Project IRENE: Comprehensive Immigration Reform – Election Evening Reflection
Let us all take this opportunity to join together in prayer for comprehensive immigration reform.
Day one of the Ecuador Immersion Experience
The first full day in Quito was a very full one indeed! An orientation session with Miguel and Cindy was followed by a tour of the shops in Center 2 where the vocational students learn their trades. A quick trip…
Seeing the Inner Beauty
Often I would drive by a church of another domination on my way to work, and it seemed that the entire front was made of dark glass
Meet the Travelers to Ecuador 2016 St Mary’s (Los Gatos, CA) Immersion Trip
Meet the travelers on the 2016 St Mary’s (Los Gatos, CA) Immersion Trip!
2016 St. Mary’s (Los Gatos, CA) Ecuador Immersion Trip
Every spring for the last 9 years there has been a cross country delegation of BVM Associates, BVMs, and parishioners from St. Mary’s Parish in Los Gatos participating in an immersion experience to our BVM missions in Ecuador. Most years…
Immokalee Farmworker Immersion Trip Day 3
We set off for Arcadia under slate gray skies and a torrential downpour. Luckily, by early afternoon the clouds parted and we could enjoy the Florida sunshine, and the heartwarming hospitality and smiles of those who minister to Arcadia's poor…
Immokalee Farmworker Immersion Trip Day 2
Our first full day together here in Florida was spent in Immokalee where we visited the Coalition for Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Casa Santa Maria soup kitchen that is run by Catholic Charities. Although BVM Carol Cook tells…
Human Trafficking Awareness
Even though the movement to end Human Trafficking struggles on all year, January is the time dedicated to focus on the issue.