by Paul Gesterling | Apr 20, 2021 | Blog, Children, Sisters
“Whoever removes the Cross and its interpretation by the New Testament from the center, in order to replace it, for example, with the social commitment of Jesus to the oppressed as the new center, no longer stands in continuity with the apostolic faith.” –Hans Urs von...
by Kevin Wells | Feb 26, 2021 | Blog, Father Al, Sisters
BECAUSE OF MARY – FR. AL REACHED FOR BECO’S In today’s One 2 One Lenten Journey podcast, Fr. Dan and Kevin discuss the invisible finger of the Blessed Mother’s that throughout Fr. Al’s life seemed to point him in the directionof endless lines of Mariette Beco’s....
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 Kevin Wells | Aug 20, 2020 | Blog, Father Al, Sisters
Today, 28 years after Fr. Al’s passing and four more countries later, World Villages for Children and the Sisters of Mary are rededicating its mission to the Virgin of the Poor and want to invite all those who would like to participate in a community of prayer to join...
by Kevin Wells | Jul 23, 2020 | Blog, Father Al, Sisters
At the closing of his life, when his diseased body was days from surrendering its long fight with ALS, Fr. Al’s thoughts were on his Carmelite muse. With his eternal homeland in view, his thoughts on his withered body, wracked pain and fear of choking to death were...
by Kevin Wells | Jun 18, 2020 | Sisters
In May, I took a plane to Girlstown in Mexico benignly believing I’d encounter the poor being nourished by the temporal, spiritual and maternal care of an order of Sisters. I came home two and a half weeks later with something explosive set into my conscience. Never...
