Circle of Being – Agape Community

Indigenous Peoples’ Lead Us

Posted by SuzanneShanley on July 23, 2021

by Brenna Cussen-Anglada The farm I live on in community at St. Isadore Catholic Worker, where towns and the surrounding cities are…

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The Transformative Power of Faith

Posted by SuzanneShanley on July 23, 2021

by James Robinson As we come together for this digital retreat during a global pandemic, we find ourselves in a context of…

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Joseph, the father, the Disenfranchised, the Refugee, the Dreamer

Posted by SuzanneShanley on July 23, 2021

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…

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Family in a Van: A Wild Adventure Still Unfolding

Posted by SuzanneShanley on July 23, 2021

We were excited when we got the initial phone call from Courtney Hayes-Jurcheck and her husband John Jurcheck, both 40, who were…

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Daunte Wright… Say His Name

Posted by SuzanneShanley on July 23, 2021

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…

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A Song Over the Land: Finding Our Prophetic Voice

Posted by SuzanneShanley on July 23, 2021

(A compilation of reflections offered by Agape co-founder, Suzanne Belote Shanley during the weekend Lenten Zoom Retreat sponsored by Mary’s House…

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Lift Every Voice and Sing – by Melinda Adrienne Pellerin, SSJ

Posted by SuzanneShanley on January 1, 2021

“Lift ev’ry voice and sing, ‘Til earth and heaven ring, Ring with the harmonies of Liberty… facing the rising sun of our new day begun, Let us march…

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Rooted in Love – by Jeanelle Wheeler

Posted by SuzanneShanley on January 1, 2021

I believe white people need to learn to talk about race. White people need to own our whiteness and examine what whiteness means. This examination is…

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Power Differential in the Context of Poverty in Haiti – by Steve and Nancy James

Posted by SuzanneShanley on January 1, 2021

We both grew up as missionary kids in Burma/Myanmar where our friends were Burmese/Karen kids, so we were very conscious of not being like our friends. Every…

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Look Again – by Rev. Jonathan Betts Fields

Posted by SuzanneShanley on January 1, 2021

It is essential that we notice how we have been changed and how we have worked to change ourselves if we are to truly become anti-racists building the…

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