance siren she’d ask, “Does this mean someone inside the ambulance…
We Need Imagination Now More Than Ever
Right now, many of us are mired in “crisis management” and trying to imagine the “new normal.” But we may not be able to return to our familiar pre-COVID reality. This makes me think a…
Shared Values Build Community
At our initial meeting with the BVM Future Planning Committee, we asked, “what is uniquely BVM?” Their response was “where there is one, there is all.” Read this inspiring story how BVM’s “all” is expanding…