During this month of prayer for creation, here is the testimony of a little sister who shares with us a rather unique volunteer experience… This work, very different from anything she has done before, is a hymn to creation. When I started looking for a couple of volunteer jobs here in Baltimore, my first idea […]
A year ago, three Little Sisters—one Rwandan, one German, and one Indian—arrived in Montreal to begin a new fraternity together. They were from three different continents, about to live on yet a fourth, different, continent. It was quite an adventure, one which must have given joy to L.Sr. Magdeleine up in heaven! By now we […]
As in all large cities, problems can become concentrated in certain poorer neighborhoods. Where there is no hope of getting decent work, there often tends to be an increase in violence and in the chances of falling into drug addiction…Frequently, touchy situations unfold before me as I can only watch, powerless. But sometimes there’s something […]
When I was very young I got involved in education in a shantytown in Buenos Aires. I also liked spending time in the presence of Jesus, in a little chapel which faced a poor neighborhood. One night when I was there a storm flooded the rickety houses of the neighborhood. While I was praying I […]
For many years I’ve dreamt of starting a “listening place”—a place of safety and encouragement—where whomever wished to could come to share and be listened to without judgement or criticism. I had seen such a place on the top floor of the bus depot in Anchorage, Alaska. I was drawn to the simplicity of it […]
Many of those who knew L.sr Magdeleine say that you couldn’t forget the look in her eyes. I too have a keen memory of the first time I met her in 1957. I had just made first profession and was coming to Tre Fontane for a month of formation. I arrived from Latin America with […]
And I asked an exquisite little yellow flower, “Teach me about old age,” and the exquisite little yellow flower said: “Well, I’m just here for a day but I’ve been waiting for years to come until winter rains would empower me to bloom, so I guess I can speak to you about old age – […]
Lately I’ve been possessed by a feeling of the passing nature of things, and their uncertainty, and it’s driven me to live the present moment with greater awareness. The situation around us is really worrying. Our Bishops summed it all up well in their Christmas letter: “The Cuban people often feel as though they’re walking […]
And so here we are, at the beginning of 2024…how quickly time passes! What do you wish for? This is the question we of the fraternity of Santiago de Chile asked ourselves. Our wishes? We’re expressing them to you with this drawing which we made together. It is the fruit of a time of prayer […]