Dear Friends, At our annual conference this past September at the Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center in Connecticut, we were fed powerful food for meditation on Living Out Our Radical

Dear Friends, As we come into summer and are looking forward to reconnecting in-person with many of you at our annual conference (Holy Family Passionist Center in West Hartford, Connecticut,

Dear Friends, The Gospel of John tells us: I am the living bread that came down from Heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I

Dear Friends, The Advent journey from darkness to light, from Heaven to earth, is a time of deep reflection for us to be ever mindful that as God is coming

Dear Friends, These past several months have been rich in opportunities for reflection, participation, listening, and sharing as a participant at two congresses. Our annual USCSI Conference took place at

Dear Friends, I know you will forgive me if I begin this letter by talking about the events of April 30, 2022, in Milan where three Missionaries and I were

Dear Friends, Alleluia, alleluia! What a great gift is this season of Easter! Some scholars have explained the derivation of the word Easter as the Norse „eostur‟ which meant “the

January 17, 2022 Dear Friends, As we enter this new year with hope and faith, we will soon celebrate the World Day for Consecrated Life. Designated by Saint John Paul

Dear Fellow Conference Members, I wish to introduce myself: I am a professed Missionary for 20 years in the Secular Institute of Missionaries of the Kingship of Christ and grateful

Dear Friends, The month of June has so many beautiful liturgical feasts: The Body and Blood of Christ, the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Nativity

Dear Friends, It is Lent. Does that make your heart fall or does it make your heart sing? I like to think of this season as one to grow in

Christmas 2020 Dear Friends, Well, here we are – Christmas in the year of COVID-19. Can we travel? Will we be able to gather with our family? How can I

Dear Friends, Outside my window a frisky squirrel is gathering nuts to put away in his secret hiding place to prepare for leaner times. This afternoon it will be out

Dear Friends, The year is half over and if you are like me, it feels like I have not accomplished much. I haven‘t put many miles on my car, I

Dear Friends, Christ is risen; He is truly risen! He is victorious over death and darkness. What a gift the Easter message is for a world at war with Covid19.

Dear Friends, Lent is a season that calls us to deeper love. Prayer, fasting and almsgiving are practices which the Church offers to us as a stimulus to put things

From the President: Dear Friends, As the leaves turn golden and ruby and the winds become brisk and filled with the aroma of fall (at least here in Nebraska), my

Dear Friends, Heart Speaks to Heart. This is the theme of our coming annual national meeting, obviously inspired by divine providence. Just a few days after our executive committee had

Dear Friends, Christ has risen, alleluia! The most glorious time of year is upon us and we want to embrace the reality that Jesus lives among us and in us.

Christmas 2018 Dear Friends, We are in the season of light and music in which the angels appear to us under so many disguises. So long ago they came to

Dear Friends, The calendar tells us that the holidays are approaching fast. Ready or not, here they come. Black Friday sales have been around since the beginning of November this

FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT Dear Friends, As I write my column for this summer edition of the Mountaineer, we recently celebrated the feasts of the Sacred Heart of

Dear friends, This year Lent began on Valentine’s Day and thus is a vivid reminder that Lent should be a time to grow in love. We look with gratitude at

Dear Friends, Our annual meeting of USCSI was a wonderful weekend of support and sharing among our secular institute members. I think we were all in awe of the richness

Dear Friends, Our summer Mountaineer is a little bit later than usual this year because we wanted to share with you the experiences we had participating in the Convocation for

Dear Friends, During this season of Lent we join the universal Church on a pilgrimage homeward to the Father. Following in the footsteps of Jesus we set our eyes on

Dear friends, 2016 is slowly winding down. On November 20 the Year of Mercy will come to a conclusion but hopefully not the awareness nor practice of this important virtue.

Dear Members and Friends of USCSI, We are well into the Jubilee Year of Mercy and no doubt have tasted and savored the myriad ways our Father has shown to

Dear fellow mountaineers, It always takes my breath away when I see that title, “Mountaineer.” Who me? Climb a mountain? Way too much energy and trouble, but… there is always

A working message from our President to Sr Miriam Fidelis, a Religious Sister of Mercy, Alma, MI, who is working on a paper entitled: “Year of Consecrated Life: Year in

Dear friends, It is a joy for me to greet you at this time of preparation for the coming of Our Lord on Christmas Day. The prophet Isaiah said that

Letter from the President Dear Friends, Please join me in traveling down memory lane all the while remembering your own memories which influenced our lives. I would like to highlight