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 | May 6, 2014 | Education
Can anybody see her? The story of the abducted Nigerian girls may be lost in a media vacuum, but today I’m finding it hard to think about anything else. 234 young women. This number has a very personal translation in my life: the total of every single...
by Julie Coyne | Oct 27, 2012 | Education and Hope, Our Impact
You’d think that after all these years I’d be used to it, the process of getting from Connecticut to Guatemala. Finishing up the projects I’ve been working on, frantically tying up a million loose ends, packing 250 pounds of luggage (literally), the...
by Julie Coyne | Aug 24, 2012 | Education and Hope, Our Impact
The best part of arriving back in Xela? A line of hugs that extends out the door!
by Julie Coyne | May 8, 2012 | Education and Hope
In memory of, and in gratitude for, Maurice Sendak. Way too much sad in the world this week, near and far. Thank God for time with my wild things… Today we monsters went up to the terrace of the after school program and got our wild rumpus on! ...
