by Joan Bukrey | Apr 8, 2015
Mike, Nick and I just completed an exhausting 5,000+ mile road trip giving parish renewals in five USA parishes, in five different states: CT, MA, SC, MD and VA. Overall, in our presentations we try to incorporate Scripture in ways that meet our spiritual hungers and...
by Joan Bukrey | May 10, 2013
Today is Mother’s Day. But it is a day for everyone…..What do I mean? Well, it is a day on which we should all be reflecting on how we have nurtured another person or persons and also acknowledge those who have done the same for us. To single out only those in our...
by Joan Bukrey | Jan 13, 2013
I have been aware of the topic of “prayer” as part of the recent battles here in America over gun control following the tragedy in the Connecticut school. More than once I have seen a theme pop up in discussion that brings God into the equation. Already the equation...
by Joan Bukrey | Dec 1, 2012
“I haven’t got a clue when the world will cease to exist, but on this, the first day of the Church’s Year, I know that the Lord returns to us every time we love, forgive, share, are compassionate, are generous and sacrificial toward one another. It...
by Joan Bukrey | Apr 15, 2012
Recently, my nephew and his wife were trying to explain Easter to their first grader. They said she was troubled by the idea of it all. I’d say for any child, the image of a man coming out of tomb would be an unusual thing for them to think about, and maybe even a...
