My Day with Robert
As promised I am writing to let you all in on the very special day I had with Joshua’s friend, Robert, whom we decided to honor this year with our “Love in Action” initiative which we began on the first anniversary of Joshua’s passing. “Love in Action” so fits what Joshua was all about in […]
THE LEAST OF THESE AND THE POWER OF LOVE
Today, the 25th of August, will have been three years since Joshua left this life for another, one that will have no end and is beyond any and all of our imaginations. He is without pain, sorrow, fear, or anything that would make his world less than perfect. How very hard it is to conceive […]
Perspective is Everything
Two years ago on a very sad day in August, as Joshua lay sick and dying in a hospital in New York City, a very special woman who also bore cancer in her body and whom Joshua and I were extremely privileged to meet and eventually call our good friend said to me: “We both […]
The Joshua Casteel Foundation: Update
It has been a while since we updated, but a lot has been going on behind the scenes of the Joshua Casteel Foundation! We are now an official non-profit and are working hard to realize the legacy that Joshua left for us and thus, the mission ahead of us, which is to promote peace, justice […]
The Call for Peace Continues…
I received the following homily by Pope Francis from our good friends at Catholic Peace Fellowship at Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. We are so grateful for all that they do day in and day out, year in and year out to promote the cause of peace, justice, and non-violence. We are also so […]
Armistice Day…Joshua’s Witness Continues On
A few nights ago a friend sent me a link to the November 7th edition of the National Catholic Reporter Magazine. The article was encouraging discussion of the role of militarism in our country and in our churches. I was shocked to see that the article featured Joshua. It offered him as an example of […]
Memorial
August was the month we said good-bye to Joshua last year and we did our best this year to focus on the reality of his life going on through what he left behind in his works but especially in the lives of those he touched with our Faith In Action Project. I’m sure we all […]
Faith in Action: Life and Love Go On
There is so much I would like to say about this month of Faith In Action and all that it has accomplished in people’s lives, some that we could see and much that we’ll never see until heaven. I just can’t thank God enough for inspiring those of you who took part, whether we heard […]
For it is in Dying that We Live
“Truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat dies and falls into the ground it remains alone, but if it dies, it bears much fruit.” John 12:24 One year ago today Joshua stepped into eternity to be with his earthly and heavenly Father. It has been a year of sadness and grief beyond imagination. […]
August 19th: Faith in Action
This week we’ll be posting from several of Joshua’s female friends and family…some great projects and inspiring commentary. Elizabeth M.: I wanted to pass on the first reading from Mass today from the 31st chapter of Deuteronomy that speaks about Joshua. The full text is below, but I was moved when I read the words […]
