When perpetual adoration takes on a new meaning

When perpetual adoration takes on a new meaning

BySister Julia Walsh

For more than 141 years, since Aug. 1, 1878, the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration have maintained the practice that gives us our name. Along with our lay prayer partners, one of us, at all times, has been praying before the consecrated host in our adoration chapel in La Crosse, Wis. Our congregation has endured…

I fasted on only bread and juice for Lent. This is what I learned.

I fasted on only bread and juice for Lent. This is what I learned.

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My stomach felt like an empty pit. There could not possibly have been anything left in the tank. I had already been on the toilet for 10 minutes, but I had not built up enough confidence to walk away. Diarrhea for reasons beyond our control is bad enough. This time it was, I admit, completely…