La Douleur de la Grâce : Vivre et Souffrir dans la Dignité

La Douleur de la Grâce : Vivre et Souffrir dans la Dignité

Femmes de Grâce avec Johnette Benkovic (Septembre 11 & 12, 2023) – Quand Dieu nous offre la croix : Les étapes pour extraire le trésor, Partie 1 et Partie 2 (entretien en anglais)

La Douleur de la Grâce: Vivre et Souffrir dans la Dignité

par Joni J. Seith et traduit par le Père Michel Legault, MSA

En guidant ses lecteurs à travers sa conversion d’un milieu culturel juif au catholicisme, Joni J. Seith raconte sa lutte pour vivre avec une maladie génétique débilitante chronique, douloureuse et progressive appelée syndrome d’Ehlers Danlos. Écrit avec candeur, dans un style humoristique optimiste et édifiant, La Douleur de la Grâce: Vivre et Souffrir dans la Dignité accompagne le lecteur sur un étonnant chemin de foi, comme le montre la vie vertigineuse et remarquable de Joni. Son histoire apporte un témoignage inoubliable de l’amour de Dieu dans la souffrance à un monde qui a grand besoin de cette vérité, donnant de l’espoir à de nombreuses personnes qui s’interrogent sur le but de la vie. Ces mémoires sincères et honnêtes s’adressent à tous ceux qui luttent contre la dépression, le désespoir et la douleur chronique, et à tous ceux qui ont besoin qu’on leur rappelle le véritable sens de la vie.

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Extrait du Rosaire – Living Divine Mercy TV Show (EWTN) Ep.102 avec le Père Donald Calloway (posté le 24 août 2024), dont l’émission complète est disponible en anglais ici.


TÉMOIGNAGES

“Joni Seith a reçu la croix d’Ehlers Danlos, une maladie débilitante du tissu conjonctif. Pain of Grace est son histoire touchante et convaincante de Jésus l’invitant à entrer dans son amour transformateur à travers sa souffrance. Joni témoigne avec éloquence des paroles de saint Jean-Paul II dans Salvifici Doloris : “C’est la souffrance, plus que toute autre chose, qui ouvre la voie à la grâce qui transforme les âmes humaines”. Son histoire est un guide pour nous tous afin que nous trouvions sa grâce dans notre douleur”. – Mgr William D. Byrne, évêque de Springfield, Massachusetts

La douleur de la grâce : Vivre et souffrir dans la dignité est exactement ce que le titre proclame – et plus encore. Il s’agit de l’histoire passionnante d’une vie imprégnée de douleur physique et de souffrance spirituelle, mais plus encore de la grâce et de l’amour de Dieu. Chaque lecteur devrait se sentir concerné par les réflexions sincères de Joni Seith, depuis les premiers souvenirs de sa famille de naissance jusqu’à ceux d’une épouse et d’une mère aimante à travers des décennies de luttes et de triomphes, alors que ses enfants grandissent jusqu’à l’âge adulte en tant qu’enfants de Dieu. Tout lecteur atteint d’une maladie physique grave devrait trouver un réconfort particulier, une motivation et même de bons moments de rire dans cette belle histoire qui montre comment toutes sortes d’adversités peuvent être transformées par la grâce de Dieu au bénéfice de ceux qui souffrent et de tous ceux qui ont la chance de partager leur vie avec eux. Une lecture glorieuse !” – Kevin Vost, Psy.D., auteur de Memorize the Latin Mass !

“Joni Seith a ouvert une fenêtre sur la grâce sanctifiante et vivifiante que Dieu dispense librement à travers ses mémoires relatant les nombreuses décennies pendant lesquelles elle a souffert du syndrome d’Ehlers Danlos avec amour et dignité.” – Cameron Fradd, “Among the Lilies” (Parmi les lys)

“Les mots de La douleur de la grâce ont émergé de manière unique à travers les larmes. L’auteure Joni Seith a pleuré tout au long de son écriture parce que, tout simplement, elle était souvent à l’agonie. Les lecteurs verseront des larmes pour une raison différente : ils seront transpercés et emportés dans une chaleureuse étreinte de la manière dont une personne fait face à la douleur de toute une vie et s’en remet au Christ. Seith offre aux lecteurs une méditation profonde sur la manière dont on amène le travail physique et émotionnel – et les crises de désespoir – au Golgotha. L’humour insolent qui émaille son récit rend l’omnibus de Seith sur la souffrance rédemptrice d’autant plus poignant et efficace. La croix est rarement évoquée aujourd’hui ; heureusement, le récit vivifiant de Seith met en lumière son poids éternel. Bravo ! – Kevin Wells, auteur de Burst, Priest and Beggar, et The Priests We Need to Save the Church (Les prêtres dont nous avons besoin pour sauver l’Église)

“Avec clarté, charme et honnêteté, Joni Seith partage avec ses lecteurs son parcours de vie transformateur d’une manière qui nous inspire à réfléchir à nos propres fardeaux et bénédictions, et à embrasser l’espoir comme une réalité, et la foi comme un but et une célébration. En voyageant avec elle – à travers des pages de douleur et de persévérance, et des moments de découverte et d’approfondissement de la spiritualité – nous recevons la vérité des hauts et des bas, des larmes et des rires, de la perte et de la nostalgie – qui se révèlent tous comme des occasions de vivre plus sagement, et de connaître la présence et l’amour de Dieu d’une manière plus personnelle et plus puissante”. – Jeni Stepanek, PhD, auteur du best-seller du NY Times, Messenger : L’héritage de Mattie J.T. Stepanek & Heartsongs

“Joni Seith a produit un livre incroyablement merveilleux basé sur une vie remarquablement belle. – Sebastian Mahfood, OP, PhD, auteur de The Narrative Spirituality of Dante’s Divine Comedy (La spiritualité narrative de la Divine Comédie de Dante)

“Quelle merveilleuse histoire de vie – pleine d’idées psychologiques et de sagesse spirituelle. Un livre à offrir à toute personne souffrant de douleurs physiques chroniques”. – Ronda Chervin, juive convertie à la foi catholique, professeur de philosophie, écrivain et conférencière

“Toute personne qui a du mal à trouver la paix et un but dans la souffrance devrait lire ce livre ! Nous pensons tous que la souffrance est ce qui nous empêche de vivre une vie paisible et pleine d’objectifs. Les mots de Joni et son parcours personnel révèlent le contraire : à travers le Christ, notre souffrance produit une paix et un but qui nous seraient autrement inaccessibles.” – Jessica Ptomey, PH.D. Auteur de Home in the Church : Vivre une foi catholique incarnée

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Joni J. Seith est une convertie au catholicisme issue d’un milieu culturel juif, dont l’histoire de la conversion a été publiée dans Envoy Magazine et diffusée dans l’émission Journey Home d’EWTN. Joni est l’auteur et l’illustratrice de Cloud of Witnesses I et II, et a été la fondatrice et présidente de Biblically Correct, Inc. de 1995 à 2010 et membre du Catholic Marketing Network. En tant que conférencière sur les sujets de la souffrance rédemptrice, de la prière, des saints, des miracles et de sa propre histoire de conversion, Joni aime partager son amour pour l’Église catholique et ses enseignements avec des personnes de tous âges et de toutes confessions. Joni a donné des conférences sur la retraite de carême à des catholiques et à des non-catholiques et a enseigné la théologie du corps à des adolescents. Elle a également donné des cours de RCIA et de CCD. Bien que Joni souffre d’une douleur chronique débilitante et que son état se détériore, cela ne l’a pas empêchée de répandre la joie de l’Évangile que Jésus a transmis par l’intermédiaire de son Épouse souffrante, l’Église. La manière candide et unique de Joni de voir Dieu dans et à travers les souffrances de sa vie est à la fois inspirante et contagieuse.

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Canticle of Returning

Canticle of Returning

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All is Grace! My Life by Fr. Julius D. Leloczky, O. Cist

All is Grace! My Life by Fr. Julius D. Leloczky, O. Cist

All is Grace! My Life

by Fr. Julius D. Lelóczky, O.Cist.

Son of a baker, Julius Lelóczky was supposed to continue the family business, the French style patisserie. He instead felt he was called to be a monk and priest, during a time when in communist Hungary all religious orders had been suppressed. By God’s grace, he was able to join the Cistercian Order which continued to operate underground. After living as an underground monk for three years until the 1956 Hungarian Revolution against the mighty Soviet Union, since at that time the western border was open, he (with other young Cistercians) was sent to Rome to study, then to Texas at the Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey, founded by refugee Hungarian monks during the 1950s. Fr. Julius has been living at this monastery and teaching at the Abbey’s prep school for nearly fifty years. Read about the exciting and perilous young life of this Hungarian American priest and the interesting transformation of a refugee ethnic religious community into a flourishing American monastery.

Paperback $19.95 | Kindle $9.99

TESTIMONIALS

“Father Leloczky’s autobiography, All is Grace! My Life, follows his personal journey from his family’s bakery in Hungary, through the religious suppression of communist Hungary and the upheaval of the Hungarian Revolution, all the way up to his life at the tranquil Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey in Irving, where he currently resides. In 1950, at a time when Father Leloczky’s own religious devotion was growing, the government moved to suppress religious orders, forcing religious practice underground. The autobiography recounts the true and curious details of Father Leloczky’s clandestine vocation story—his journey to becoming an underground Cistercian novice; the shock of his post-Hungarian Revolution move from Hungary, where he had to hide his identity, to Rome, where he could wear his Cistercian habit openly; and his arrival in Texas, in 1964, where he had to adjust to his new, foreign surroundings. Underneath the clandestine meetings, the cross-world travel, and the twists and turns of his journey, Father Leloczky’s story is ultimately a tale of grace—God’s providence and goodness.” – Amy White, The Texas Catholic

“Thank you for creating such a beautiful book about Grace, your experiences, and especially pages 354-358. I was reading page {354,355} tonight when my sister called/informed me her mother-in-law is fighting a serious illness in the hospital.  For some reason (call it the Holy Spirit) I instantly knew I should send that page to my sister and her mother-in-law for some comforting/inspiring thoughts. The page talks of how after you arrived home from Covid recovery, and you talked to God about your future work and purpose.  Thank you for writing this!  It inspired me in my midlife greatly.  Reading those few pages are like listening to excellent classical music alone in the car with surround sound.” – Anonymous reader

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Born and raised in Hungary, in 1953 Fr. Julius clandestinely entered the Cistercian abbey of Zirc, which had been suppressed by the communist government. After three years of formation conducted underground and in hiding, he left Hungary in 1956 to study theology in Rome. After earning his doctorate in theology in 1964, he joined fellow Hungarian refugees at Our Lady of Dallas Cistercian Abbey, which had been founded just a few years earlier. In 2011 Fr. Julius retired from the Abbey’s prep school, where he taught for 46 years, including serving as librarian for 20 years. He translated and published The Auschwitz Journal, the chronicle of Klára Kardos, a Hungarian Catholic of Jewish background, who survived the Nazi concentration camps.

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Pain of Grace: Living and Suffering with Dignity

Pain of Grace: Living and Suffering with Dignity

Women of Grace with Johnette Benkovic (September 11 & 12, 2023) – When God Offers Us the Cross: Steps to Mining the Treasure, Part 1 and Part 2

Pain of Grace: Living and Suffering with Dignity

by Joni J. Seith

Walking her readers through her conversion from a culturally Jewish background to Catholicism, Joni J. Seith relates her struggle to live with a chronic, painful, and progressive debilitating genetic condition called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Written with candor, in an upbeat and uplifting humorous style, Pain of Grace: Living and Suffering with Dignity escorts the reader on an amazing journey of faith as shown in Joni’s dizzying, remarkable life. Her story gives unforgettable testimony of God’s love in suffering to a world in great need of this truth, providing hope to many who question life’s purpose. This heartfelt and honest memoir is for all those struggling with depression, despair, and chronic pain–and for all who need to be reminded of life’s true meaning.

Paperback: $14.95 | Kindle: $9.99

Segment cut from The Rosary – Living Divine Mercy TV Show (EWTN) Ep.102 with Fr. Donald Calloway (posted on August 24, 2024), the full broadcast of which is available here.


TESTIMONIALS

“Joni Seith was given the cross of Ehlers Danlos, a debilitating connective-tissue disorder. Pain of Grace is her touching and compelling tale of Jesus inviting her into his transformative love through her suffering. Joni eloquently testifies to the words of St. John Paul II in Salvifici Doloris, ‘It is suffering, more than anything else, which clears the way for the grace which transforms human souls.’ Her story is a guide for us all to find His Grace in our pain.” – Most Reverend William D. Byrne, Bishop of Springfield, Massachusetts

Pain of Grace: Living and Suffering with Dignity is precisely as the title proclaims — and then some. This is a most engaging story of a life suffused with physical pain and spiritual suffering, but even more so with God’s grace and love. Every reader should resonate with Joni Seith’s heartfelt reflections, from early memories of her family of birth, to those of a loving wife and mother across decades of struggles and triumphs as her children grow to adulthood as children of God. Every reader with a serious physical illness should obtain special solace, motivation, and even good laughs in this beautiful story of how all kinds of adversity can be transformed by God’s grace to the benefit of those who suffer and to all who are blessed to share their lives with them. A glorious read!” – Kevin Vost, Psy.D., author of Memorize the Latin Mass!

“Joni Seith has opened a window into the sanctifying and life-giving grace God freely provides through her memoir recounting her many decades of suffering Ehlers Danlos Syndrome with love and dignity.” – Cameron Fradd, “Among the Lilies”

“The words in Pain of Grace uniquely emerged through tears. Author Joni Seith wept throughout her writing because, simply, she was often in agony. Readers will shed tears for a different reason: they’ll be pierced and taken into a warm embrace of the manner in which a person copes and surrenders lifelong pain to Christ. Seith offers readers a profound meditation on how one brings physical and emotional travail – and bouts of hopelessness – to Golgotha. Cheeky humor is spread throughout her story, which makes Seith’s omnibus on living redemptive suffering all the more poignant and effective. The cross is rarely discussed today; thankfully Seith’s bracing tale shines bright light on its eternal weight. Bravo!” – Kevin Wells, author of Burst, Priest and Beggar, and The Priests We Need to Save the Church

“With clarity, charm, and open-hearted honesty, Joni Seith shares her transformational life journey with readers in a way that inspires us to reflect on our own burdens and blessings, and to embrace hope as real, and faith with purpose and celebration. As we travel with her – through pages of pain and perseverance, and moments of discovery and deepening spirituality – we are gifted with the truth of ups and downs and tears and laughter and loss and longing – all of which unfold as opportunities to live wiser, and to know God’s presence and love in a more personal and powerful way.” – Jeni Stepanek, PhD, author of the NY Times Bestseller, Messenger: The Legacy of Mattie J.T. Stepanek & Heartsongs

“Joni Seith has produced an incredibly wonderful book based on a remarkably beautiful life.” – Sebastian Mahfood, OP, PhD, author of The Narrative Spirituality of Dante’s Divine Comedy

“What a wonderful life story – full of psychological insights and spiritual wisdom. A must to give to anyone suffering with chronic physical pain.” – Dr. Ronda Chervin, Jewish convert to the Catholic faith, philosophy professor, writer and speaker.

“Anyone who struggles with finding peace and purpose in suffering should read this book! We all think suffering is the thing getting in the way of our living peaceful lives full of purpose. Joni’s words and personal journey reveal the opposite: through Christ, our suffering yields peace and purpose otherwise inaccessible to us.” – Jessica Ptomey, PH.D. Author of Home in the Church: Living an Embodied Catholic Faith

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Joni J. Seith is a convert to Catholicism from a culturally Jewish background whose conversion story has been published in Envoy Magazine and shared on EWTN’s Journey Home program. Joni is the author and illustrator of Cloud of Witnesses I and II, and was the Founder and President of Biblically Correct, Inc from 1995 – 2010 and a member of the Catholic Marketing Network. As a speaker on the subjects of Redemptive Suffering, prayer, the saints, miracles and her own conversion story, Joni enjoys sharing her love for the Catholic Church and Her teachings to people of all ages and faiths. Joni has given Lenten Retreat talks both to Catholic and non-Catholics alike and has taught Theology of the Body to teens. She has also taught RCIA classes as well as CCD. Although Joni suffers with a chronic debilitating pain and deteriorating condition, it hasn’t stopped her from spreading the joy of the Gospel which Jesus has handed down through His Suffering Bride, the Church. Joni’s candid and unique joy-filled way of seeing God in and through the sufferings in her life is both inspirational and contagious.

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Canticle of Returning

Canticle of Returning

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An Unlikely Gardener: Prose and Poems

An Unlikely Gardener: Prose and Poems

An Unlikely Gardener: Prose and Poems

by Francis Etheredge

This book began as a failed article about gardening; however, having written one, several more followed and so it became a short book, wonderfully enriched by the criticisms of my eldest daughter and a “Foreword” by an Anglican author, embracing our communion in the Christian Faith. But it is not so much about an experienced, knowledgeable, semi-successful gardener, as about a writer who goes into his back garden in the course of writing breaks and ends up writing about what happens “out there” and “in here”. It is part of an autobiographical series and so the author looks at his own life as well as what is around him; and, taking advantage of the multifaceted theme of nature, almost locally inconsequential as well as world-wide and geographically immensely significant, he writes “to” and “from” his own activities and the thoughts that break and burst into words. There are little discoveries, observations and themes; but, principally, it is a book about thought taking a start from going “to and fro” into the Garden of God in the hope that the flight of a word will catch the sunlight as it rises and speaks of what is so much greater than itself: an ascent, indeed, on a spiral staircase, “inlaid” in creation, to the One greater than any account of whom can be given!

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CONTENTS

Foreword, Poem and Biography by Christine Sunderland: “A Garden of Truth, Goodness, and Beauty”

Introduction, other books by this author, and a summary of this book

The First Garden: The Garden of Eden

A poem called“Beautiful”

Part I: Conversions

The Garden of Eden and the Fall

A triptych called “The Unlikely Gardener”

Part II: Plants and Family Life

A Garden of Delights and The Marriage Feast at Cana

A poem called “Difference”

Part III: The Global Starts at Home

The Road to Emmaus (Lk 24: 13-35)

A poem called: “Time and Change”

Part IV: Eating up the Time

The Song of Songs: A Garden of Delights

A poem called: “Hands”

 

Part V: Talking Points

The garden of the world and the Word of God

A poem called “Global Gardening”

Part VI: A Question of Science

Biblical Science

A poem called “Shells”

Part VII: Philosophy and Ecology

The vocation to Global Gardening

A poem called: “Clothes

Part VIII: The Identity of a Seed

An Enclosed Garden

A poem called “Tree Seeds”

Part IX: We Are Not Products

The Garden of Gethsemane

A poem called “The Winter Tree”

Part X: The Garden of God

The future Garden

A poem called “Lilies”

IN THE NEWS

A shout out to Mary Grenchus of the Grenchus Foundation for sharing the lead poem, entitled “Beautiful”, on her blog.

TESTIMONIALS

“A vision of loveliness, passing through time and space
Like a glance at the opening and flowering of grace.”

 

“This final couplet of An Unlikely Gardener, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, also aptly describes the experience of reading this collection of prose and poetry by Francis Etheredge. For indeed we behold the loveliness Etheredge shows us, with a gardener’s eye for displaying beauty and juxtaposing this lush crop with lessons firmly rooted in seasoned experience. In An Unlikely Gardener, Etheredge offers a well-ripened harvest of work, filled with the sun and shadow of hard-won wisdom learned over the literal and symbolic gardens of abundant years. Etheredge’s signature literary style is present in this volume in full splendour— journeying deftly from prose to poetry and back again— and his show-stopping hybrid is one that weaves faith and Scripture with family stories and verse bursting forth with tendrils of lush language. Francis Etheredge writes of, ‘Going into the garden with a cup of tea…’ and I suggest you enter this writer’s garden with a cup of tea large enough to fully savor the experience. The Unlikely Gardener sings of ‘The one who comes, you are the one who is already here, Ready and able to save me into the bark of Peter, You who are the Risen Christ, rising in me.’ May the Saviour, the greatest of all gardeners, accompany you through this ‘vision of loveliness’ Etheredge has written, and may you grow closer to Him because of it.” — Annabelle Moseley, author of Awake with Christ: Living the Catholic Holy Hour in Your Home (How Keeping God Prayerful Company in the Garden of Gethsemane can Change Your Life)

“As a lifelong Christian with a particularly strong passion for just about everything outdoors, I found An Unlikely Gardener to be thought provoking, spiritually nourishing, and refreshing. Akin to a beautiful and bountiful garden that begins, thrives, dies, requires work and thought along the way, and then brings goodness again, Etheredge has composed and arranged his own garden of interlacing stories, observations, reflections, and rich poetic verse that bring God’s gifts of the personal human experience, nature, and written word – with reminder of our call for Christian stewardship – into one unique place, An Unlikely Gardener.” — Tom Sunderland, Native Edge Landscapes | MLA, University of Colorado Denver

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mr. Francis Etheredge is married with eight children, plus three in heaven.

Francis is currently a freelance writer and speaker and his “Posts” on LinkedIn can be viewed here. Poetry; short articles; autobiographical blog; excerpts from books; and “Philosophize: A Ten Minute Write.”

For a list of all of Francis’ books published by En Route Books and Media, click here.

See Francis’ other books, too, entitled Scripture: A Unique WordFrom Truth and truth: Volume I-Faithful ReasonFrom Truth and truth: Volume II: Faith and Reason in DialogueFrom Truth and truth: Volume III: Faith is Married Reason.

He has earned a BA Div (Hons), MA in Catholic Theology, PGC in Biblical Studies, PGC in Higher Education, and an MA in Marriage and Family (Distinction).

Enjoy these additional articles by Francis Etheredge:

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Canticle of Returning

Canticle of Returning

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Non Nobis Domine: No para Nosotros, Señor

Non Nobis Domine: No para Nosotros, Señor

Non Nobis Domine: No Para Nosotros, Señor

by Marge Giangiulio

Un relato honesto y convincente de la vida de Marge Giangiulio y de las personas afectadas por una efusión de la bondad y la misericordia de Dios.

En rústica: $14.95 | Kindle: $9.99

TESTIMONIOS

“En el ruidoso y ajetreado mundo actual, hemos olvidado hasta qué punto Dios está íntimamente implicado en nuestras vidas. Estas historias de la vida real demuestran Su profundo amor y misericordia por cada uno de nosotros. Las historias nos recuerdan que no hay simples coincidencias: Las “coincidencias” son disfraces de la providencia de Dios. Esperemos que quienes lean estas historias reflexionen sobre ello y tal vez sean más conscientes de la presencia de Dios en sus vidas personales y en las de quienes les rodean.” – Rev. Julius D. Leloczky, O. Cist.

“Enhorabuena por la publicación de su libro. Ahora los maravillosos y amorosos Caminos de Nuestro Señor estarán disponibles para tantas personas que necesitan Su amor, paz y aliento. Usted ha sido verdaderamente un salvavidas para tantos que han estado sufriendo y necesitan Su sanación y gracia. Estoy tan orgullosa y agradecida por tu “sí” a haber hecho realidad tus experiencias para tantos”. – Shirley Vilfordi, amiga de la autora

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Marge Giangiulio es una antigua neoyorquina que se trasladó a Texas mientras trabajaba como ejecutiva en American Airlines. Se describe a sí misma como una católica perdida que experimentó una profunda conversión después de peregrinar a Medjugorje. Esta experiencia despertó su deseo de vivir más plenamente su fe católica. Como adoradora diaria de la Adoración Eucarística, recibió muchos impulsos del Espíritu Santo que fructificaron en toda la Diócesis de Dallas y, en cascada, llegaron a tocar las vidas de cientos, si no miles, de personas en todo el mundo. Sus muchos compromisos incluyen la implementación de programas de Adoración Eucarística, Asesoramiento en la Acera de Clínicas de Aborto, instigación de un programa mundial para rezar por nuestros sacerdotes, voluntariado con retiros de Jóvenes Centrados en la Eucaristía, Red de Radio Guadalupe, San Vicente de Paúl y el Comité Católico Pro Vida. Escribió Non Nobis Domine a petición de su Director Espiritual, cuya esperanza es proporcionar una oportunidad más para dirigir las almas a Dios.

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There be Hope: Islands of Hope, My Memoir of Haiti, & The Hopeful Coconut

There be Hope: Islands of Hope, My Memoir of Haiti, & The Hopeful Coconut

There be Hope: Islands of Hope, My Memoir of Haiti, & The Hopeful Coconut

by Kiki Latimer

Hope is like the dirt and the stars; it is part of forever.

In 2007 the international relief organization Food For The Poor spoke to a small parish in Hope Valley, Rhode Island, about a massive project of building a village in Haiti, the poorest country in the western hemisphere. The pastor of the church challenged the families of his congregation to make a difference in the world through this mission of hope because at the same time many families in Haiti were being challenged to hold onto another form of hope, that of mere survival. Kiki Latimer became St. Joseph’s Church Haiti Project chairperson for the next fifteen years.

Over these years these two worlds would be brought together through many different housing, educational, and agricultural projects. The original village story, written by Kiki, was published by Educa Vision as the children’s book Islands of Hope. The sequel, The Hopeful Coconut, continued the mission story with a deeper, more philosophical, understanding of hope. Kiki would eventually make three trips to Haiti. Here at last is her story of the heart-opening journey into a land of great joy and great sorrow;  My Haiti Memoir brings to readers an understanding of hope that is indeed like the dirt and the stars.

Kiki Latimer is the author of Islands of Hope, The WaterFire Duck, Bubble Butt, Heal of the Hand, Seeing God’s Face, Home For the Homily, co-author of Philosophy Begins in Wonder, and host of The Catholic Bookworm. She lives in Hope Valley, Rhode Island, with her husband Jim.

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Kiki Latimer is the author of Islands of Hope, The WaterFire Duck, Bubble Butt, Heal of the Hand, Seeing God’s Face, Home for the Homily, co-author of Philosophy Begins in Wonder, and host of The Catholic Bookworm. She lives in Hope Valley, Rhode Island, with her husband Jim.

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