STORIES ABOUT MARIA

Dear family, friends, and community, Like all of us, I am a small earthling. I live on this planet, searching, discovering, and encountering other earthlings. I make mistakes, I learn, and I share both joy and sorrow. I live in Germany, and a few years ago, I had the chance to meet Maria. We set out

I had met Maria many times. I got to know her more deeply in 2015. Rev. Roy Bourgeois had asked me to join him in a demonstration for women's ordination in the Roman Catholic Church during the Pope's visit to Washington, D.C. After I agreed to participate, there was support and criticism from

This is Christine Danilowicz, or 'Sweet Christine', as Maria called me. I served as a 'field nurse' on Maria's Medical Volunteers International humanitarian project in Tokar, Sudan, in the 1980s during the 'Ethiopian Famine.' Since that time, Maria and I have remained close friends at heart, sometim

Thursdays were my day with Maria. We would go to medical appointments, the bank, always the grocery store, to visit the tulips in Golden Gate Park, but, we always started the day walking to the coffee shop with Charlie and the Ravens. I have 4 chickens and know that Maria loved eggs. So, I always

I have countless memories of my mom, far too numerous to list here. My final memory of her was during her transition. Local relatives kept vigil, knowing her time was drawing near. Soft music played in the background as I read each Tuesday night prayer from her three cherished prayer books. This tr