This past summer I had the opportunity to go on a mission trip to El Salvador with my parish, The Church of St. Andrew in Marblehead, MA. While in El Salvador we met a woman, Marta, at her small farm in Ciadad Romero. We met over a meal of potatoes and plain spaghetti. Marta told us about her life during that simple meal. A life filled with more challenges and adventures than anyone I have known. Her story is the story of modern day El Salvador.
Kevin M. Cross, 2nd yr. M. Div. student at the Episcopal Divinity School and member of The Beatitudes Society, organized a conference on the growing problem of addiction amongst young people. The conference was held on November 29 at Trinity Church Boston. Addiction was looked at through the lens of a spiritual illness which impacts both the adolescents and their families.
“Addiction amongst adolescents, particularly alcohol and drug dependency is being seen at near epidemic levels amongst our youth. Youth are experimenting with alcohol and drugs at earlier ages and combined with easier availability and affordability adolescents are more at risk than ever before,” said conference coordinator Kevin Cross, 2nd year MDiv student at Episcopal Divinity School.
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