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Like a Horse and Carriage by Fr. John Sullivan MS
After over a year of not seeing one another, I was grateful for the opportunity to visit recently with my good friends Suzanne and Brayton. Our friendship goes…
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Making Mundane Moments Meaningful by Kelton Tupper
Much of my two months spent at Agape have been mundane, and I mean that in the best possible way. I have spent most of my life in…
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Voices of Agape
Sarah Kothe, Boston College grad, 2012 writes six years later of internship at Agape This letter to Agape has been percolating in my mind for some time now….
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A Plea for Samah, an Aspiring Architect from Aleppo, Syria by Kate Carew
I’m writing today to ask your support through prayer, a donation, or spreading the word for Samah, age 19, from Aleppo Syria, whom after my own prayer and…
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Darkness Descends – by Brayton Shanley
After voting for local candidates, I spent the remainder of Election Day fasting alone in our hermitage. I sought relief from the hellish fixation of a presidential campaign. The…
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“Democracy is coming to the USA.” Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) – by Suzanne Belote Shanley
Post-election depression is palpable, all too real. I wonder by the time our readers set their eyes on this piece, written over a week after our national catastrophe,…
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Living the Story by Connor May
I began to see an alternative faith experience unfold at Holy Cross College in Worcester, MA, with a powerful epiphany while on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius…
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The Peace of “Selah” by Hannah Miles
I believe Agape offers something that has become so rare in our world today. It offers peace. The community exudes acceptance and love. My grandmother always used the…
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God in the Garden by Libbie Steiner
Since my teenage years, I have felt a strong yearning towards “living out my faith” in the truest sense of that phrase that I could find. My mother…
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Listening to Muslim Voices in an Election Year: Agape Francis Day, 2016
This Francis Day was totally unique in that 200 people gathered with Muslim brothers and sisters from the region to listen to the suffering and struggle of Muslim…
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