With one hand I grip my luggage and move slowly down an air-bridge at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport. With my other hand, I reach around to check that my backpack is securely zipped. My skin brushes a cool and smooth rock poking through the mesh pocket on the outside of my bag. I turn toContinue reading “The hope rock”
Tag Archives: immigration reform
Why I am going to the Border
I am about to leave the beautiful, safe and peaceful Northwoods of Wisconsin and travel to the U.S./Mexico border for the weekend. I’ll be joining thousands at the SOAW Border Convergence in Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Mexico; with other Catholic sisters and members of Giving Voice as we pray and give witness for peace and compassionateContinue reading “Why I am going to the Border”
A Pilgrimage of Spiritual Commitment
“It would be like we have been living underwater, and for the first time, we would be able to come up and breathe.” I heard one of the undocumented immigrants say this. We just had finished a meditation of imagining what the day would be like when we, a group working on immigration reform,Continue reading “A Pilgrimage of Spiritual Commitment”
oh hey, summer! well hello, stranger!
The last day of teaching was well over a week ago and since then I have been on the move. My itinerant summer has begun. Many people have asked me what I am up to this summer. The truth is that my life is just as packed and full as it normally is. I loveContinue reading “oh hey, summer! well hello, stranger!”
Yo Soy Una Guadalupana (I Am A Guadalupana)
Posted by guest blogger, Sister Sarah Hennessey A Story of Marta “I’m nervous because I’m here illegally.” Marta held out her arm for a blood pressure check. The nurse in the free clinic and I quickly reassured her that everything was confidential and she had nothing to fear. Marta continued, “I’m nervous because I am illegalContinue reading “Yo Soy Una Guadalupana (I Am A Guadalupana)”