After our arrival at the Working Boys' Center in Quito, our first reflection had us looking at the four BVM Core Values: Freedom, Charity, Education and Justice. It will be our job to find real and meaningful actions that express these…
Friday April 21, 5 pm (ish) Hello and thank you for your prayers for this amazing adventure. Currently, I am sitting at my desk at the Center for Working Boys. I'm looking out my window watching children play basketball, standing…
Meet the travelers on the Ecuador Immersion Trip happening April 19-28, 2017
Wake up! We are alleluia people from head to toe! We raise our voices in joy and thanksgiving for God’s amazing and wonderful works. We sing, “Alleluia,” and proclaim, “Jesus Christ is risen.” With Magdalene, we say, “We have seen…
One of the most powerful images from Holy Week is one that many people skip right over. It is Jesus’ washing of the disciples’ feet. Here are the scripture verses so that you can reflect on the words a bit,…
“And Jesus wept.” “Jesus told her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die.’ ” A week away from Holy…
Curiosity, sinner, listening, seeing, believing. . . These words all come to mind as I reflect on John’s gospel and my own Lenten experience.
Earlier this month I saw a movie entitled The Shack, based on a book published in 2007 by the same name written by William P. Young. It tells the tale of a man struggling with a family tragedy who is…