by guest blogger Jayne Pickett Last night my sisters and I were sitting around the kitchen table sharing a celebratory dinner and conversation. Inevitably, the discussion turned to the effects of hurricane Sandy. On the edges of our daily living there is a communal sadness as we hold deep in our hearts those whose livesContinue reading “Advent after Sandy”
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Rebuilding New Orleans
By guest blogger Jayne Pickett This past week I journeyed with a group of women discerning a call to religious life. We traveled to New Orleans for a week of service at a ministry called The Rebuild Center, a collaborate effort by the Presentation Sisters, Jesuits and Vincentians. No, our ministry was not carpentry orContinue reading “Rebuilding New Orleans”
Can anything good come from Haiti?
For most of us, inevitably when we hear “Haiti” our next thought is poverty. This has bothered me. Not because it is not true, but perhaps because it diminishes the Haitian people to a status of needing pity, or to a nation of people who cannot pull themselves together to build a sustainable living. “OhContinue reading “Can anything good come from Haiti?”