The following video was created in 2015 to celebrate the ministry of accompaniment. Watch to learn more about the mission and hear clients tell their stories in their own words! You can also use the following link to see the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGz6MjOfscg
DetailsJulia may win the award for having come the farthest distance to visit Taller de José; she currently lives in Puerto Rico. But when Julia heard that her son had been incarcerated in Chicago, she knew that she needed to visit and see what she could do to help. When Julia first met with her…
DetailsPor Kimberly Lopez, MSW Intern Taller de José es un lugar que a pesar de que tiene como meta servir principalmente a la comunidad también sirve a estudiantes como yo brindando oportunidades para prepararnos profesionalmente. Al comienzo, mi experiencia como estudiante para ser trabajadora social, ofreciendo mis servicios en el taller de José, me causó…
DetailsBy Roberto Martinez, Amate House Volunteer Roberto shared this reflection as part of the Amate House Little Village’s “Las Posadas” evening of advent reflections. It is inconvenient to welcome the stranger. Surely Mary struggled upon the first annunciation by the angel Gabriel. I relate to this because as part of my job at Taller de…
DetailsBy Ali McCandless, Jesuit Volunteer I have to admit, I’ve never been good with transitions… Although I was secure in the fact that I would be moving over 2000 miles from Southern California (where the weather doesn’t waver much) to Chicago (where the weather is unpredictable hourly), it didn’t become real until I started my…
DetailsBy Roberto Martinez, Amate House Volunteer I started my role as a compañero at Taller de José two months ago, yet I still struggle with capturing the full extent of accompaniment when confronted with the question, “What do you do at your job?” Some days I provide guidance to loving parents of mentally disabled adults…
DetailsAccompaniment can take many different forms at Taller de José. Sometimes it means making phone calls, filling out forms, or listening to someone share their story. But in many cases, accompanying our clients means traveling offsite to various agencies and courts throughout the Chicagoland area. To help demonstrate what offsite accompaniment means for our staff…
DetailsOctober is Domestic Violence Awareness month. Domestic violence affects people in every community, regardless of age, economic status, race, religion, nationality or educational background. Domestic violence results in physical injury, psychological trauma, and sometimes death. The consequences of domestic violence can cross generations and truly last a lifetime. But those living in situations of domestic…
DetailsBy Sr. Sheila O’Brien How inspiring last week was to hear Pope Francis repeatedly encourage us to minister to the least amongst us. How refreshing to have an entire week where our airwaves weren’t filled with constant messages from wealthy politicians denigrating the weakest, calling us to deport them. In Madison Square Garden, Pope Francis…
DetailsI recently had the pleasure of accompanying a client through the process of becoming a U.S. Citizen. A partner agency assisted Ricardo in preparing the paperwork at a citizenship workshop and then referred him to Taller de José for accompaniment to his citizenship test with USCIS (United States Customs and Immigration Services). When I first…
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