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Election 2020: Catholic Conscience, the Candidates, and the Common Good
You're invited join us on October 28th, from 7:00pm - 8:30pm Eastern Daylight Time for a conversation just prior to the most critical election in our lifetimes.By registering you will be able to watch the webinar live or on the date of your choice after the event.The...
October Events at IVC
October 21st, 11:00am-1:00pm Central Daylight Time: Racism…A Thoughtful Dialogue on the Christian Response to Racial Justice. A World Premiere EventFacilitated by Twin City attorney, Roshan Rajkumar, renowned authors Rev. James Martin, SJ and Rev. James Wallis will...
Racism…A Thoughtful Dialogue on the Christian Response to Racial Justice
Racism…A Thoughtful Dialogue on the Christian Response to Racial Justice. October 21st, 11:00-1:00 CDT. Facilitated by Twin City attorney, Roshan Rajkumar, renowned authors Rev. James Martin, SJ and Rev. James Wallis will have a dialogue concerning the racial...
Six Observations that Bring Hope – Rebecca Ruiz
Looking to the Upper Room to Make Sense of our Times: Six Observations that Bring Hope as we Journey toward Pentecost IVC…
Stand and Wait – Caroline Park
Stand and Wait Caroline Park is a vocalist, pianist, violinist and guitar player. She performs folk, jazz, and other genres with her quartet, The Caroline Park Quartet, and enjoys songwriting and arranging music. On a different note...she is a fisheries attorney with...
Waiting for Pentecost: The Key to the Next Door – Rev. Kevin Burke, SJ
We ponder Pentecost, the coming of Spirit, in a time of global pandemic, of Eucharistic hunger and fasting. The days of waiting between Ascension and Pentecost recall “Holy Saturday.” That day of silence between the cry from the cross and the cry of Resurrection...
The Stone Which the Builders Rejected… – Barbara J. Menard
“The Stone which the builders rejected has become the cornerstone…" One of the blessings of the “Stay-At-Home-Order” or “Sheltering-in- Place” is the fact that each day is open-ended. I don’t need to hurry up to get ready to drive to work because I am working from...
Pentecost during Pandemic: A Reflection on Invitations and Challenges – Kathy Coffey-Guenther, Ph.D
While our Old and New Testament readings can invite our own musings and imaginings of invasions by locusts, blight, and varying plagues, I doubt that many of us ever imagined that we would actually be part of this global reality in contemporary times. And as our...
Shelter Me – Fr. Michael Joncas
The following is an excerpt from The Catholic Spirit, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The full article can be found here. Father Michael Joncas, a prolific liturgical composer whose best-known hymns include “On Eagles’ Wings,”...