Focused
When I decided to really buckle down and study, I’d study fifteen or sixteen hours a day. I’d have breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a book in front of me, never taking my eyes off…
Word of the Day
Word of the day, via Abbie Amico: In the Filipino language of Tagalog, there exists a word by the name of Kapwa. Literally translated it means “I’m not me without you” but as with other…
Sumud by Madeline Buthod
PSC member Madeline Buthod is on an Inter-Faith Peace Builder’s delegation and offers us the following testimony… Today we went to the Tent of Nations, a hilltop farm just outside of Bethlehem. To get there…
What It’s Going to Take
Mev: Did you suffer any threats? Ilza Mendes: Yes, they would harass me on the streets or encircle our house. Sometimes I’d come home and find 30 men standing outside my house, all with revolvers…
American Thoughts
“Banks care about us” “Banks make our lives easier” “Banks make money for us” “Banks support our communities” “Banks are looking out for us” “Banks give back” “Where would we be without the banks?” “In…
Share the Wealth with Katie Hart and Melissa Hollabaugh: Encountering the Gritty Reality: Experiences in El Salvador
Melissa Hollabaugh and Katie Hart will be sharing their experience traveling in El Salvador this past summer to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the martyrdom of the Jesuits of El Salvador. Melissa and Katie have…
Reflection on the Book of Mev by Abbie Amico
My copy of The Book of Mev arrived at the most opportune, and the most inopportune time imaginable. I was living in the Peter Claver Catholic Worker House in South Bend, Indiana and was being exposed to…
Share the Wealth, with Brandon Sampson: Recollections from a Semester in Budapest, Hungary
This upcoming Sunday, Brandon will share his experiences living in Budapest, Hungary. For five months this past spring Brandon lived life as unstructured and un-expecting. He will share some adventures in making new friends, traveling…
Gratitude
Sometimes you encounter people who are so pure, beautiful, and content. They give you the impression that they are divine, that they are actually saints or holy beings. What you perceive in them is their…
Daily Gatha
Picking up the mail from the floor I vow with all beings To open and read each personal letter With calm appreciation