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Featured ASC Author

Barbara Jean Franklin, ASC, holds a bachelor's degree in English from Saint Louis University and master's degrees in educational administration and supervision, and in adult Christian community development from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville and Regis University, respectively.  Her varied ministry includes elementary teacher and principal in dioceses of Belleville, IL and Jefferson City, MO; Associate Director of Education in the diocese of Springfield-in-Illinois; and community leadership. She is currently Property Director at ASC Ruma Center. In addition to administration and writing, she enjoys leading retreats and reflection days to various groups.

Through Another Lens, Cycle B Through Another Lens: Reflections on the Gospels Year B

Through Another Lens helps readers see prayers and reflections on the Sunday Gospels for liturgical Cycle B through the unique prism of spiritual poetry. Utilizing an innovative way to view sacred Scripture, Through Another Lens draws from classic poems to illuminate and deepen an understanding of God's word as we reflect on each of the Sunday Gospels.

A time honored spiritual practice, reading sacred poetry enables us to set aside our mundane concerns while we look at the Gospels with new eyes. When we read a poem we do not simply read words; we enter a sacred space. Many times this awareness, as well as the words themselves, leads us into prayer and meditation. The experience of using a different lens to pray with each Sunday Gospel challenges the reader to enter each Gospel passage in a new way, leading us to a new, deeper, and richer communion with God's message.

Through prayerful contemplation of the Gospels seen through the lens of poetry, Barbara Jean Franklin, ASC, empowers each of us to apply Jesus' teachings to our daily lives. Through Another Lens is an invaluable companion piece to the Sunday Gospels for personal reflection or pastoral ministry.

Paperback available through Ligouri Publications

Also available:

Through Another Lens Cycle CThrough Another Lens: Reflections on the Gospels
Year C

Paperback available through Ligouri Publications

Through the Lens Cycle AThrough Another Lens: Reflections on the Gospels
Year A

Paperback available through Ligouri Publications

Other Publications

by Sr. Loretta Gegen, ASC

  • Woman of the Word
  • Universal Call to Holiness and Response of St. Maria De Mattias
  • The Beatitudes, St. Maria De Mattias and the Adorers
  • The Life and Ministry of Rev. John Merlini, CPPS

For information about obtaining these books, please contact Sr. Loretta Gegen, ASC

Letters of Maria De Mattias
A collection of six volumes of Maria's letters translated and annotated by Sr. Angelita Myerscough, ASC.
Click here for background information on these books.

Pauses for Reflection: A Perpetual Calendar of the Words of St. Maria De Mattias for Each Day

Messages from the Letters of Saint Maria De Mattias: Selections from St. Maria De Mattias' letters categorized by topic.

Contact the ASC Centers in Ruma, IL; Wichita, KS; and Columbia, PA for information on access to these books.