Feeding the Poor in Peru
The community of Huaycán, northeast of Lima, was formed by the arrival of migrants and refugees from the highlands of Peru. During the many decades [...]
Literacy Program for Poor Children in Rural Argentina
The Franciscan Missionary Center "Santa Teresita" in the town of Aguaray, in northern Argentina requested a financial grant in late 2020. The grant request outlined [...]
Health and Nutrition Program in Argentina
Since 2015 the Pata Pila Franciscan Civil Association has operated a mobile nutrition program and health care workshops for the needy communities of Santa Victoria [...]
St. Bonaventure Church in Tanzania
St. Bonaventure Catholic Church rises above the boulders and trees. Just southeast of Lake Victoria and Mwanza, Tanzania, a beautiful, multistory structure stands surrounded [...]
The Journey to the Cross Begins Palm Sunday
When was the last time that your church was filled to capacity with young people who were present voluntarily to sing, pray, and to celebrate their Faith? [...]
Our Protector and Guide
My earliest memory of St Joseph goes all the way back to the 1950s in my Detroit family home when I would silently watch my father on [...]
Come Back to Me With All Your Heart
The past week was rather quiet and relaxed because our holy novices went off to experience a week long Ignatian Retreat at the Da Lat Diocesan Pastoral [...]
Laos, the Country Cousin of Vietnam
I arrived in Vientiane, Laos from Da Lat by way of Hanoi where I stayed overnight. My adventures started right after I checked into the [...]
Reconnecting…we are one body.
This past week was filled with multiple events the first of which was my 71st birthday on February 6. It is certainly a sobering thought to realize [...]
The Anticipation is Growing . . . You can almost taste it . . .
Anticipation is growing, day by day for the celebration of the Tet Holiday. The Lunar New Year is a combination of Christmas, New Year, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, [...]
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