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Bad Perceptions, but Good Reality

July 10, 2019
By Sister Eileen Mahony, CSA

The respite center in Tucson recently decided to move out of the former Benedictine convent that had been a way-point for asylum seekers on their way to their sponsors. The center will be relocated into an unused portion of a juvenile detention center.

Those of us who have volunteered at the monastery respite center for asylum-seeking refugees will be challenged by the stark new facilities after serving at the beautiful, homey, welcoming monastery.  We will work together to make the new place welcoming for our guests.  The new facility has the advantage of sturdiness built for frequently rotating residents in contrast to the careful attention needed to maintain an older Convent.  Our 1,000 + volunteers are committed to continue welcoming and serving our guests.  They enter stressed and frightened and leave grateful and smiling.

Read the full story as reported by the Arizona Daily Star.

 

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