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The Masquerades

Posted by Holly Benner on Oct 31, 2022 2:21:21 PM

Autumn has officially arrived here in Pennsylvania. The leaves have started to turn color and are now beautiful shades of red, orange, and yellow. The temperatures have started to drop and the days have gotten shorter. I have started to unpack sweaters and jackets, paid a visit to the pumpkin patch, and have been brainstorming Halloween costumes and treats. I have always loved this time of year and all of the fun and spooky festivities that accompany it. This love that I have for the Halloween season is why I was especially excited when I got to visit Africa and experience their traditions and celebrations!

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Topics: Catholic Missions, children in need donate, children in education, world mission month, help the Pope's missions, prayer, sacrifice, Nigeria, Halloween, Africa, Masquerades

A Long Distance Friend

Posted by Holly Benner on Sep 30, 2022 10:16:37 AM

Greetings and welcome back to Holly’s Headlines! I hope that everyone had a well-deserved, fun and relaxing summer. While everyone uses their downtime during the summer season differently, summertime for me is always used to play catch-up with long distance friends. Personally, I enjoy reaching out the “old fashioned way” – by handwriting a letter. While writing these letters this summer to my old friends, I found myself thinking about my African pen pal named Lilian. Throughout my years working in Africa I have met hundreds of children of all ages and backgrounds. I’ve encountered children who were healthy, children who were sickly and starving, children with families, and children who were orphaned. My encounters with all of these children brought me equal amounts of joy. However, there was one little girl in particular that really stuck out in the crowd.

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Topics: Catholic Missions, children in need donate, children in education, world mission month, help the Pope's missions, prayer, sacrifice, Kenya, Africa

He is Calling, Listen...

Posted by Holly Benner on Oct 21, 2020 2:10:19 PM

During this World Mission Month of October with its theme rom Isaiah - "Here I am, send me!" - I started to reflect about my own faith calling. Everyone's calling is unique.

And to put my story in perspective, I go back to a mission experience "after the call."

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Topics: Catholic Missions, world mission month, All Souls Day, Halloween, All Saints Day, Day of the Dead, Here I Am Send Me

'Amazing Grace'

Posted by Holly Benner on Sep 29, 2019 6:32:42 PM

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me... We all know how the song goes, and every time I hear it I think of a holy woman I have been blessed to meet. Her name is “Grace,” and she is from the Ongata Rongai slum, which is located in Kibera in the southwest of Nairobi in Kenya.

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Topics: Catholic Missions, amazing grace song, missions, world mission month, missionary charity, Kibera, extraordinary missionary month, Evangelizing Sisters of Mary

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