Social justice issues both locally and globally is what ignites the fire within me. I believe so strongly in women empowerment, helping our fellow brothers and sisters in the armed forces. The sustainability of our environment, about stopping the closing of mental health institutions and how it affects jails and homelessness, the list goes on and on. I want to see change. In my service placement, I put all that passion into what I can do, no matter how tough or menial it seems at that moment in time I remind myself that patience is a big part of the change. Blessed Basil Moreau and I appear to be on the same page, "He believed that the Lord’s choicest blessings come through the crosses we bear out of love. " I am so passionate about social
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At first I was not able to share my brokenness because I felt it was not worth sharing with anyone. "The hope of the cross is to know that things are never hopeless. Even in our darkest hour, our deepest despair, our greatest suffering, God is present and can make all things new. All has been swallowed up in the victory of God’s love." It was not until someone came to me in my darkest hour and shared their cross did I realize I am not ashamed of the cross I carry. From there I realized I am not the only one who has some of the same struggles of the cross they carry.
After that moment sharing my brokenness with others became crucial to me. I want to help people suffering in the darkness and emphasize they do not carry their cross alone. That God is waiting with open arms filled with love. Being a wounded healer is carrying your cross and the struggles that you plague you. While at the same time helping others deal with their struggles of their cross and try to heal the darkness they feel trapped in.
Holy Cross has created a family environment whether it's the staff knowing you and being there for you, or the students who often go out of their way to help others even if they do not know them. After I graduate, I can take what Holy Cross education and how staff and students care so deeply about each other and spread it into life around
At first I was not able to share my brokenness because I felt it was not worth sharing with anyone. "The hope of the cross is to know that things are never hopeless. Even in our darkest hour, our deepest despair, our greatest suffering, God is present and can make all things new. All has been swallowed up in the victory of God’s love." It was not until someone came to me in my darkest hour and shared their cross did I realize I am not ashamed of the cross I carry. From there I realized I am not the only one who has some of the same struggles of the cross they carry.
After that moment sharing my brokenness with others became crucial to me. I want to help people suffering in the darkness and emphasize they do not carry their cross alone. That God is waiting with open arms filled with love. Being a wounded healer is carrying your cross and the struggles that you plague you. While at the same time helping others deal with their struggles of their cross and try to heal the darkness they feel trapped in.
Holy Cross has created a family environment whether it's the staff knowing you and being there for you, or the students who often go out of their way to help others even if they do not know them. After I graduate, I can take what Holy Cross education and how staff and students care so deeply about each other and spread it into life around