by St Anthony | May 29, 2025 | Display On Reflections
One of my favorite books is “Dandelion Wine” by Ray Bradbury. It is the story of a summer in the lives of Douglas Spaulding and John Huff, and relates all the adventures that two 12-year-old boys can create in a small Illinois town during the 1930’s. And now that...
by St Anthony | May 22, 2025 | Display On Reflections
“With the presence of great understanding and freedom in us, we can embrace hardships countless times without fear.” – Thich Nhat Hanh Around three in the morning, the massive evergreen branches, heavily laden with ice, began to fall. The ground shook with their...
by St Anthony | May 15, 2025 | Display On Reflections
We have a Pope! Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost born in Chicago, a midwesterner. According to the Vatican News in his biography, “The first Augustinian Pope, Leo XIV is the second Roman Pontiff – after Pope Francis – from the...
by St Anthony | May 8, 2025 | Display On Reflections
Mother’s Day was originated by Anna Javis of Philadelphia on May 12, 1907 in honor of her mother. In 1914 Woodrow Wilson made Mother’s Day a national holiday. The tradition has been celebrated ever since that beginning. Even though my mother died 27 years...
by St Anthony | May 1, 2025 | Display On Reflections
Spring is here! Or maybe just around the corner… we hope. No matter when Spring will actually be here, we are starting to enjoy the greening of vegetation which will soon lead to the buds and new blooms of all that blossoms! For as long as I can remember it’s the...
by St Anthony | Apr 24, 2025 | Display On Reflections
As Christians, we have just completed the week that we call Holy Week. It began with Palm Sunday and then focused on the Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, the Easter Vigil and finally Easter Sunday. These days of focusing on our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, can...
