Something to Think About
Training Catherine
Catherine is a fairly new volunteer at the thrift store. I have taken her under my wing to train her in the spiritual path of the Society of St....
Reflections
Explaining Thanksgiving
When I was in college, I studied abroad for a year in Madrid, Spain. The father of my host family was a teacher in a grade school. In the...
Reflections
Fasting from Things: A Limit of 20
An extraordinarily beautiful donation came into the St. Vincent de Paul thrift shop once. A woman gave us a box of over 100 silk scarves, all colors and sizes,...
Reflections
Story Hoarder
We get donations from families of deceased hoarders occasionally at St. Vinnies. They bring in boxes and bags of everything imaginable, most of which should have been discarded decades...
Reflections
Unstylish
She is unstylish in the best sense of the word. She walks into the store with a bag too big and bulky to be tucked neatly under her arm....
Reflections
Authentic Gifts
It is National Reading Month, and I am an author invited to speak to grade-school children at the local Catholic school. I am unsure what to talk about. I...