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The Healing Journey

February 27, 2024 Johanna Ordonez believes it was God’s providence that led to her job as a Family Advisor at St. Peter Cemetery in Danbury. After 18 years working as a pharmacy technician, she left Walgreens, and that very same day, a priest at St. Peter Church told...

The Healing Journey

February 25, 2024 “There’s nothing more frightening — and exciting — than getting lost in a forest. There is a journey towards the light, but you’ve got to go through the dark to get to the light.”— David Farr The forest is a universal symbol found in folklore,...

The Healing Journey

February 24, 2024 “Though we are definitely right to grieve, Saint Paul says we must grieve with hope. As we have seen, to suppress grief and outrage at death is not only bad for us psychologically, it’s actually bad for our humanity. Yet anger can dehumanize us, too,...

The Healing Journey

February 23, 2024 “Give sorrow words; the grief that does not speak knits up the o-er wrought heart and bids it break.”— William Shakespeare Were you ever told by your parents to “Keep a stiff upper lip”? Were you ever told by a coach to “Suck it up”? Were you ever...

The Healing Journey

February 22, 2024 U.S. Senator Bob Dole represented Kansas for 27 years and was the Republican Leader of the Senate in his last 11 years. In addition, he was in the House of Representatives for eight years. A World War II veteran who received the Purple Heart and...

The Healing Journey

February 21, 2024 “I’ve never had a big tragedy in my life—never really had to depend on God. I mean, sure, I prayed and I saw God work—but not like this. I never had the need to rely on God, to truly just fall and rest on him. When I needed God’s comfort, the image...