Gardening with God
By Emily Salerno-Oswald Columnist This is the last article for the Troubadour that I will ever write. The first of many lasts as I approach the end of my time at Franciscan. There are so many unknowns from one day to the next, and the list of unknowns seems endless- never mind my future and […]
Insights with Emily: An Open Heart
By Emily Salerno-Oswald Columnist January is almost over, and we are approaching February … the month of Valentine’s Day. I myself am currently on my way to a friend’s wedding. In this season of love, I contemplate the relationship between love, uncertainty and fear. How do you know when you love someone? One thing I […]
Insights with Emily: Receiving Gifts
By Emily Salerno-Oswald Columnist It’s the start of Advent, and we are entering into a time when gifts become a topic of discussion. We contemplate the coming of Christ, the best gift of all. We plan gifts that we would like to give to our family and friends, in order to emulate Christ’s self-gift. Another […]
Insights with Emily: You’re never irrelevant
By Emily Salerno-Oswald Columnist I’ve been writing this column for a while, and at times I decide that I need to spice things up and write about something that I’ve never written about before. That is why the topic this week is “irrelevance”. For this column as a whole, I try not to write too […]
Insights with Emily: Self-Compassion
Emily Salerno-Oswald Columnist Midterms. We’re really in the thick of things right now. Some of us are done with midterms, and some of us are not out of the woods yet. This is the time of the school year when it is common for students to feel overwhelmed. You might’ve realized too late that you […]
Insights with Emily: Is God your direct object?
By Emily Salerno-Oswald Columnist Have you ever experienced something extremely boring that ends up being important later on? I experienced something like this the other day when I was working at the Language Learning Café in Egan. I am a Spanish tutor there, and I was teaching someone about direct objects and indirect objects in […]
Beauty in chaos
By Emily Salerno-Oswald Columnist Have you ever watched a storm over the ocean? If not, just try to imagine it for a second. The waves are beating down on the sand, and a golden streak of lightning crackles across the pitch-black sky, illuminating for an instant what seems like a vast emptiness that never ends. […]
Insights with Emily: change means letting go
By Emily Salerno-Oswald Columnist Once again, it’s the start of a new school year. The leaves have started to change, and crisp breezes signify the coming change of seasons. New beginnings can be exciting but also overwhelming. It often feels like just when we’ve gotten the hang of one season of life, it’s time for […]
Insights with Emily: Saying goodbye
By Emily Salerno-Oswald Scriptural Columnist Well, it’s that time of year. The semester is coming to an end, and we are all about to go our separate ways for the summer. Some of us will be graduating and will not be returning to Franciscan in the fall. Others will be saying goodbye to those who […]
Insights with Emily: Rejection & the Cosmos Creator
By Emily Salerno-Oswald Scriptural Columnist Rejection-this might be one of the worst feelings. It is the feeling of putting yourself out there only to be unreceived, or worse, pushed away. Whether it be the result of unrequited love, a break-up, or even the loss of closeness in friendship, it never feels good to be rejected. […]