The Region is relaxing and growing this weekend! It’s time to get close to yourself, your family, and your friends with shows, seminars, and services that’ll help you to take a break from the busy world around us. Whether you’re hoping to catch...
Sister Joetta's life of ministry has been varied and diverse. One wonders how such an introspective and contemplative individual can continually shift gears with such finesse and make life-changing transitions seem simple....
Feb 2 — Below freezing temperatures this past week. Looking out on the lake, I see patterns, lines, and paths in the ice, part white, part black. I fantasize; are the lines where the beaver swam? Feb 4 — We’ve had a couple of days of...
Beginning in 1967, Ancilla College broadened its liberal arts degree offerings and began admitting students from around the area when it became a commuter college. In 2015, Ancilla opened the first of two newly-built residence halls. They...
Cookies come in all shapes and sizes. From easy to difficult, plain to elaborate, quick or time consuming – cookies can and do fill a void easily when it comes to comfort food. Sugar cookies are easy fill-ins after the holidays and can relate to...
The Amish are our neighbors. They value family, community, frugality, resourcefulness, and reliance on all things natural. They are some of the first recyclers whose mantra is to use it up rather than throw it out. Their intent is to nourish the body...
Dec. 8 — In late afternoon I counted 19 geese cruising on the lake. Maria Center resident, Antoinette, having arrived from an adventure driving the Lewis and Clark trail out west, was good company on several observations during this unseasonable...
It seems Mary Jane Ranek was born with an active adaptability gene, as she seems to thrive in a variety of situations. In 1959 at age 14 she left home and family in Illinois to join a community of other girls entering Ancilla Domini High School in...
When Mother Tabitha turned the first shovel of dirt to break ground for the new Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ (PHJC) Motherhouse on September 8, 1919, she could never have foreseen the magnitude, the impact, the ripple of service the Poor Handmaid...
