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Now What? – Noreen Manzo
“Now what?” That’s the question I posed rather uneasily to myself in mid-March when the Coronavirus interrupted our lives. My husband and I had access to a modest family home in Connecticut with a magnificent view of Long Island Sound, so we decided to pack up and...
Come, Holy Spirit! – Dan Schutte
Dan Schutte welcomes you to IVC's Pentecost Reflection Series. https://youtu.be/YHoX_DJ7WSc https://youtu.be/nhFlfm8cy9w Dan Schutte is one of the best-known and most influential composers of Catholic music for liturgy in the English-speaking world. In addition...
We Serve Because He IS Risen!
by Richard J. Massaro If Easter was only something that happened 2,000 years ago, it might be hard to relate to, hard to get excited about. But Easter isn’t a one-off, over-and-done event. He IS Risen. Easter is a spectacular eternal event. It embraces all that...
Forgiving with Perfect Charity
by Mike Goggin The Twitterverse reveals to us every imaginable thought under the sun. Here’s one that caught my eye just yesterday, from Brazilian lyricist and novelist Paulo Coelho. “Be strong enough to forgive without hearing an apology.” I would like to make that...
Clinging on by Letting Go
by Linda Zimmerman My mother woke me early to get ready for church. It was Ash Wednesday 1963. At Christ the King Church, I remember that the priest talked about the solemn purpose of Lent. He explained it as a time when Catholics traditionally follow three Lenten...
The Way of the IVC Pilgrim
by Noreen Manzo Can you believe it? Every IVC volunteer in the New England region traveled the Camino de Santiago de Compostela last year. Well, at least that’s what we invited them to figuratively do during our annual retreat. Although we didn’t travel...
SAVE THE DATE! MAY 1, 2019
Bright Star, Illumined Hearts
By Margot Meier Howard It was sunset and the small, brown field sparrows were huddled under the broad corner eaves of the front porch against blowing winds of chilling snow and ice. Safe inside a warm home full of Christmas lights, I watched their rusty capped heads...
Finding Consolation in God’s Forgiveness
by Erin Benson I was recently asked to give a talk on the issue of simplicity. The topic is close to my heart and usually brings a lot of energy and joy when I share with others how simplicity can be applied as a matter of faith in our lives. But as I was preparing...