From being in a slum in Argentina to being a pilgrim here in the States, the element of surprise I would experience each month in a new place was something I could never logistically plan. It was truly a mercy....
When I said “yes” to my short, spontaneous five week mission to Latin America I had no idea what country I was going to; I had never held a conversation in Spanish, and I had been grappling with my faith after my first year away from my Catholic upbringing...
Our friendship with Katy is one we really have to fight for. At the age of adolescence and without many good influences in her life, she has started hanging out with crowds that are harmful to her in many ways. We have also had problems...
I had arrived at the moment when you get down to the nitty gritty trenches of truly loving, when affection has dissolved and sacrifice has lost its appeal; when you're slapped in the face with the fact that charity isn't concerned with the injustice of the situation and mercy doesn't count the cost...
Bertie asked us to accompany her to vote and we arranged for one of us to go along with her (In Peru heavy fines are given to no-show voters). However, there were a few challenges ...
Having finally made it through the terrible rush-hour traffic, I hadn’t been on Olive Street for more than ten minutes before a large group of us set out for the inaugural picnic at Brooklyn Bridge Park...
One day, our 9-year-old neighbor Diego was playing in front of our house just as we were coming back from visiting. He mentioned he had a guitar and wanted to learn to play it, so I brought out ours and showed him the finger placement for one chord....
I would like to share more about our apostolate at the prison. I think it’s never a good sign when something has “penal camp” in its name, and this case is no different. We visit every Thursday...
One thing that I can say has definitely changed during my time on mission is my definition of love. The friends here have taught me so much of what pure love is, and I have been lucky enough to be so very loved for the 10 months that I have been here. Among all the...
Around November, we started a new apostolate of going to visit the cancer patients in the children’s hospital in Guayaquil. I have learned a whole lot about entrusting the Lord with our intentions and our loved ones even if we don’t know the outcome....