by Joan Bukrey | Aug 13, 2009
How time flies! We have been back in the USA since July 20, almost a month next week. Of course it has been non stop for us since. Mike has been traveling for a little R & R. Nick is working in the parish where he goes for a month every year, St. Thomas More...
by Joan Bukrey | May 27, 2009
Tender Spirit Sophia, Wrap me round with your love. Ready me for risk. Fierce and wonderful you are. Free me, Spirit Sophia, So that I might serve as you would have me serve. Amen Taken from: “Prayers for a New World” by Betsy Clarke,...
by Joan Bukrey | May 9, 2009
I wish all my friends who are mothers, grandmothers, great grandmothers….a very happy Mother’s Day. Today in the homily which Nick and I gave together, we used the Gospel account of the vine and the branches comparing it to the umbilical cord with which...
by Joan Bukrey | Apr 28, 2009
We arrived back on the shores of awesome Australia on April 25. The journey over went well. No delays, baggage arrived with us. These days that is a “great” trip! Our neighbors sent an email saying that the day after we left they saw a mother bear and...
by Joan Bukrey | Apr 18, 2009
We arrived home (to our center in NW Wisconsin) on Tuesday afternoon, April 14. Since leaving in late January for our Lenten work, we have driven over 5,000 miles. All of the parishes received us so well. We have made many new friends. I feel very grateful for the...
