Tag: health

Written by Father Don Farnan

It Must Be This Way

My sixty-five-year-old body increasingly reminds me of my age.  For the past several months I limped around because my left side, from hip to ankle, has been hurting and dragging.  For the first time in my life, walking and climbing stairs was painful.  In retrospect and to my detriment, I probably never gave my body […]

Written by Father Don Farnan

Adverse Childhood Experiences

Father Gregory Boyle, S. J., has spent most of his adult life working with gang members in Los Angeles.  In his book, The Whole Language: the power of extravagant tenderness, he comments on the ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) Study to encourage us, who want to engage in and strengthen cities across America, to understand root […]