To support the upcoming World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly on July 24, we are offering a few ideas for easy ways to help your neighbors, friends, and relatives who have reached some point in their twilight years.

Nina Nesdoly, founder of Workplace Clarity, closed the MHI event season with an engaging and inspiring talk on how to “Beat Burnout, Manage Workplace Stress.” Nina grabbed our attention from the first moment by sharing a time of her life when she pushed herself way too hard, to the brink of disaster.

Our first in-person get-together in 2022 centered around a topic that goes to the heart of everyday life: what responsibility do food companies have to promote healthier diets? We used a case study and texts from Catholic social teachings to jump into a lively discussion about ready-to-eat foods that we find on our grocery shelves.

With so many events and meetings taking place virtually over the past two years, it is not surprising that exercise and flexibility training have suffered for many. On January 13, Alessa Caridi helped us jumpstart a new path to fitness without leaving our chairs. With a background in dance, spending three years in Okinawa absorbing the healthy lifestyle of the Japanese, and extensive experience in fitness training, Alessa founded JōbuFIT, a workplace movement company.

“I can’t possibly invite anyone over until my house is cleaned/I learn to cook/my new furniture is delivered.” Yes, you can! On February 23, Dr. Ann Brodeur, Assistant Professor of History and Catholic Studies at the University of Mary in Bismarck, ND, demonstrated for us that hospitality is a human need that extends far deeper than the externals. As a faculty member at a Benedictine university, Ann is familiar with Benedictine tradition that extends back to the 6th century, when St. Benedict counseled that a wayfarer should be received as if he were Christ.