Institute for Leadership in Ministry

The secular world has already left the Easter “holiday” and is now on to the next calendar date to be celebrated. As Catholic Christians, of course, we celebrate Easter and the Resurrection, the central mystery of our faith, not for one day or for one week but for fifty days! Read more...

For many, February is all about Valentine’s Day. People celebrate with cards, flowers and candy. “Love” is the operative word of the month. Much has been written about this small word. In fact, if you do an internet search on the word “love”, you’ll find almost 9 billion matches. Read more...

The Institute for Leadership in Ministry welcomed the Class of 2014 as the new academic year began. The 78 members of the combined English and Spanish classes come from 27 different parishes. Young adults (ages 19-40) account for about one-third of the class population. Read more...

The summer mailings have been sent to all students and the facilities have been readied to welcome almost 230 students and 80 faculty members to the new academic year.  There are 43 incoming first-year students in the English track and 37 in the Spanish track. Read more...

Last Sunday’s gospel spoke about the familiar parable of the Sower and the Seed. We are told that some of the seed fell on rich soil and produced much fruit. Our challenge is to prepare the soil of our hearts so that the seed may flourish within us. How can we become that “rich soil”? Read more...