Xaverian Brothers Kenya Poverty Paradise 22 Jun 2022June 23, 2022 I wonder if my writings have glorified the Western world’s manufactured persona of the starving, dirty African child? I fear that sharing my struggles adjusting to a new culture has…
Xaverian Brothers Kenya Cultural Clarity 19 Jun 2022June 22, 2022 We all need moments to ourselves. Moments to escape into a quiet space without distraction. A place to clear our heads. When I am in Louisville, it is a leisurely…
Xaverian Brothers Kenya Support the Brothers 15 Jun 2022June 22, 2022 Saint Xavier High School in Bungoma, Kenya, is the newest Xaverian Brothers school. Beginning in 2018, it has grown to be nationally recognized for its ability to educate boys for…
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,…
Public Theology & Spirituality What I wish I said… 3 Dec 2018November 4, 2020 On December 3, the Feast of Saint Xavier High School, at an all-school Mass to celebrate the Feast of Saint Francis Xavier, Mary Ann Bowman and I were the recipients of the…
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