Day: March 9, 2020

Sister Ruth Cunningham, CSJ

By Clara Santoro | March 9, 2020 | Comments Off on Sister Ruth Cunningham, CSJ

“For each of us there is only one thing necessary: to fulfil our own destiny according to God’s will to be what God wants us to be.” This is a quote from Thomas Merton, one of Ruth’s favorite authors. Today we celebrate that Ruth Ann Cunningham has fulfilled her destiny according to God’s will as a Sister of St. Joseph for sixty-five years. Ruth Ann began her life in Queens,…

March 9

By Clara Santoro | March 9, 2020 | Comments Off on March 9

Reflection God who loves us knows us. We long to be known, not only from the outside but from within. We feel that if others knew us as we really are, with our hopes, dreams and struggles to be whole, they would have a compassionate and tolerant love for us. Conversely, were we to live for an hour within the mind of another, even that of a social outcast, we…