As always, let us keep Hurricane Sandy residents in our prayers. 

CLC Leader Potluck is set for Wednesday, December 4th from 4:45pm to 6:00pm at the CMC.  We'll share the joys, struggles and graces of this past semester over a nice home-cooked (by us!) meal. 

 

 Joining the Jesuit Volunteer Corps has been one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences in my life.  Moving across the country to Boston to live in a vibrant city and work in a domestic violence shelter with Asian women was a scary thought for me.  However, the support that I have received in my house has been incredible.  I have the opportunity to go to work each day and work closely with women who have survived domestic violence situations.  I get to help them through the struggles' of getting a restraining order, filing for a divorce, and applying for public housing and food stamps.  I also get to just talk with them and learn how to make Chinese dumplings and help make the decorations for a Nepali ritual.   

 

 After work I get to go home to a community where we are able to share our thoughts on our day in an environment where everyone is going through similar experiences.  We also get to share our ideas on religion and spirituality with one another.  In community we all try to help build each other up and help each other grow through some of the difficult things that we are experiencing in our job.

 

These first three months have been a wonderful learning experience for me and I only hope that I continue to grow throughout my year as a JV.

 

by: Cecilia A. Moore

This Thanksgiving let those of us who have much and those who have little gather at the welcoming table of the Lord. At this blessed feast, may rich and poor alike remember that we are called to serve on another and to walk together in God's gracious world. With thankful hearts we praise our God who like a loving parent denies us no good thing.