June is Alzheimer’s Brain Awareness Month When I see this picture, I can truly get a sense of what it must feel like for anyone who struggles with all the changes that come with the onset of Alzheimer’s or Dementia. I get glimpses of it in my life right now, when I have those...
National Smile Day is Tuesday! Let’s Celebrate it in a BIG way! On May 31, National Smile Day encourages everyone to wear their best smile! Smiles are powerful! They not onlycreate engagement between two people but the more a person smiles, the healthier their brain can be...
A Mercy and Peacebuilding Approach to Gun Violence BACKGROUND The news is filled with reports of violence, of news of mass shootings at home and raging wars abroad. Many studies conclude that mass shootings—when defined as four or more people shot in a single incident—have reached...
Update from your Parish Pastoral Council and Finance Council Parish leadership (Father Joe Connelly, Denny Farrell, Parish Trustees and Chairs and Vice Chairs of the PPC and Finance Council) meet every month to discuss the status of Guardian Angels' financial, operating and strategic...
Before you know it, a sense of God’s wholeness - everything coming together for good - will come and settle you down. It’s wonderful what happens when Christ displaces worry at the center of your life. ~ Phillipians 4:7 Worry! My worst enemy. Yet somehow, my go-to. Can anyone...
Did You Know? Last summer Guardian Angels created a new committee – Safety and Security. Its Mission: To create and maintain an environment of safety and security within the greater walls of the Guardian Angels main building and grounds. This will occur through ongoing and...
The local news is full of stories involving stolen cars, break-ins, assaults, and other crimes. Here are ideas of how to keep our church, home, car, and person safer. These recommendations may seem ‘common sense,’ but crimes are committed against people who ignore them. Do not...
Mother’s Day has come and gone, but for some, it may not have been a joyous occasion. I often forget about the silent suffering women who never got their dream, or had to endure the loss of a child – either through miscarriage(s), still births, or infertility. If you are like me, as...
Recently I had cause to question just how I communicate. The words I choose can either build people up or tear them down, affirm or degrade, make people feel good or feel shame. Anne Erickson did a wonderful presentation to the Health and Wellness Ministry about how commonly used words can be...
We show our respect for the Creator by our stewardship of creation. Care for the earth is not just an Earth Day slogan, it is a requirement of our faith. We are called to protect people and the planet, living our faith in relationship with all of God’s creation. This environmental...
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