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Leaving Agape – Returning to Haiti
By Nancy James – Steve and I had been invited to speak about the work in Haiti, at a gathering of Massachusetts Baptist Churches in Leominster during the month…
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Poetry Corner
My Hometown Is a town overwhelmed With infirmity Destruction And construction Weeping on the past And full of afflictions In its day In its night But we all know what happened We all know what’s happening And we all know…
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Staff Leader Reflection on Entering Into the Unknown
By Meghan deCarvalho – As a social worker in Counseling services at Stonehill College, small Catholic liberal arts colleges in New england, the main…
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Michael Boover Book Review
MICHAEL BOOVER, Member of Annunciation House of Worcester and Sacred Heart/Saint Catherine of Sweden Parish. He is also a part-time chaplain at the Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital, an…
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What is Happening to the Moment?
Peter Matthiessen, recently deceased, was a writer and Zen practitioner. He expressed a reluctance to write about his experiences because it was the nature of Zen to depend on…
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On The Road— Our Book Tour East Coast to West
When Brayton’s newly minted book arrived with its shiny flame-design cover and inspiring endorsements on the back, it was a “break open the champagne” moment. For years, Brayton and…
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Agape Community Reduces Dependence on Oil with “Grease Car” by Terence Hegarty, Catholic Communications
HARDWICK, MA– Powered by vegetable oil? That’s what the white lettering on the rear windshield says, but most don’t believe it; at least…
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Volunteer Opportunities
Ministry—Simple Living, Sustainability, Peace and Justice, Nonviolence Organize and lead retreat groups in both homestead and reflection activities. Cooking, cleaning , food prep for large groups for College Rural Immersions held at…
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Way to go; Composting toilets offer eco-friendly alternative by Jean Laquidara Hill for telegram.com
Way to go; Composting toilets offer eco-friendly alternative. by Jean Laquidara Hill for telegram.com
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“Teaching by Example: Living a Life of Peace” by Michael Boover, Catholic Free Press (7/25/2013)
http://www.catholicfreepress.org/lead-story-3/2013/07/25/sturbridge-novena-goers-pray-with-grateful-hearts/ Brayton Shanley has long practiced what he preaches. He co-founded the Agape Community, a lay Catholic peace community nestled in the hilly backwoods of Hardwick in 1982 with his…
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