by Catherine Ruffing Drotleff | Feb 21, 2025 | Events, General Update
The Humboldt Park Orchestra provided the soundtrack for the inaugural Chicago Winter Walk on February 9th, and the Chicago Jesuit family came out strong to raise awareness about homelessness in Chicago! Inspired by similar walks in Boston and New York, the day...
by Catherine Ruffing Drotleff | Dec 12, 2024 | Uncategorized
I never imagined my life would spiral into what it became. I’m Amanda, a mother of four, and for thirty long years, I battled with addiction, in and out of recovery programs. The pain of my struggles became too much to bear around my children. So, I made a...
by Catherine Ruffing Drotleff | May 19, 2024 | Easter Reflection Series, God is Still Speaking
by Colette Cook, ISP Providence reflecting with the Pentecost reading, Acts 2:1-11. As a coordinator for ISP retreats, I organize volunteer drivers to pick women up from their residences and drive them to and from the retreat house. When I check in with drivers at...
by Catherine Ruffing Drotleff | May 12, 2024 | Easter Reflection Series, God is Still Speaking
by Pastor Melissa Pohlman, ISP Twin Cities reflecting with today’s Gospel reading, John 21:15-19. Jesus talks a lot about sheep in the Gospel of John. I don’t have a lot of experience with sheep, since I grew up in the forests of the Upper Midwest and now I live in...
by Catherine Ruffing Drotleff | May 12, 2024 | Easter Reflection Series, God is Still Speaking
Reflection with a visual prayer poem – “In This Newborn Light” by John Philip Newell. Take some quiet time in reflection to pray with the video linked above. Hear the music, take in the images, and allow the words of the prayer to enter your spirit. Allow this...
