Catherine's Cafe Vocation Blog

Recently I spent a month as a special education assistant in a public school.  I supported a 3rd grade boy's transition to afternoons in his home school after a morning only program in a special school.  I not only had to build a relationship with him, but also with his teachers, and his 2nd and 3rd grade classmates.  It was a challenge on many levels. For one thing there were the daily 8 and 9 year old disagreements.  I could not fall back on "love one another" because of Jesus as I might in a Catholic setting.   What could help them relate peacefully to one another? To me? Diarmuid O'Murchu, in In the Beginning is the Spirit, shows that The Spirit is the relationship of all things in the universe and that all people are called to participate in the Dance of the Spirit.  Meditating on the Spirit helped me model relationships with the children. At playground duty I would smil...

Today is my older sister’s birthday! As I often do, I will spend moments throughout the day reminiscing, and laughing, about our shared childhood (which has, in some ways, extended into our “seasoned” years.) Over the last year or two, my ‘family’ has expanded to include so many more sisters, and brothers, who have helped light my path and warmed my heart.  I’m not really sure how that happened, other than by the grace of God.  It is to God then, and to them, that I am eternally grateful. I hope my sister knows how deeply and well she is loved.  I hope my son and my other siblings know how deeply and well they are loved.  I hope they know that I am not leaving them for another family.  Rather, our family is being transformed and absorbed into a much larger one … one full of joy and love, for each other ... and for each of us.  Happy Birthday, Barb! I love you! Kathy Flynn, Candidate