Salesian Magazine - Summer/Fall 2020

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Notes From the Field…

A Salesian Lay Missioner Experience

Lay Missioner: Katie Church Mission Assignment: Cambodia

“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard” I think we all can agree that saying goodbye is never easy. And while the word “goodbye” has garnered a rather negative emotional connotation in society, there is another way, a more positive way, to perceive it. Author A.A. Milne, who is perhaps best known for his books about a teddy bear named Winnie-the-Pooh, once wrote: “How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” While saying goodbye does mean accepting that a

Having a bit of fun with her precious “little ones.” SALESIAN

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