It’s May. The month of blossoming, rebirth, fruition, new life. It’s the month of Mary.
It’s also the month in which my cousin Julie and her husband, Glen, expect their first child.
It seems fitting to expect a baby during May. And for me, it is a marvelous convergence to be awaiting a birth while reading Elizabeth A. Johnson’s book Truly Our Sister: A Theology of Mary in the Communion of Saints (Continuum, 2003). The two happenings in this month of May conspire to deepen my interest in, appreciation of and devotion to Mary, mother of Jesus, “Miriam of Nazareth,” as Johnson refers to her.

Recognition rolled in the first two weeks of March for artisan cheeses produced by Sprout Creek Farm. The week of March 14, two of the farm’s cheeses, Ouray and Barat, received honors at the 2004 World Championship Cheese Contest, which drew 1,500 entries from around the world. The week before, producers for BravoTV’s program “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” selected the farm’s Ouray cheese as one of the featured foods on a segment of the show.

Sacred Heart alumnae are invited to LaBelle July 13-18 to help build a Habitat for Humanity house and to reflect on the spiritual and social realities they have encountered. Participants will have opportunities for recreation, including swimming and kayaking, and for spiritual direction.