Catherine's Cafe Vocation Blog

We hear during this season that ‘the wind blows where it will’.  I have been witnessing that in my garden these days.  The week before Pentecost we had lots of breezy weather.  Flower petals were strewn all around.  The sugar peas definitely needed tying up.  The asparagus gave up and lay horizontal.  The peonies wobbled in disarray. And then this week we saw the immense power of wind in Oklahoma. How do we deal with the impact of a soft breeze, a stormy breeze, a thunderous wind?  So many opportunities to discover and name grace.  How amazing to witness resilience, stamina, community, courage in the face of such surprise, destruction, calamity.  And what of the breezes in your life?  How do you name them grace? KC Young, OP Kirkland, Washington

The Class of 2013 played a senior prank on our school the week of Graduation.  They put our school up for sale by covering the side yard with FOR SALE signs.  This creative, fun gesture exemplifies for me what is most important about Dominican learning – community.  These young men and women got together to show us, the Faculty, and Staff, as well as the outside world, one more act of community.   They are Dominicans.  It is who they have become over their four years.  In the classroom, at Eucharist, on the playing field, or at a choir concert or play performance each one of these graduating seniors has been offered a sense of belonging.  In their best moments and worst failures, we have shown up and been present.  Now, they will lead the way for others, always bringing with them the gifts of study, prayer, community, and service.  Where have you seen community lately? Peggy Ryan, OP Whitefish Bay, WI