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Reflections from CIC Missionaries, Volunteers & Our Friends on the Street

The Weight of Eternity

“Thank you for not being afraid of serving us”, said one of our friends as we were handing out boxed lunches at the park on Wednesday.

What Does Love Look Like?

In my time with Christ in the City, I find myself reflecting more and more on the meaning of love.

Experiences of the Divine

As I am spending more and more time on the streets, talking to the people who live there, it is becoming increasingly difficult to succinctly describe my experience to friends […]

Loving with the Arms of Simon

“As they were marching out, they came upon a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; this man they compelled to carry his cross.” –Matthew 27:32

I Can’t Make This Person Talk to Me

He’s Waiting for You in the Poor

What Do I Want to Look Like on Easter?

The Day I Quit Trying to be Perfect

Can the Homeless Actually Be Happy?

Feeling “At Home” with the Homeless

5 Ways to Support Someone Who’s Suffering

Do You Know What it Feels Like to be Human?

Before coming to Christ in the City, I would have said that finding “the lost sheep” would have been an easy task. It’s fairly easy to see the people in our lives who are broken, hurting, and lonely, but approaching them and having a true encounter with them, to me sounded impossible.

The Desire to Be Known

3 Things I Learned as a Missionary

I Have Loved Until It Hurts

Goodbyes have always been hard for me. I feel powerless not knowing how someone is doing because they are not consistently in my life. A year ago I would not have realized how difficult it would be to walk away from my friends on the street.

An Easter People

“What you missionaries do is amazing. How do you do it?” This is a question I hear often and one I’ve asked myself a few times as well. Not only […]

Ten Minutes with Mary

“You look like Mother Mary,” Rob told me as my long hair peeked out from my hood. I didn’t feel at all like Mary. I had only gone on this […]

The Path to Success

By society’s standards, right now, I’m not doing so hot. I left school before getting my degree, I have no income, and I spend every day walking around downtown Denver […]

Seven Years of Trust

“My first impression was, “Wow… This man is definitely homeless.” His shoes were falling apart, his pants had huge holes, his sweatshirt was dirty, and his face was worn and […]

Under a Bridge

My best moments of the SEEK conference were spent under a highway bridge. A group of us missionaries went on street walks around San Antonio and one day, I met […]

Dear Lee,

Dear Lee, What joy a friendship can be, and mine with you is one I am constantly overjoyed to have. Arriving at CIC, God couldn’t have surprised me more than […]

Where is Your Calcutta?

By: Marie Foley When I was selected to partake in a summer medical mission to the Philippines, I was definitely excited, but also really skeptical. I looked forward to the […]

The Power of Invitation

This past week, I got the chance to attend SEEK, a conference put on by FOCUS in San Antonio, Texas. Having gone to the last SEEK in 2015 and experiencing […]

Instrument of Christ

For a couple of months I’ve been accompanying a friend whom I met at a women’s shelter. We meet every Friday to chat about life and pray the rosary together. […]

Verso L’Alto

I’ve been meditating about the Visitation a lot lately. I’ve been pondering the courage Mary had to travel across the hills of Judea alone. There could have been dangerous thieves […]

Waiting

My mammy is very good about sending me letters and small parcels of tea bags and chocolate from Ireland. I get excited when I know she has put them in […]

Love Until It Hurts

One of our mottos at Christ in the City is Mother Teresa’s “love until it hurts.” I’m often challenged by friends on the street to strive for a more radical […]

Similarities that Make All the Difference

Most people tend to focus on the differences between themselves and those around them. Especially when the exterior differences are very obvious. When one considers the chronically homeless this is […]

The Exchange

What’s in a name? On the streets of Denver, I’m learning that it’s more than I realized. We meet a lot of people with ‘street names,’ or nicknames, like “St. […]

Open Your Ears

“Sorry, I don’t carry any cash or change on me,” I said as I walked by a friend on the street, trying to hurry to my Holy Hour. “You need […]

Beautiful Weakness

Wake up by 6:30 a.m., Mass, breakfast with lots of coffee, and a street walk: a typical Monday morning at Christ in the City. Pretty straight forward, hey? I thought […]

Peace and Joy

“My heart is restless until it rests with Thee.” I’ve heard this so many times, it’s almost a tired cliché. Little did I know how quickly He would teach me […]

Heavenly Fame

“I don’t need my name in lights, I’m famous in my Father’s eyes, make no mistake, He knows my name.” These are lyrics from the song “He Knows My Name” […]

Pilgrimage

We are terrible at living in the present. This is the number one thing I learned on our pilgrimage to Chimayo New Mexico a few months ago. We walked for […]

What the Homeless Need Most Is You

By Makena Clawson I felt the Holy Spirit push me forward, through the tables where women were eating tonight’s chili and canned green beans, past the regular women I talk […]

Someday I’ll Be a Missionary

By Marie Foley “Miss Marie, I was telling my friend on my baseball team about Purgatory like we learned last week in CCD and he told me I was making […]

Easter Morning

By Catriona Kerwin The only barrier between him and the sky is the bridge under which he sleeps. He can sense the dark storm clouds above him. Yet he knows […]

I Thirst

By Cecilia Nguyen (Based off of John 19:28 “Knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said “I Thirst.” And Revelations 3:20 “Behold […]

Am I the Older Brother?

By Makena Clawson When we consider the parable of the Prodigal Son, we often ponder just that: the Prodigal Son. But what about the two other characters, the good Father […]

Why Do You Call Me Good?

By Marie Dukart Are we good? A common phrase I hear out on the streets is “I’m a good person,” or “I don’t hurt anyone by my choices.” What kills […]

All Things to All People

By Mary Sullivan When I signed up to be a Christ in the City missionary, I didn’t quite understand the scope of what I was signing up for. I knew […]

Fasting, the Poor and Pope Benedict XVI

By Trey Gross What marvelous wisdom the Church has in bestowing to us the season of Lent. Like fall, or winter, the Church under the guidance of the Holy Spirit […]

Only In Heaven

Only in Heaven By Michael P. McCrory In windswept Denver – all who pass Seek shelter from the stormy blast While in an alley – out of sight A homeless […]

5 Ways to Live Out the Year of Mercy

By Trey Gross The Year of Mercy started on December 8th, 2015. Did you know that? Some know a great deal about the Year of Mercy. Yet, it seems like […]

Community: A School of Love (and Hard Knocks)

Community: A School of Love (And Hard Knocks) By Blake Brouillette What was I thinking? Seriously though, I graduated college in May and the first big life decision I make […]

Rejoicing in the Small Things

Rejoicing in the Small Things By Marie Dukart “Oooh Baby!” my friend and fellow CIC missionary Anna exclaims. I know why she’s so excited. The donation truck just brought us […]

My Journey to the Faith

An interview with Catarina Ramos Why did you come to Christ in the City for a spring break trip? My sister converted to Catholicism in high school and was part […]

Sunshine Blossom

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