by Julie Coyne | Dec 31, 2019 | Education and Hope, Our Impact
Our Education and Hope tradition of “Christmas-in-a-basket” began as a way to feed and support some of our most vulnerable families during our winter break. The baskets contain everyday cooking staples as well as foods traditionally enjoyed during the holidays, things...
by Julie Coyne | Dec 24, 2016 | Education and Hope
“Only the soul that ventilates the world with tenderness has any chance of changing it.” ~Father Greg Boyle, S.J. THANKSGIVING 2016 A big thing happened this November. Well, a lot of big things happened this November but one of them was that I turned fifty. Among...
by Julie Coyne | Jan 9, 2011 | Education and Hope
While I consider myself to be quite optimistic most of the time, as December drew to a close I found myself feeling an increasing amount of dread. It is one thing to spend my days in Guatemala surrounded by hardship and need; it’s been quite another experience to...
