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Abounding Grace
The world is a much different place than it was when this new year began. Social Distancing and shelter-in-place are two phrases we now hear every day. We’ve never dealt with such an event that has affected the world. While this isn’t something any one of us would have wished for, it has been heartening to see people come together on such a large scale. Here in Owensboro, there is…
The Joy of the Giver
For eight years, while I was in our Missouri mission, I saw the joy and gratitude on the faces of the children and the parents when they received these much-needed gifts. I now have the blessing to be on the other side. I now can see the joy and excitement in the faces of the givers!! We are each called to be a reflection of Christ’s love to the world.…
Gifts for Jesus
Since 2012, the kindergarteners through third graders at Owensboro Catholic K3 Campus have collected much-needed donations for the people of our missions. While at the outset, this may sound like a very mundane story, the fact of the matter is the Sisters and students have developed quite the magical experience for both parties. The whole idea began with one of our Glenmary Guild members, Janie Payne, and her daughter, Vanessa…
Reaching Goals
Last March in our Pemiscot County mission in Missouri, I got on a school bus with about ten teens from the area along with several adults, and two Glenmary Sisters. Our destination? Memphis, Tennessee, a ninety- minute drive south. Why, you may ask, were we all on a bus together travelling to Memphis? Simple—to take some youth from our mission to a professional basketball game. It was a game between…