The Benefit is Joy
June 30, 2022
It was my 10th year in a row, and I couldn’t miss this one! The Con-solatio benefit concert is always a festive occasion of pure joy. I arrived in the afternoon to help with final preparations. ...
It was my 10th year in a row, and I couldn’t miss this one! The Con-solatio benefit concert is always a festive occasion of pure joy. I arrived in the afternoon to help with final preparations. ...
Grace is from Puerto Rico and she came to America when she was 12 years old. Life was not easy; the cross followed her. She lived in darkness and fear. A few months ago she felt so much emptiness and could not find the meaning of her life, so she was tempted to end it...
Four months ago, God gave me the opportunity to return to my second home here in Brooklyn. After 3 years of being back from my mission in Argentina, I could no longer resist this longing, this thirst, for immersing my life once again in the charism of Con-solatio. Over the course of my past three...
When invited to a Con-solatio event—whether it’s a movie, an art show, a cookout, a concert, a talk, or even a book launch(!), I know to go. I will be there. Why? No matter how humble or grand, the event will live in me for weeks and months to follow. It will affect my heart....
As many challenges I find in this country, I cannot help but fall in love with it all the more. India is a land of many paradoxes–filth and beauty, mystical and natural, joy and sorrow, all coexist in one wondrous reality. In just a short walk down a street in Chengalpet, I...
As I am drawing near to the end of my mission in El Salvador, I reflect on the moments that were more significant for me. A moment of encounter, a consoling word that was spoken, a kind gesture that created trust with those who were the most marginalized. Some of the populations that are more...
From March 28 to April 2nd, we enjoyed a great time of mission in Miami, Florida. Why Miami? Why not. And also because a Cuban family we love dearly, moved there a year ago, following a Catholic exodus from NY to the Southern state. It’s time to plant the seeds of our charism in the...
In Wolof, when someone says thank you, the typical response is: “Ñokabok”. Translated, it means, “We are together.” It’s a deeply rooted spirit of community. In contrast to our western exaltation of the individual, in Africa it is the community that reigns. The Senegalese people are always, literally, together, and always ready to lend a...
I first encountered Con-solatio as a seminarian during the winter of 2016. I was sent as a part of my formation to stay and minister with them for a month in their mission in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn, NY. It was perhaps the best single month of my seven years of seminary formation....
I’ve been given a new gaze on what it means to be mother and woman by the way they live their life – simple, and somehow all-embracing. And they take seriously this simplicity! ...