Happy Easter! Please enjoy these short video reflections from Bishop Bob, produced by the Archdiocese of Chicago for the Triduum 2024!
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Retreats and Hospitality Winter 2024
It has been a busy season of Franciscan hospitality this winter! We have enjoyed hosting a variety of groups. Here was the lineup: In January and February, we hosted two different young adult discernment retreats, one from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and another from the Kalamazoo diocese. We love supporting our young people to hear…
Quick Lenten Reflection from Bishop Bob
Check out this brief reflection from Bishop Bob on the importance of almsgiving during this Lenten season!
The Prayer before the Crucifix
Most High, Glorious God, enlighten the darkness of our hearts. Instill in us a correct faith, a certain hope, and a perfect love, a sense and a knowledge, Lord, that we may do Your holy and true command. Amen. This prayer was written by St. Francis of Assisi, and thought to be the prayer that…
Eucharistic Adoration: doing is good; being is even better
Reflection by Sr. Alicia I am not totally sure how my parents felt when I told them I’d signed up for the 3 AM hour of prayer on Good Friday when I was 16 years old. Our parish had invited us to “watch an hour” with Jesus, and I certainly didn’t want him to be…
SEEK 24
This January, we hit a community milestone and officially sponsored our first booth at a FOCUS SEEK Conference! This year’s conference was hosted in St. Louis and had nearly 20,000 attendees. Sr. Alicia, Sr. Jaime, Sr. Jess, and Sr. Laura represented our community and had the chance to encounter so many young people. They ran…
FE Reflections: How Am I Ordering My Life?
Reflection by Sr. Alicia Torres Every morning my alarm goes off, just like it does, I’m sure, for you. Each morning when I hear that alarm I have two choices: hit the snooze bar and roll over, or turn off the alarm and enter into the day where Jesus is already waiting for me. We…
Christmas Highlights 2023
Merry Christmas! The month of December at Mission OLA was been filled with so many preparations and special events to help our neighbors have a beautiful celebration of Christmas and hopefully enter more deeply into the true meaning of the season. Thanks to the generosity of so many supporters and volunteers, we estimate that this…