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The Doctors Are In
The following article originally appeared in the January 22, 2014 edition of Busted Halo. It can be found at http://www.brianharper.net or http://bustedhalo.com/features/the-doctors-are-in. My thanks to Barbara Wheeler for her work in publishing the piece. When I was diagnosed with pericarditis — … Continue reading
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Tagged altitude, Andes, Auschwitz, Busted Halo, doctor, Elijah, heart, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, Jesus, JVC, Lima, Maximilian Kolbe, Moses, pericarditis, Peru, Peruvian, South Africa, United States
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What to Expect When Nothing is Expected
Throughout my time in Peru, I wrote occasional columns for The Fond du Lac Reporter, my hometown newspaper. The following piece originally appeared in the October 25, 2013 issue of the Reporter and can be found at http://www.fdlreporter.com/article/20131025/FON06/310250122/Guest-commentary-What-expect-when-nothing-expected My thanks to Gary … Continue reading
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Tagged Cusco, English, Fond du Lac, high school, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, parish, pericarditis, Peru, religion, simplicity, South America, uncertainty, United States
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Dear Friends/Queridos Amigos
Dear friends, I am a little bemused to find myself writing this message from the house where I grew up in Fond du Lac, Wis. I did not think I would be here before December or January, nor did I … Continue reading
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Tagged Andahuaylillas, Cusco, doctor, Fe Y Alegria, JVC, Lima, nurse, pericarditis, Peru
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Today’s Vocation
It is virtually impossible to receive a Jesuit education without hearing about vocation. What you study, the job you will hold, the direction your future will take—Jesuits have a knack for presenting life’s most important questions as part of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Camus, All Saints, Andahuaylillas, Andes, Catholic Church, Christian, English, Fe Y Alegria, Francis of Assisi, God, Gospel, He Leadeth Me, James Martin, Jesuit, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, journalism, Lubyanka, Mahatma Gandhi, Marquette University, pericarditis, Peru, Robert Ellsberg, Rose of Lima, Russia, St. Ignatius of Loyola, Two and a Half Men, Walter Ciszek
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