A Prayer for Labor Day

O God, creator of the world,
of sun and moon and stars,
you chose to fashion us, your own,
your handiwork of love.
Indeed, we are your hands’ own work

and yet into our hands
you give the care
of every living thing.

In more ways than we can count
our work builds up
or tears apart what came
as gift from you.

Keep us faithful in preserving
all you’ve given
lest we harm the smallest part
of all you’ve made.

Give us good and honest work to do
and rest at each day’s … continue reading…

 
 
Great Day Trips 2011: Bon Secours and More Spiritual Retreats
Can a spiritual retreat change your life? At a day’s end, with images of birds and actor Jon Hamm in her head, one woman was surprised by the revelations

By Ann Cochran    Published Wednesday, August 10, 2011

 
Those seeking serenity—and answers to life’s puzzles—may find both at Bon Secours. Photograph by Erik Uecke and Illustrations by Alli Arnold

Positive affirmations were everywhere: “Everyone is an artist!” “All ways are the right ways!” “You have all the answers inside you!”

That last saying rang true. By 4 pm of a daylong spiritual retreat, I had some answers to my soul’s unrest—and they had been there all along.

Long before smartphones, William Wordsworth wrote that “the world is too much with us.” It’s certainly the case for me: I watch too much TV, and I don’t read Scripture as much as I’d like. Which is why a one-day retreat at Bon Secours Spiritual Center—“SoulCollage and the Five Elements … continue reading…

Many grateful senior citizens can now list their home address at 3020 Garrison Boulevard, Baltimore–The Wayland Village Senior Apartments.  This new 89 unit apartment building opened on May 20 with a ribbon cutting and building consecration ceremony.  This Bon Secours project offers affordable rental housing to seniors with one and two bedroom apartments.  The Wayland Village apartment building is the latest addition in the Bon Secours housing projects, bringing the total seniors, adults with disabilities and families served to 650!

Samuel Ross, M.D., CEO of Bon Secours Baltimore Health System, said, “When the Sisters of Bon Secours came to Baltimore in 1881, they knew they were starting a new ministry, but could not have imagined what that ministry would lead to in the 21st century.  Today we celebrate that we are blessed to offer seniors many wonderful apartments that are part of a true community.  This indeed is ‘Good … continue reading…

This week’s stories are Project Good Help, Bon Secours Values, and PHA.

Congratulations to the Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, in Greenville, South Carolina.

Read the Press Release

Every Day is Earth Day at St. Francis:

They say the opposite of war is not love…it is PEACE.  And I have to say that this video, actually it is a trailer for an independent film, certainly brings light to how strongly we should be waging a campaign for Peace.  What do you think?

Here is an excerpt from the Global Zero website:
The film is a fascinating and frightening exploration of the dangers of nuclear weapons, exposing a variety of present day threats and featuring insights from a host of international experts and world leaders who advocate the total elimination of nuclear weapons.

Countdown to Zero is a chilling wake-up call about the urgency of the nuclear threat. It tells the striking story of uncertainty, exposing the real possibility of nuclear disaster and revealing the truth behind an issue on which human survival itself hangs.

Sr. Rita Thomas has done it again!  Or rather, she has never stopped doing it.  What, you may ask?  Sr. Rita has never stopped providing good help to those in need.  As a Sister of Bon Secours, good help is just “who” she is!  And now, the Catholic Health Association of the United States has acknowledged her work, and awarded her with their Lifetime Achievement Award.  The award recognizes Sr. Rita’s dedication to strengthening ministries of the Sisters of Bon Secours as well as the Bon Secours Health System.  CLICK HERE to read the full article.