Looking back at something as broad and deep as my FrancisCorps experience from the vantage point of two weeks since returning to my family’s home in Colorado, it is hard to know where to begin trying to summarize the last year. Like many transformative things, it sometimes feels more like a dream rather than one…
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As an eternal English major at heart, my mental landscape and moral compass both tend to be pretty heavily shaped by words, whether that’s little phrases I happen upon in conversation or quotes from books that I copy into some notebook or another to make sure I don’t lose track of them. That may be…
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For me, St. Clare has always been harder to put my finger on than St. Francis as we keep going deeper into the heart of the Franciscan charism this year. St. Francis is obviously a well-known and dynamic figure, often stretched in our stories to seem larger than life, so it can be easy for…
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Two weekends ago, my community and I got to travel to New York City, which is something we’ve talked about doing basically since we moved in. Since it’s not guaranteed that any of us will live in this state again, it was clear that visiting the city was an essential part of our collective effort…
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The end of my junior year of college heralded many decisions on the horizon for senior year and beyond: Should I write a thesis? Should I be an RA? Would it be better to apply to graduate school immediately or to do a year of service first? Who did I want to be after school…
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