Catherine's Cafe Vocation Blog

In the past two and a half months I have moved from living on my own, to investigating new ministries, and also moved back into community again.  For someone like me who likes to be in control and don’t really like transitions, this is way too much transitions.  How am I dealing with all these transitions you may ask?  Well, I am trying to live in the moment while be centered and grounded in Jesus Christ.  My prayer life helps me through everything.  However for me, it is more difficult praying in this transitional time. At present I am investigating new ministries.   A ministry is a job whose foundation is service to others.   According to Farnham et al in the book Listening Hearts - Ministry comes from the same root as minus , which mean less.   Jesus said, “For who is greater: the one who is at table or the one who serves? Is it not the one at table? But I am among you as one who serves” (Lk 22:27) .   In a ministry your chief motivat...

"Called forth by God's expansive love and mercy for all creation...we commit ourselves to the urgent summons of Laudato Si to care for Earth, our home."  These words taken from our Direction Statement 2016-2021 will be my inspiration this week as beginning today at Dominican Wellspring, I host a camp for kids.  This will be the second year for the camp that has as its main aim to introduce the children and their families to our responsibility as earth dwellers to become better caretakers of all of God's creation.   The children will be immersed in activities which will model caring for creation, from reducing consumption and waste to being thoughtful about reuse and recycling.   I feel very happy to have this opportunity to raise awareness in children, of the need to care for our planet, and I am grateful that I belong to a congregation that extends its ministry of mercy to include all of God's creation.   What are you doing to care for Earth, o...