Dec 30, 2020 | Appeal, Projects
This Christmas season, Christians prepare for the 2nd Coming of Christ by reflecting back upon His first coming at His birth. This 2021 academic year in Nigeria, after 6 months of school closings due to the C-19 pandemic, HEAL prepares the Masters for their...
Oct 2, 2020 | Appeal, Food, Projects
I walked into the Messengers of Justice (MOJ) vegetable garden, where Sr. Ann Onyedieke, MOJ taught me how to plant a pumpkin seed. “Plant the seed with the head facing down so that when it opens the tap root sprouts up through the soil”, she said while demonstrating...
May 15, 2020 | Appeal, Needs, Projects
Every time I have visited Umuagwu village I have marveled at the resourcefulness of the MOJ Sisters and the Masters, at how they do so much with so little! During the current COVID-19 lock down in Nigeria, MOJ resourcefulness has risen to the challenge. While the...
Mar 28, 2019 | Projects, Stories
Back in primary school, we participated in an annual sports event called the “Loretto Olympics”, named after our school. I remember long jumping, high jumping, and sprinting in hope of winning a bronze, silver, or gold medal. It was the only exposure to track and...
Jun 15, 2017 | Education, Projects
“Up and at ’em!”, my mom used to shout to me and my brothers every morning. She would have our brown paper bag lunch ready and off we’d walk to Our Lady of Loretto school in Hometown, Illinois. That same spirit that woke us up in the morning to go to school...
