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October 13, 2025

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Finding God In the Now

October 13, 2025

We follow a God who is God of the present. God is always with us in the present moment–be that moment joyful or painful, hard or easy.

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Listen Respectfully, Act Lovingly

October 13, 2025
Christianity is spread by the Holy Spirit. St. Paul said, “My message and my proclamation were not with persuasive (words of) wisdom, but with a demonstration of spirit and power” (1 Cor 2:4). We do the faith more harm than good if ...
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Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, longtime chaplain of the Loyola University Chicago men's basketball team and campus icon, smiles after the team won in the first round game of the NCAA Tournament against the University of Miami 2018 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. Sister Jean died at age 106 Oct. 9, 2025. (OSV News photo/courtesy Loyola University Chicago)

Sister Jean, Loyola icon and chaplain of men’s basketball team, dies at 106

October 13, 2025
She prayed with college basketball players before games, counseled them after losses, and reminded them that faith, not fame, was the real victory.
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