Selen Y. lives in our Brooklyn community. There is a women’s homeless shelter that we visit every Tuesday. This facility is specific for women that also suffer from mental illness. What gathers us together is that we sing songs of worship and we pray a decade of the rosary. The women that I encounter at the shelter make me...
Thank you for coming to give thanks with me for this year of mission. I want to thank you for what was the most beautiful year because in this year I discovered where one encounters happiness. That for one to be happy does not depend on material things, nor in having a life without struggle or suffering,...
By Craig and Debbie T. As parents of a young Con-solatio missionary, Debbie and I were overjoyed to be able to visit with Mollie in Deva, Romania. It wasn't long into our visit that we both sensed that the magnitude of our visit was pointing to something much greater than the personal reunion that we had...
Our Con-solatio community in Brooklyn recently welcomed five students from the University of Notre Dame into our home for several days to share in our lives and ministry. Brigid and Meredith share about their experience! "These few days in the Con-solatio community taught me so much about how impactful the act of friendship and presence is...
Alexa is on mission in Peru. The first time I visited our weekly apostolate, a juvenile detention center for around 800 boys, I attended the Baptism and first Communion of 20 of the boys in the center. As different thoughts were running through my head, I entered the chapel expecting to witness and share this moment...