Agape Community Update
AUGUST 2023 AGAPE COMMUNITY UPDATE Greetings Dear friends of Agape, We, Suzanne, and Brayton, co-founders of Agape, want to inform you that we have finished our sabbatical time. With the
August 10, 2023
Category: Building Community
Holy Cross Rural Immersion 2022: Experiencing and Exploring Sustainable Living
A wonderful group of Holy Cross students participated in Agape’s rural immersion program from March 5 to the 11th. They chose to use their spring break to learn about sustainable
March 16, 2022
The National Day of Mourning: A Necessary Call to Action
Brayton and I joined well over 1000 people gathered in Plymouth, MA on November 25, 2021 to participate in the National Day of Mourning. The day was filled with impassioned
January 20, 2022
Light Shines in the Darkness
by Tom Roepke FIRST IN-PERSON EVENT AT AGAPE SINCE COVID LOCK DOWN We felt the joy of gathering as a community on a Saturday evening, December 11th in Francis House.
December 13, 2021
Oppression Olympics
by Nicole Brathwaite-Hunt My perspective is kind of unique, being a mixed-race person and actively operating in that. I am not just living from my Indigenous side, but I am
July 23, 2021
Indigenous Peoples’ Lead Us
by Brenna Cussen-Anglada The farm I live on in community at St. Isadore Catholic Worker, where towns and the surrounding cities are on the ancestral and traditional lands of the
July 23, 2021
The Transformative Power of Faith
by James Robinson As we come together for this digital retreat during a global pandemic, we find ourselves in a context of crisis. In fact, we find ourselves in an
July 23, 2021
Joseph, the father, the Disenfranchised, the Refugee, the Dreamer
by Sister Melinda Pellerin ssj In my living room, above my flat screen television is the artist Lara James’s beautiful picture of St. Joseph dreaming. Dreaming is a lot like
July 23, 2021
Family in a Van: A Wild Adventure Still Unfolding
We were excited when we got the initial phone call from Courtney Hayes-Jurcheck and her husband John Jurcheck, both 40, who were traveling across the country with their sons, Luca,
July 23, 2021
Daunte Wright… Say His Name
The day after Daunte Wright was killed by a Minneapolis policewoman Agape folks travelled to our customary protest vigil station in downtown Ware at Veterans Park. We came to
July 23, 2021
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