That All May Be One: A Reflection on Ecumenism
“That they may all be one... so that the world may believe”
(John 17:21)
It’s All About Presence
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Buddha
The Art of Self Reliance
“It was my wish that our sons should cultivate a habit of bold independence, for I well knew that it might easily be the will of God to deprive them of their parents; when, without an enterprising spirit of self reliance, their position would be truly miserable”
-Johann David Wyss Swiss Family Robinson
The Importance of Outreach
"We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop." – St. Teresa of Calcutta
An Appreciation Post
“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
–Dr. Seuss
The Gift of Self
“Man cannot fully find himself except through a sincere gift of himself.” – Gaudium Et Spes Paragraph 24
The Pursuit of Happiness
“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
—Theodore Roosevelt
Recovering the Vision
“Every human society possesses a moral and spiritual imaginative vision, a set of assumptions and ways of looking at things according to which life proceeds.” – Monsignor James P. Shea, From Christendom to Apostolic Mission
Coincidences don't exist.
“For a Christian, there are, strictly speaking, no chances. A secret master of ceremonies has been at work.” - C.S. Lewis
We are Mind AND Body
“In order for man to succeed in life, God provided him with two means, education and physical activity. Not separately, one for the soul and the other for the body, but for the two together” -Plato
A mission statement and a logo
Branding is to a company like the soul is to the body. It gives it an identity and purpose.