Sunflowers: Mysterious, Meaningful, Glorious, and Useful

Sunflowers mean something special to me. A fourth-grade project was planting a garden at our house that our teacher would judge. I recall that my garden alongside our garage boasted tall sunflowers. That was exciting in itself, but added to that, my teacher came to my home! Now I belong to a religious community for […]

St. Julie Billiart, Spiritual Mother, Model for All

St. Julie Billiart urged her Sisters to always look to God like the sunflower that always faces the sun as it moves across the sky.

Musings on Sunflowers as Symbols

This past weekend I was in Kansas to speak at a catechetical conference. I felt right at home because the state flower of Kansas is the sunflower. This bright, yellow flower is special to my Notre Dame community, thanks to our spiritual mother, St. Julie Billiart. She encouraged us to be like the sunflower. It […]