by Kevin Wells | Feb 18, 2021 | Blog, Father Al
THE SHACKS OF OUR LIVES Because our Lenten self-denials often involve a self-amputation of our will, habits and surface pleasures, forty days can seem like four years. Four years. Shortly after his arrival in Korea in 1957, Fr. Al actually made his Lent last four-plus...
by Paul Gesterling | Dec 10, 2020 | Blog, Children
n such a tumultuous year, it can be hard to think about needs beyond your front door or beyond your community. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, this crisis is hitting the poor the hardest. Global extreme poverty is expected to rise in 2020 for the first time in...
by Paul Gesterling | Nov 20, 2020 | Blog, Children
Today is World Children’s Day, first established in 1954 as Universal Children’s Day. It is celebrated on November 20 each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children’s welfare. This year, World Children’s Day...
by Kevin Wells | Oct 29, 2020 | Blog, Father Al, Sisters
I imagine a sadness that magazine writers, biographers, and authors have each shared is the discarding of veritable gold gathered from interviews. Often, because anecdotes, quotes, or stories don’t match up with written narratives, the profound stories shared by those...
by The Sisters of Mary | Oct 20, 2020 | Blog, Video
Josephine’s Story A graduate from the Philippines shares her story of how education through The Sisters of Mary has transformed her...
by Kevin Wells | Sep 10, 2020 | Blog, Father Al
To understand the missionary heart of Venerable Aloysius Schwartz, one should come to know of the Belgian who helped to inflame it – Chinese missionary, Fr. Vincent Lebbe. “Lebbe stories” had been passed like cups of sugar from one neighbor down to the next within the...