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Xaverian Brothers Kenya

Defining Success

15 Jun 2022June 22, 2022
What does it mean to be successful?  Is it determined by our bank accounts? Our intelligence? The friends we make? Our job status? The size of our home? The college…
Xaverian Brothers Kenya

Escaping Reality

12 Jun 2022June 22, 2022
The past two weeks have been a whirlwind experience. After traveling below the equator, struggling to learn a new language that has no linguistic ties to any other language I’ve…
Xaverian Brothers Kenya

Kenya’s American Dream

8 Jun 2022June 9, 2022
Since I arrived, I have been fielding questions about the United States. “In America, do they have corn fields?” “In America, do they eat ugali?” “In America, what is the…
Xaverian Brothers Kenya

Pentecostal Revival

6 Jun 2022June 22, 2022
On the Feast of the Pentecost, Christians celebrate the event when the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles with tongues of fire. As a result, everyone gathered from all the…
Xaverian Brothers Kenya

The Work of the Church

2 Jun 2022June 9, 2022
The Catholic Church in the United States is at an inflection point. Political factions within the church argue about abortion, Eucharistic access, married priests, female ordination, and LGBTQ+ issues. Secular…
Xaverian Brothers Kenya

Missionary Unlearning

30 May 2022June 22, 2022
Visiting a mission of the Xaverian Brothers has been an experience of unlearning. Growing up, Africa was talked about as a monolith. Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, and Rwanda, it didn’t matter…
Xaverian Brothers Kenya

Colonial Jesus

29 May 2022June 9, 2022
In America, the term “white privilege” is weighted in dense circumstances that I do not wish to unpack in this reflection. One aspect, however, that I will mention is the…
Xaverian Brothers Kenya

Kenya Day 1 – Nairobi

28 May 2022May 28, 2022
Never did I think I’d wake up cold in Kenya. Our western mind tends to contort Africa as one expansive landscape of blazing hot saharas and densely rich tropics. Instead,…

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Teaching the art of smiles and finger pointing, and learning the art of joy.
When left St. X in 2019 to pursue further studies, I knew I’d eventually make my way back. Never did I imagine it’d be in Bungoma, Kenya. We are St. X!
My first year as a rector presented challenges I never expected. Many days were more difficult and exhausting than I care to remember. Countless days were hysterical and meaningful, and are days I’ll hope to never forget. I am thankful especially to the graduating class of 2022, they welcomed me into the @KeenanHallND Kommunity and were sources of great wisdom and support.
I am the sun shining bright on our old Kentucky Oaks!
Watching friends come together in marriage is truly a loving gift.
40 days of Lent might not be enough after 3 days of Mardi Gras
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