Compañero for Life

By Eli We sit next to each other on the bus, returning from the 555 West Harrison courthouse.  The weather hasn’t quite begun to settle into its downward spiral for winter temperatures.  There is a nice breeze that calls for a light sweater, if that.  We talk of Puebla, Mexico and folkloric dancing.  I am…

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Togetherness

By Vicenta V There is joy in knowing that I am part of an incredible mission and that alongside me are marvelous human-beings. I’ve only been at Taller de José for a little over two months, and these two months have been filled with sadness, perseverance, confusion, gladness, and so many other emotions as I’ve accompanied…

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Planting in Proviso

After serving two years as our Office Administrator, Leslie Carranza moved into a role of Compañera this summer, offering accompaniment services in partnership with the Quinn Center of St. Eulalia in Proviso Township. Below is a reflection on her first several months as a Compañera. It feels most organic to use Bishop Untener’s prayer  “Prophets of a Future…

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Resilience

By Matt M. It was cancer: breast cancer, to be specific. This is the same cancer that killed my grandmother, the same cancer that scared the rest of my family to death a decade ago when my mom found a lump, the same cancer that killed my mom’s best friend just months ago. My very…

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