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”...
This month my community sister – Maria – and one of our former volunteers, Kristine, who speaks Russian and understands a little bit of Polish, visited some of our friends: Zofia and her husband Filip....
When we arrived at the shelter in downtown Brooklyn, the room was almost empty. In one corner there was a deaf woman who was playing music and expressively signing to a friend with whom she was video-chatting. Another woman silently sat with her head in her hands. A third lay rather uncomfortably across three chairs,...