We recently returned from visiting our daughter Rhiannon and the mission house in El Salvador. Rhiannon arrived there in December of 2020 and quickly fell in love with the mission and the people. During our brief visit, it became clear why!...
Although I have witnessed many saddening things in the lives of the children, I have also seen much beauty and life. Sometimes this has entered into my soul and brought life back into it. Many of these encounters are small, little things...
A dear friend recently invited me to a movie night and pot-luck supper with Con-solatio in Brooklyn, of which she is a long-time member. I have occasionally attended these events and always enjoy my evenings with this group. I was certainly not disappointed this time!...
The intensity of this past year left me feeling pretty drained. While I looked forward to returning to "normal," I also felt exhausted, and unsure of how to move forward without completely abandoning the lessons learned during the pandemic. I said to God, "I wish I could find a retreat or somewhere that would give...
Going into my mission, I was a little nervous because of how little I had to offer - my clumsy French, my inexperience, my total naivete and ignorance of the culture and what this mission would look like. But it is truly only within our emptiness that we can be filled...
There is something so simple yet radical about Con-solatio’s mission. Reaching out to people who others have neglected to love in the ways that they should is...
I will admit with no shame that I spent my last Indian rupees on a large fries at McDonald’s before boarding my flight home. Yes, I was that person who hopped onto a plane in the nick of time with slightly obnoxious aromas wafting through the cabin...
We had scheduled to pray the Rosary with our friend John outside of his house. On our way to his house, we met him with four other friends. They were sitting outside on a street corner where the garbage is typically collected...
The last weeks were filled with dozens of visits to friends, some as close as the house next door and others as far away as Ephie’s village, to honor them and give thanks, knowing that when I was gone, others would be there to receive my friends as their own...
As Maria’s parents, we were so excited when Maria first told us that she felt called to go on a mission to Senegal, Africa through Consolatio. This was primarily because we both felt that their ministry of presence would be the perfect ministry for her...