Stephanie Molloy is Campus Minister, Director of Pastoral Studies at Campion College, University of Regina, and Chair of the Vocations Committee for the Jesuits in English Canada.
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"Retirement – has a nice ring to it! I have never retired before, and it’s going to be quite an adventure. . . . I offer the following reflection on how I got to be part of this amazing Jesuit school."...
Writing from Regina, Stephanie Molloy talks of transition - "the only place that real change occurs." Transitions can be disconcerting, scary and demand faith. But remember God blesses us in each season of our lives....
For over 400 years, Jesuits and their colleagues have had a presence in Canada. Today they work coast to coast - from Vancouver to St.John's. In this series igNation invites you to join us as we travel across Canada stopping at cities where there are Jesuit apostolates to read personal reflections about the city and the work being done there. Today's stop – Regina, Saskatchewan....
Living with limits, living well! Hints for neighbours on an endangered planet is a wonderful publication intended for people concerned with the condition of our beleaguered world. Its authors are Bill Ryan, SJ and Janet Somerville with Anne O'Brien, gsic and Anne-Marie Jackson, the Director of the Jesuit Forum for Social Faith and Justice. In its forward, Archbishop Paul-André Durocher, President of the CCCB, fittingly describes this work as "a sign of hope in our world."...
Anyone who follows the CFL (Canadian Football League) knows that the Saskatchewan Roughriders have the best fans in Canada. Some might call us a bit over the top, but the reality is that, wherever and whenever we play, there are folks garbed in green and white, cheering on their team! To be at a game in Regina is an experience that rivals any other entertainment – as long as you don't mind an adrenalin rush and the most enthusiastic men, women, and children who ever donned face paint, wigs, and yes, even watermelon helmets! And if the Riders aren't at home, in many of the stadiums around the country, there might be nearly as many green jerseys in the stands as the home team....
This past weekend I had the rare opportunity to be alone in my yard, with no responsibilities other than to weed my garden. Weeding is a very therapeutic endeavour, because as you eliminate what you don't want, you also allow space and soil and sun to reach the plants you do want to nurture. It is a task which (though it doesn't seem so at the beginning) has an actual ending, after which time you can look out and see the fruits of your labour. True, there will be more weeds, but just then – when you complete your patch – then at that moment it's a tiny little sense of having contributed to part of God's beauty in creation....
