First Things RSS Feed - Sr. Alicia Torres https://www.firstthings.com/author/sr-alicia-torres en-us Copyright 2024 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Wed, 04 Dec 2024 03:48:48 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/sr-alicia-torres 60 Taken, Blessed, Broken, Given https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2016/10/taken-blessed-broken-given https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2016/10/taken-blessed-broken-given Fri, 07 Oct 2016 14:25:00 -0400 The poultry donation had arrived, completely frozen, two hours before dinner was to begin. “Get three cutting boards and six chef’s knives!” I directed Sister Laura. Soon we had hundreds of thin strips of frozen chicken on trays ready to roast. By dinner time, with just minutes to spare, the chicken with sherry gravy was ready to enjoy.

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]]> An Unplanned Pilgrimage https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2016/08/an-unplanned-pilgrimage https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2016/08/an-unplanned-pilgrimage Tue, 30 Aug 2016 08:00:00 -0400 The sun rose over Paris as we walked to catch the train to the Saint Lazare station. We’d been in France for a week and were twenty-six hours shy of returning to Chicago. The pilgrimage been planned for a while, but this final day was off-script, inspired by a tragedy that had occurred three weeks prior.

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