When it comes to personal prayer, most of us are likely to think of our own needs first, as well as the needs of our closest family and friends. Often it seems almost useless to pray for those suffering in remote parts of the world or the hidden poor in our own communities. What can our prayer possibly do for them?
“And therefore I praise joy, since human happiness lies only in eating and drinking and in taking pleasure.” (Qohelet, 8,15)
After my departure from the Dominican Republic five years ago, I was seriously planning to spend my life in a monastery of contemplative monks. I had tried to fight the abuses committed...
“…He has filled the starving with good things, sent the rich away empty…” (Luke 1:53)
It’s Friday, July 2, of 2010. All the children of the rectory have received a very special permission: instead of going to sleep at 8:30 pm as the other days, they can remain in front of the TV until midnight in order to watch the long-awaited...
The beautiful Central American country of Guatemala is replete with colonial architecture, Mayan cultural influences, and the Catholic faith, but it is not an easy place to live for the majority of its citizens. Guatemala still suffers from the scars inflicted by its own civil war in the 1950s and 60s, in which the state army “...
In every society, women and children are the most vulnerable. Violence, lack of access to education, homelessness, and acute poverty all affect the stability and health of the mothers who attempt to raise, protect, and care for their children, the young faces of the future.
Missionhurst Missionaries build Catholic communities in frontier situations: places where the gospel is not preached or lived. This blog is about their work in the four corners of the globe, and their holistic work in four areas of focus: relief and healthcare, socio-economic development, education, and pastoral work.
