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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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