January 30, 2023

The chapter is opened

Each of our chapters opens with a worship service. That is why we also say: we "celebrate" a chapter. At the General Chapter, we have a whole day of reflection beforehand. Come [...]
December 22, 2022
You can leave the church, but it is first a community of prayer

Why I would most like to leave the church....

Why I would love to leave the church... I am angry and sad and at a loss. So much so that I would like to leave the church [...].
June 16, 2022

Corpus Christi

I've always had a bit of a hard time with Corpus Christi. We put a host in the center, and because it is so inconspicuous, we build a lot of gold [...]
January 27, 2022

Catholics: Break or departure?

Normally I don't like the gender asterisk, really not at all, but today it has to be. Today I put it out of respect for the 125 Catholics who have [...]
March 30, 2020

Corona: the virus still sucks

Today I had a conversation with someone about my article "A virus sucks". I was a bit embarrassed, because my interlocutor rightly said that [...]
March 17, 2020

United in prayer

At present, public worship services are not allowed to take place in many places. More and more people are also unable to leave their homes because they are subject to quarantine or curfew. [...]
March 12, 2020

School service in hard times

Yesterday and today I had again school service with the third and fourth grade. This time I discussed with the children the story of Zacchaeus: the [...]
June 13, 2017

Taskforce excursion

"Are we going on another Convention trip this year?" Harmless question, complex answer. "I'd love to, but only if..." In a community in which everyone comes into their own [...]
October 28, 2016

Sister talks about the future

...and once again I sat for days in a room full of women religious talking about the future. This time, however, it was my own community, I had to [...]