On Wednesday, January 18, 2023 about 150 people gathered at Cobble Hill Cinemas to attend Con-solatio’s movie night. This month, we were invited to the screening of De Son Vivant (Peaceful), a rare and courageous movie written by Emmanuelle Bercot and starring Catherine Deneuve, Benoit Magimel, Cecile de France, and Dr. Gabriel Sara, who...
My very first apostolate in Deva was at the Monastery, which is a home for children who do not have families to take care of them. The children are there either because their parents have died, their parents struggle with substance abuse, or simply because their families cannot afford to care for them. We try...
Every Friday morning, we do a deep cleaning of our house and this particular week was my turn to clean our Chapel (yay! I get to work with Jesus! Sometimes I feel like a Benedictine: Ora Et Labora!) After I took everything out, I started to look for a broom to sweep out the room....
We weren’t exactly ready when they arrived. There was no hot water for tea, the children’s activity hadn’t been set up, and the mulled wine was still being brewed. So, while several volunteers continued to discreetly make preparations, a few of us sat with the first guests and welcomed them to our celebration of hope....
It’s 6:30 on a Saturday evening and I’m sitting cross-legged on the couch of a dear friend in Chengalpet. Wearing my sari, I admire our friend Ammu as she prepares herself for the wedding that we will attend together. Ammu is decked in her favorite gold sari...
One of our friends that I have gotten to know from the past month and a half is Margareta. She comes from a Gypsie family, but she also has a disability, and so, some of the Gypsies discriminate against her. Thus, we are her family. She has been a close friend of our community for...
For Thanksgiving we were blessed to welcome around 40 friends to celebrate with us at our home. Some were friends that we have known for years, and some were new faces to whom God has led us recently. Everyone was glad to celebrate together rather than to spend such a day alone....
We really are so small and helpless when it comes to the great mystery, adventure and beauty that is the life of God’s love. I am reminded that the kingdom of God belongs to those who are childlike, to those who are small. One must become small in order to love greatly....
I would like to share with you a story about Diana and Cirilo. Diana is from Mexico, so I met her four years ago in my English class. She is a quiet one, but her presence is so beautiful. We always greeted each other with a smile in class and over time, I began to...
I am learning through my mission and through friends to embrace reality. One friend in particular is an inspiration to me on how to bear sufferings with hope. Janu is twenty years old and suffers from polio. Janu can’t walk, but she and her family have never lost the hope that she would gain her mobility....