An Unexpected Grace
December 30, 2020
I want to introduce to you Monica, whom I met for the first time two months ago. She recently contacted us saying that she was struggling with health issues and stressed out with many things....
I want to introduce to you Monica, whom I met for the first time two months ago. She recently contacted us saying that she was struggling with health issues and stressed out with many things....
This year was my first Christmas as a convert, or really ever. I was at a Christmas dinner party and someone asked, “Does anyone carol anymore?”...
A simple story that I want to share with you has to do with the volunteer work I have been doing at CHIPS. CHIPS is a place where food donations are packed and given to people who are homeless, and now also the many unemployed because of the Coronavirus. I go there to help every...
During the summer, our Divine Mercy Parish runs a children's catechism class. Recently, they asked if I would be willing to make a presentation on St. Therese of Lisieux. Immediately ideas were running through my head - How am I going to present a cloistered nun to children between the ages 6 and 12?...
I’ve met a woman from Mexico named Rosa. She is 37 years old, has two children, and is suffering from cancer and asthma. She loves to pray the rosary, so one day I asked her, “Would you like to invite our friends to come to your house and we pray the rosary together twice a...
With the lock-down, we at Con-solatio have been joining other volunteers at pop-up food distributions every week throughout Brooklyn. We want to go and serve those in need in these difficult times. Mostly, we want to spend time with them....
I recently met the lady who is a security guard at the nursing home near our house. I went to visit my friends there, and while I was signing-in at the front door, she asked me, "Who are you?" I said, "I am Maria. I am from Vietnam. I am a missionary."...
Due to the current situation, Con-solatio decided to host a series of “Come and See” encounters this month over Skype, and I was blessed with the opportunity to join them!...
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...
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...