Catherine's Cafe Vocation Blog

Last Sunday in our parish church Sister Uloma renewed her vows as a Missionary sister, Servants of the Holy Spirit (Techny). She is from Nigeria but has been in the US several years. I am renewed in my Dominican vocation seeing this public act of faith and commitment. My ministry engages me each day to serve others. Our life as women religious is a public declaration of our love for God and our role to serve others. This public witness of vows sustains my Dominican vocation and nourishes me spiritually. This week I’ll be preparing classes as our English Language learners begin their Fall sessions. And then to close the week we will have an outdoor public vigil asking for justice for immigrants in the United States. One ceremony to another fills my week in realizing the need to be servant in this world. What is your week like? How are you called to be of service to others? Come join us! Kathleen Long OP Waukegan, IL

Today our country of Trinidad and Tobago goes to the polls to elect a new government for the next five years.  I really feel challenged because even now I don't know for whom to vote and I really would like to exercise my franchise to vote.   Next year our congregation will also be meeting to elect a new leadership team.  Then, I would also be exercising my right to vote.  Yet my feelings in this regard are totally different.  I feel confident about our election process.  I am willing to cast my vote and have no qualms about which of our sisters will be in that pool of sisters discerning leadership.   What's the difference?  I think it's trust. I don't know that I can trust the people who are campaigning for leadership of our country.  There is such a long history of failed promises... On the other hand, I trust my sisters.  We share a common mission and way of life.  We are related to each other by bonds of affect...