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NEW SERIES! Mother Earth Teaches: Digging Deeper into Faith, Community, and Justice

Today we launch a new series by lay missioner Annemarie Barrett about what she has learned from her time working in the parish garden alongside rural communities in Bolivia.  Okay, so I am just going to say it again. I grew up in the city, disconnected from the land. In my parents’ house, we grew…

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Spirit, Body, and Earth: A Missioner’s Transformation

Continuing our series Sacraments and Social Mission: Living the Gospel, Being Disciples, current missioner Annemarie Barrett writes about her relationship with the Earth, its presence in her life, and her ongoing conversion. I did not grow up gardening. I never got much into my science classes. I preferred reading and writing and making art to…

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