Do Your Vulnerabilities Keep You Hostage?
This year I’ve been journeying with some of our Catholic Volunteers here in Buffalo. Their experience of living in community is always a challenge for each one of them. I…
Day 46: Lenten 50 Day Giveaway: 30 Days
How long might it take someone to change? How do we stay open to possibilities even when the darkness envelops us? Amy Vukelic of the Catholic Charities Volunteer Service Corps.…
Day 43: Lenten 50 Day Giveaway: A Smorgasbord
Leigh, Cameron, Margaret and Mary are the remaining 4 Catholic volunteers who have meant a lot to me this year. I made a valiant attempt to give them all something…
Day 24: 50 Day Lenten Giveaway: Planet Earth
Nick Richter, one of the Catholic volunteers that Marion and I support, gets a super cool DVD set. This has been Nick’s second year as a volunteer and it’s been…
Staying Open
One of the central tenets of the Catholic Charities Volunteer year is to stay open. It’s not like an all night diner or anything, it’s more about opening your heart…
I Like the Idea of Being Contemplative
Whenever I go to a monastery, I attend mass with the monks at minimum. Their slow and steady chants often bring me some calm when I listen to them on…
Not Missing Christina
So it’s been a busy week and a busier weekend. I spent the weekend on retreat with the Catholic volunteers and was really psyched to have a former volunteer from…