Annual Advent Fundraiser
Please contribute if you are able on our donations page. Our Current Needs are as follows: 4 new windows in Francis House: $2,000 2 new sky lights in Brigid House:
December 26, 2025
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Pre-Order New Book by Agape Mission Council Member Jim Robinson
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/beyond-factory-farming-james-robinson/1148303876 “Beyond Factory Farming applies key insights from Laudato Si’ to specific issues of factory farming and ethical eating. The book offers a theological critique of factory farming. It also
November 3, 2025
Eileen Reilly founded a Boston day shelter for women, then became a doctor. Decades later, she’s back to help
Dear Nonviolent Family, Eileen has been a dear friend of Agape for over 40 years. Agape was co-founded in the same year as the Women’s Lunch Place, and Suzanne remembers
April 18, 2025
To the Next Generation: A Radical, Nonviolent Call
The Agape Community Needs You Come and explore, answer this call: The Agape Community is a lay Catholic residential community, interfaith in prayer, practice, and outreach. We are actively seeking
June 2, 2024
In the Swirl of Hatred: Can We Listen and Weep?
by Brayton ShanleyOngoing, Relentless Nakba ExhibitI have known for months now that my good friend and pro-Palestinian activist, Skip Schiel, had a photo exhibit scheduled at the Newton Public Library.
May 21, 2024
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
Bearing the Unbearable: Never-ending Grief
by Suzanne Belote Shanley The June commemoration of Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, reminded us of Mary “standing by the cross of Jesus” with other women relatives (John
June 27, 2022
Easter Vigil
Easter Vigil at Agape was our first in-person Holy Saturday since 2020. We were blessed to have Fr. Fred Enman SJ of Matthew 25 in Worcester as our celebrant and
April 19, 2022
A PROPOSAL: MINISTRY OF VISITATION AT AGAPE
Dear friends of Agape,These are dark and concerning days as the world witnesses the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and the deep political and cultural divides we are witnessing in
April 19, 2022
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