A LETTER TO OUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES

January 28, 2026 Dear Members of the United States Senate, We write to you as Catholic leaders entrusted with the pastoral care of families and communities across our nation. We do so to express our deep opposition to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriations bill scheduled for a vote this week. Our concerns are […]

Food is My Love Language: Finding Connection & Growth at a Refugee Food Pantry

¡Hola! Salaam! Bonjour, namaste! These are words I get to use every day—with a smile and perhaps a slight bow, a handshake, or a hand over the heart—as I welcome clients into the multicultural food pantry at Nationalities Service Center (NSC).My service site is a refugee resettlement agency in the bustling center of Philadelphia. Each […]

Stillness Before Movement

I begin this new year rooted in the place where I am currently serving, alongside children, families, and educators who carry both hope and heaviness into each day. The turning of the calendar has offered me a quiet renewal, not loud or dramatic, but steady. A sense that even in uncertainty, something sacred is unfolding. […]

Where Love Becomes Presence

I volunteered at Annunciation House in El Paso, Texas, from 2002-2003. It was an extraordinary year of accompaniment with migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, one that remains deeply etched in my heart. As a Puerto Rican and Cuban woman, it was especially meaningful to accompany people whose language, culture, and stories resonated so closely with […]

Rooted in Sacred Ground Update

Three months after the Rooted in Sacred Ground symposium, it is abundantly clear that ongoing check-ins are not only welcomed but deeply desired. The connections formed in October are continuing to grow into meaningful relationships and active resource-sharing among participants. In these turbulent political times, participants are challenging and supporting one another through innovative, faith‑inspired […]