Catherine's Cafe Vocation Blog

As we remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr … one of his quotes comes to mind: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”   As Christians, we are called to live justly and bring about justice for all people.     Acknowledging injustice requires leaving your safe place and expanding your view of the world around you.  It is difficult to see and hear the injustice people experience everyday.  Religious life has helped me to see those who are invisible, forgotten, or have no voice.     Working for justice involves risk: taking action, speaking out, and extending help, likely meeting opposition.  It means being your sisters and brothers keeper, so all may have a just life.   I speak out against the death penalty, against racism, and for immigration reform to name a few.   What do you speak out for or what kind of actions do you take to improve the world for others? Priscilla Tor...

I just finished watching the Inauguration of President Obama.  I am both grateful today to be an American and inspired by the President’s speech.  Of the many things about which he spoke, I felt challenged to “step up to the plate” in order that our country might be all it can be.  In a certain way, he articulated a mission for us as a country and reminded us that it only can become a reality by our working together. As Sinsinawa Dominicans we have articulated our mission: As Sinsinawa Dominican women,  we are called
  to proclaim the Gospel
      through the ministry of preaching and teaching       
      in order to participate in the building
      of a holy and just Church and society. Many men and women share with us a relationship for mission.  There are associates, friends and benefactors, students and young adults, those w...