Month: April 2015
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“A Human Being’s True Glory is to Persevere in the Service of God.”
(Quote from St. Irenaeus) Those whom the Casa serves are destitute, not merely poor. These people live in shacks that are often rodent-infested. They experience the torture of empty stomaches, cold nights, crawling vermin, insecurity, gnawing idleness, and premature death. (Read about visits to the colonias and the conditions there.) The Sisters…
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“Those who are generous are blessed, for they share their bread with the poor.”
Psalm 22:9 “We stuffed our little truck full of food early one morning and drove about 45 minutes to a remote Colonia. Smoke, dust, garbage everywhere, random collections of wood and scrap stacked together to pass for shelters — many side-by-side, all covered with black soot and white ash.”
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