For me personally, youth ministry has always been an important part of my life. It’s why I have a strong relationship with God today, and it’s also why I desire to share this with others. The JSC...

When you give a mouse a cookie, it will ask for milk.  The same goes for me. Throughout this year, I have grown in ways I never imagined. I learned that I’m capable of speaking...

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. Indeed, the Lord is near. Philippians 4:4-5 Gaudete Sunday is the third Sunday in Advent, and upon looking it I now know Gaudete means “rejoice” which...

The week before Thanksgiving, the Youth Ministry team traveled to Indianapolis to attend the National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC). NCYC is where over 20,000 high school students, representing their respective parish/school/diocese, travel from across the...

Below is a letter a frequent participant in our Ignatian Conference Retreats sent in response to a fundraising appeal we sent out this year. Dear Sister Therese, When you asked for a donation for the...

I was having a private voice lesson one Saturday morning around my sophomore year of high school. At that point I’d been taking lessons with my teacher, Lynne, since the summer before eighth grade. These...

I’ve been meaning to get a spiritual director for quite some time, but always found an excuse to put it off: I was a second-semester college senior, then I was moving to a new city,...

Recently, I met with a new spiritual director. We talked about many parts of my life, and as my director asked about certain habits (my prayer, reading, hobbies, etc.), I started to find myself repeating almost...