The intensity of this past year left me feeling pretty drained. While I looked forward to returning to "normal," I also felt exhausted, and unsure of how to move forward without completely abandoning the lessons learned during the pandemic. I said to God, "I wish I could find a retreat or somewhere that would give...
Going into my mission, I was a little nervous because of how little I had to offer - my clumsy French, my inexperience, my total naivete and ignorance of the culture and what this mission would look like. But it is truly only within our emptiness that we can be filled...
Attending the Con-solatio Benefit Concert was a pure delight and joy!...
There is something so simple yet radical about Con-solatio’s mission. Reaching out to people who others have neglected to love in the ways that they should is...
The Brooklyn community recently put together a “Family Day,” to which we invited some close friends who have children. We gathered on a Sunday afternoon and each family came with a small dish or dessert to share. It was simple: we filled our plates and chatted while we ate...
I will admit with no shame that I spent my last Indian rupees on a large fries at McDonald’s before boarding my flight home. Yes, I was that person who hopped onto a plane in the nick of time with slightly obnoxious aromas wafting through the cabin...
We had scheduled to pray the Rosary with our friend John outside of his house. On our way to his house, we met him with four other friends. They were sitting outside on a street corner where the garbage is typically collected...
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of participating in an online reflection with the Con-solatio community. As Ceci spoke about Dante's Divine Comedy, we had the opportunity to remember that we are not made for this life, but for eternal life...
The last weeks were filled with dozens of visits to friends, some as close as the house next door and others as far away as Ephie’s village, to honor them and give thanks, knowing that when I was gone, others would be there to receive my friends as their own...
As Maria’s parents, we were so excited when Maria first told us that she felt called to go on a mission to Senegal, Africa through Consolatio. This was primarily because we both felt that their ministry of presence would be the perfect ministry for her...