As I sit here writing to you all from my home across the country, I can’t help but reflect on this irreplaceable year and all of the extraordinary insights and experiences I had during my time in Syracuse. While I feel that I could go on for pages about everything I have learned (don’t worry,…
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I find my daily life here in Syracuse to be like a vanilla cone with sprinkles from Plank Road Ice Cream. It’s a whole lot of good sweetness, filling, and something to be shared. The drive out to Plank Road often fills my heart with excitement and prepares me for the best $2.95 purchase of…
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It is difficult to pin down exactly what an ‘average’ day is for me. Once a month, I help distribute about fifteen thousand diapers to one hundred and fifty families. This is my only scheduled day, one a month, that’s it. Every other day of the month is a piecemeal of appointments that are scheduled…
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“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it” (Mt 13:45-46). This parable has stuck out to me as I’ve gotten accustomed to life in community and at my service site, Catholic Charities Refugee…
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An unexpected lesson I have learned in my experience thus far is the value of small talk. My mind can very easily be occupied by what I need to get done, especially at a service site where there are so many moving pieces and so much to do before the end of each day. This…
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