Seven Quick Takes
1 . Saint of the day - Today we celebrate the feast of St. Colette of Corbie , founder of the Poor Clare Colettines, the patron saint of expectant mothers and unborn babies, of childless couples who long to conceive, and of sick children. She was a miracle baby born to parents in their 60's. Read her entire story. 2. This week we celebrated the feast of a great American saint -- St. Katharine Drexe l -- an American heiress and socialite who shocked the world when at age 31, she abandoned her family’s fortune to become a Roman Catholic nun and to found an order of sisters dedicated to serving the impoverished Blacks and American Indian populations of the United States. Using her inheritance of $7 million, she spent the next 60 years and an estimated $20 million building missions, schools and churches for Native Americans and Blacks . Read more. 3. I have been busy preparing for my upcoming Lenten series at the Spiritual Life Center in Wichita, which are base...