October 15, 2026 Teresa of Avila is how we know her. However, her given name was Teresa Ali Fatima Corella Sanchez de Capeda y Ahumada. Another name she is known as is Teresa of Jesus. She was born on March 28, 1515, in Avila, Spain, and died at the age of 67 on Oct. 4, 1582. She was named a saint of the Catholic Church on March 12, 1622. In 1970, Saint Teresa of Avila was declared a Doctor of the Church for her writing and teaching on prayer Teresa became a Carmelite nun w

October1, 2026 "Every season brings a change." by FFrances October comes suddenly. Thirty days in September and losing the 31st day of the month suddenly seems to push us towards the ending of the year. Suddenly life seems to be rushing by, faster and faster, like looking out the window of a train. Wait, stop, slow down. Come on, follow me. Let me just bury my father. Let me just say goodbye to everyone. (Luke:9) But maybe Jesus is letting us know that there aren’t infi

September 15, 2026 From Brian Fisher’s Soil and Roots, August 11, 2026 edition (an adapted excerpt) Dreamstime.com Things that Make You Go Hmmm… If God’s first invitation, the Creation Mandate, remains active and is central to our purpose as apprentices with Jesus, it raises some pressing questions. If we are co-stewards with God over creation, shouldn’t those who love Jesus be among the primary active voices and participants in caring for nature? I’m not talking about radic

September 1 2026 Getty Images for Unsplash Every week in the beautiful liturgies of the Community of St Bridget, we pray the words of Jesus. The translations and ideas vary because ours is a very big God. Every week there is opportunity for a deep dive into the words of the Word. Here is a meditation on the opening words of that prayer. from “Prayers of the Cosmos: Meditations on the Aramaic words of Jesus” Translated and with commentary by Neil Douglas-Klotz Our Birth in

August 15, 2026 by MECollingwood It appears that we are constantly being challenged by someone else’s interpretation of history. The solemnity we celebrate today is no different. This is a brief history of how Mary’s role was given a place in Church history, as promulgated by the Church. We know that the Assumption was officially defined as a dogma in the Roman Catholic Church in 1950, by Pope Pius XII in the Apostolic Constitution entitled “Munificentissimus Deus”. With

August 1, 2026 Aleksandr Eremin on Unsplash by FFrances Perhaps it is a hangover from school days when the summer holidays eventually arrive with sighs of relief and shouts of joy. Perhaps because these summer days, for some of us, are just too hot to do anything but hide from the fierce sun in the middle of the day and condense the excitement of living to the cool of the early morning and the gentler warmth of the evening breezes. It is the season of Summer. If you can, take