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A New Friend Joins Agape for Retreat
“Mikey” came to Agape for a silent retreat, through Agape’s relationship with Sr. Jane Morrissey and The Peace Pagoda. He joined us for morning prayer, blessed the hermitage and…
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Family in a Van: A Wild Adventure Still Unfolding
When Brayton got the initial phone call from Courtney Hayes-Jurcheck, that she and her husband John Jurcheck, both 41 years of age, who, with their sons, Luca, 5 and…
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Life Springs Up Again at Agape
We are planting in the garden! The energy and excitement of our “no-till” seeding comes through in these photos. The straw came from Agape member Dixon George’s family homestead…
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At Last, Hay for the Garden!
Last week, Brayton, Dixon, and Katya (our intern currently staying at Agape), and with the assistance of our friend Jerry and his car trailer, made a trip out to…
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Recording of “Embodying Eco-Justice at Freedom Farm: A Conversation with Edgar Hayes”
Please enjoy this video of a recent event facilitated by the Thomas Berry Forum for Ecological Dialogue at Iona College, featuring Agape Mission Council members Edgar Hayes and Jim…
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Join us on Zoom for Brigid Night (2/13) at 7:00pm!
Please join us on Zoom for Agape’s Annual St. Brigid Night Mid-winter Celtic feast of Poetry, Prayer and Song, celebrating St. Brigid of Kildare Saturday, Feb.13th, 7:00 pm
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Lift Every Voice and Sing – by Melinda Adrienne Pellerin, SSJ
“Lift ev’ry voice and sing, ‘Til earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty… facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march…
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Rooted in Love – by Jeanelle Wheeler
I believe white people need to learn to talk about race. White people need to own our whiteness and examine what whiteness means. This examination is…
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Power Differential in the Context of Poverty in Haiti – by Steve and Nancy James
We both grew up as missionary kids in Burma/Myanmar where our friends were Burmese/Karen kids, so we were very conscious of not being like our friends. Every…
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Look Again – by Rev. Jonathan Betts Fields
It is essential that we notice how we have been changed and how we have worked to change ourselves if we are to truly become anti-racists building the…
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