Called to Vigilance, Commitment to Prevention
It was early in 2024, just a year since I had begun a new ministry in collaboration with LifeWay Network in New York City, accompanying women survivors of human trafficking.…
The Quinnipiac River looking west into the Quinnipiac River Gorge, South Meriden, CT. Photographer: Arthur Dutra IV.
Bridging the Past: Pathways to Healing
I had not heard of the Quinnipiac and Hammonasset peoples before they were spoken of in acknowledgment during my orientation to retreat at Mercy by the Sea.1 Once heard, however,…
Bridging the Past: Lest We Forget
This past week, I have been at Mercy by the Sea, a retreat and conference center in Madison, Connecticut, on the shores of Long Island Sound (pictured above). One of the popular…
A Caress of God: The Garden I Call Home
The entire material universe speaks of God’s love, his boundless affection for us. Soil, water, mountains: everything is, as it were, a caress of God.1 There is nothing like the…
Justice Takes a Step Forward
Nearly two weeks ago, I woke to the headline that the former president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, had been taken into police custody and was on his way to…
Pilgrims of Hope: Using Advent’s Tools
I woke up on November 6, 2024, hardly daring to breathe. Turning with trepidation to my mobile’s incessant notifications, my heart sank with the realization of my worst US election…
For the Sake of the Children
M&M’s, Snickers and Oreos??!! It was July 30th, the World Day of Trafficking Against Human Persons, and, on my webinar screen, Dominican sister, Brigid Clingman, had been outlining two of…
Discoveries on the High Line
“Have you walked the High Line yet?” This question kept coming back to me and my companion in community when we first found ourselves living in New York City. The…
Calmness: A Taste of Freedom
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were… Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them,…
Our New Neighbours in Manhattan
It is Monday morning, and I am at the Migrant Center of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Manhattan, one of a team of volunteers readying ourselves to…