Third Week of Lent Reflection

Scripture:So Moses decided, “I must go over to look at this remarkable sight, and see why the bush is not burned.” Exodus 3:3 Reflection: This familiar story from Exodus tells of an angel of the Lord appearing to Moses in fire flaming out of a bush and Moses was surprised. And yet, we read that

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International Women’s Day 2019

International Women’s Day did not enter with meekness and patient restraint, perceptions traditionally imposed upon women throughout history. International Women’s Day 2019 campaigned on #BalanceforBetter. Its observance witnessed mass gatherings and protests across the world, some violently suppressed. A push for balance in gender representation in both the boardroom and a number of historically male-dominated

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Study Abroad in Costa Rica: Puerto Viejo

For the spring 2019 semester, Leilim Chang-Salazar was accepted to the Universidad Veritas in Costa Rica through the American Institute for Foreign Study as a study-abroad student representing Albertus Magnus College. While overseas, she currently is enrolled in classes ranging from Philosophy, to Spanish, to International Marketing. “The most recent trip I took was going

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Second Week of Lent Reflection

Scripture: “While he was praying his face changed in appearance and his clothing became dazzling white.”Luke 9:29 Reflection: Today we read the Gospel story of the Transfiguration of Jesus.  Taking his disciples off alone, Jesus is “changed in appearance.”  It is as if, at the beginning of his turn toward Calvary, there is a moment

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First Week of Lent Reflection

Scripture Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be temptedLuke 4: 1 Reflection The first Sunday of Lent always begin with Jesus alone in the desert for 40 days.  The desert is not a good place to be alone and certainly

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