Side area Widget

Author: Con-solatio

On the first Wednesday in February, I attended a movie night hosted by Con-solatio in Brooklyn.  I have attended many of these monthly gatherings, but they have come to mean even more amidst the increased social isolation of recent years.  The opportunity to enjoy a potluck dinner, followed by a screening of “Women of Slender...

Pan Petro is my inspiration whenever we walk into his room. When he was 13 years old he stepped on a land mine which exploded, leaving him with only one working arm and two shriv-eled legs. One half of his face is disfigured, and he was blinded by the incident as well. Yet there is...

On a recent trip to the nursing home we were unable to visit the residents because there was no electricity. Pani Hallea is a relatively young resident at the nursing home (60 years old) and sometimes she works at the desk in the entry, recording the guests that come and go from the nursing home....

Oh, this little boy! Just thinking about him makes me miss him! Georgie is eight years old, and has an illness that messes around with his hormones; the medicine he takes for mood control makes his body swell up real big. And he doesn’t speak....

I had the absolute blessing of spending my whole month-long winter holidays from college with the Con-solatio family in Brooklyn. One thing that struck me foremost was the profound unity of the community. It felt like entering into the Mystery of Heaven, getting a glimpse of what it will look like. It instantly became clear...

Abuelita is one of the strongest women I have had the pleasure to call friend. At the start of my mission, Abuelita was in our home each morning. Teaching us how to cook, knitting, sharing stories, practicing reading, telling me “Poco a poco vas a aprender”...