After working for many years in a professional field in NYC, I spent over a year in the Ukraine doing work for a humanitarian NGO. Having returned from a conflicted country, I was feeling out of place and having difficulty adjusting back to our affluent society....
Every Wednesday we take a short bus ride to the hills outside the city, to a town called Mintia, where we visit many Roma families and play with the kids. Many of the families here live in poverty, and the conditions are hard to see and harder to forget. However it’s the beauty of the...
There is such a simplicity in what we do every day. Every visit, event, or meal that we have is simple and sometimes very small, but still done with great effort and intentionality. I remember being struck by this on my first day here. After finishing Adoration, I figured we would immediately go out and...
On Friday, October 25, Gabriel M. (alum who served in Argentina) and Diana C. celebrated their wedding in San Antonio, TX. This joyous occasion was special for many reasons. It allowed us to witness the couple’s heartfelt “yes” to one another, support them on their journey, pray for and with them, and give thanks to...
Before I started my mission, I did not have to interact with kids very much; and I used to say I didn’t really like them. I would often imagine the rowdy kids that are loud, mess up what had been just cleaned, yell, want everything on demand, cry, fight, and so on. This past month, however,...