HEAL Blog
Welcome! Here we will post news and highlight the faces, needs, and services of HEAL.Chinonso Receives First Communion
Everything in Our Lord’s life reflected His self-emptying by which He saved us from sin and death. By “self-emptying”, St. Paul refers to Jesus taking the “form of a slave” and “obediently accepting death” on a cross (cf. Phil 2:6-11). And, on the night before He...
From Dungeon of Despair to House of Hope
Sometimes, great servant leaders (Mt. 20:28) come from humble and dangerous beginnings. Take Moses, who Yahweh chose to lead His people out of slavery in Egypt. Faced with Pharaoh's plan to reduce the Hebrew slave population by killing newborn boys, Moses’s mother put...
Solomon Suffers for Security
“Before you leave the house, hit 5516 on the dial pad, then push ‘on’ and you will hear a beep sound.” That’s how my dad first told me to turn on our home security alarm. I’m sure you probably have invested in some kind of security system for your own home because the...
Servant Leaders in Action
Education is a core program within HEAL’s mission of forming Servant Leaders (Mt. 20:28) among West Africans. Now that the Ministry of Education has certified our school in Akpim village as a center for the Basic Education Certificate Exam (BECE), our teachers must...
Love Overcomes All
In the Garden of Eden, where God provided all the food and necessities of life in abundance for Adam and Eve, the prospect of losing it all loomed because of an ill-intended unwelcome guest, the devil. In the village of Umuagwu, the Mother Enabler Nursery and Primary...
A New Exam Center
Taking exams, including standardized tests, has never been my strong suit. But, I always realized how important exams were for advancing to the next level. I remember taking the GRE years ago as a part of my preparation to apply to graduate school. After many long...
Baby Destiny is Striving to Overcome
There is a popular saying that goes, “It’s not how you start, but how you finish.” I’ve heard it used in many contexts from sports to life in general. But, when anyone’s life begins with great difficulty, intervention is necessary to help that person reach their...
MOJ’s Rush 13-Year Old Girl to Hospital
You know that feeling you get when there are so many demands being made upon you that you can’t possibly meet them without great stress and wondering from where you will draw the strength and resources? Well, this is daily life for the Messengers of Justice (MOJ)...
MOJ Sisters Speak at 4th Annual HEAL Benefit
“It’s gonna be a great occasion! It’s gonna be a great occasion! God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Ghost, He’s present!” That’s the catchy song Sr. Ann and Sr. Racheal of the Messengers of Justice (MOJ) sang when they landed in Chicago two days before the 4th...
Fr. George Clements to Speak at HEAL Benefit!
Early on in Deacon Leo’s mission, he found himself complaining to God while he was on retreat as a young seminarian. Why were poor and marginalized orphans, widows, and rural villagers suffering so greatly due to neglect, manipulation, and corruption in his native...