Brussels In an almost visceral way I now finally know what the lyrics of the old songs mean about taking a “night train” to either run towards or away from something. The last two nights I rode the rails from Amsterdam via Brussels (and its new station!) to Berlin (and its giant station which …
Category: International
Misereor
Aachen, Germany Misereor comes from a line in the German translation of the well known New Testament Bible story about the miracle of the loaves and fishes where Jesus was able to take two fish and five loaves of bread and then feed all the masses listening to his sermon. In the same way …
More Memorial Day Thoughts
Aachen, Germany Misereor, the seminal German Catholic Bishops international charity is based here, and I am meeting with them tomorrow about the work we do in many countries where they have an interest: Asia, Africa, and Latin America. They are equivalent to the Catholic Campaign for Human Development in the United States, except with a …