Monthly Archives: February 2015

Today was our last day of mission. We all got up and were enthused to go be with the children one last time in the Children’s Home before our flights left this afternoon (at least for most of the group). … Continue reading →

“Hi. My name is Elizabeth and I am a mission survivor.” With these words we began our sharing this evening and Zack was quick to reply “and my last mission was one day ago!” We have lived very full and … Continue reading →

“The two most important days in your life: The day you were born and the day you find out why.” — Mark Twain Last Friday I made my monthly retreat with the brother novices pictured above. It was a wonderful … Continue reading →

  I recently had the grace to spend some days of retreat in Cheshire. Ten years ago I walked those halls as a first year novice, and the memories that flooded my thoughts and prayers these days were innumerable, both … Continue reading →

We’ve had another very full day here in Port-au-Prince.  It has been a common reality among us to forget the day of the week and even the fact that we are still in the first week of Lent.  It seems … Continue reading →

Yesterday, one of our missionaries mentioned that she felt she could go home since she had experienced so much that day already. If tonight’s moment of sharing was any clue, today topped it. An opportunity opened up for us this … Continue reading →

It’s the end of day two and one of our missionaries summed it up well: “we have done so much already that we could almost go home”. Almost being the key word. We definitely have enough stories to tell already, … Continue reading →

While in Haiti I had the grace of visiting a few houses of the Missionaries of Charity and spend time with “Mother Theresa’s nuns”. As always, they are women of few words. But those words can be sharp as a … Continue reading →

It was with a bit of trepidation that we faced our first full day of mission work in Port-au-Prince. You can imagine why that might be as our first destination was called “The Home for the Dying”. Take a moment … Continue reading →

Greetings from Port-au-Prince! Fr. Thomas Murphy, LC and I have been here for a week; we got reinforcements this morning and got to visit the Children’s Home. Jana Crea, another mission leader, flew in at midday and met our group … Continue reading →