Those of you who followed my “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” posts know of my unhappiness in Camiri, Bolivia. After a fruitful and rewarding two years in Cochabamba, I found myself in Camiri doing next to nothing. As much as I loved working in the missions...
I hope that this can be the final installment of this little drama and I can get back to bashing Arizona and nudging Obama. I have been thinking why I came to the missions. When I was looking at the Franciscans, the one ministry I really couldn’t see myself...
When reading over my last post, I in no way want to be too harsh on the Italian friars which whom I live. They are good men. They have been here much longer than me, have many more successes than me, and are undoubted better friars than I am. The fraternal life here...
Darling you got to let me know Should I stay or should I go –The Clash When I was up in the States for my vacation, I talked with some people about the overly-monastic nature of the friar life that I have found here in Camiri, where I live with two Italian...
Recently I traveled from Camiri up to the town of Tarata, just outside the city of Cochabamba. The reason was a meeting of the International Council of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation of the Order of Friars Minor (my order, the Franciscans). In doing so, I...
Well, we put one of our dogs down yesterday. That’s a polite way to say we killed her. In spanish, it’s even more vivid: ella fue sacrificada. Sacrificar in Spanish is the word for “slaughter” (as in animals whose meat we’re going to eat)...
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