Dominican Study
I am in the last four months of a
year of full-time study. I have been
writing a thesis relating to the unaccompanied minors who have been crossing
our southern borders. As a Dominican, I
have not and cannot just sit behind a desk to study. Twice during this past year, I have traveled
to the borderlands to understand in a deeper way what these young people
experience. During these trips, I have
sat in court rooms, hiked into the desert to migrant trails, and spent days
welcoming these newcomers at a social service center. My study has also sent me to a nearby parish
where these unaccompanied minors now live with family members. I have interviewed service providers and
organized focus groups with the minors themselves.
For the Dominican women of
Sinsinawa, study is a way of life. It
happens everywhere we are and everywhere we go.
What we learn is that the mystery of God is unfolding. Study is actually
not meant to make us smarter. We are
called in our study to be transformed by God’s abiding love, justice, and
mercy.
Peggy Ryan, OP
Full-time Student
Whitefish Bay, WI
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