Fr. Dan and Richard Leider discuss the importance of kinship and accompaniment. As Fr. Greg Boyle describes it, “Kinship—not serving the other, but being one with the other. Jesus was not ‘a man for others’; he was one with them. There is a world of difference in that…”

We hope that you can take the opportunity to reflect on a time when you were accompanied well, and on how you can accompany others in the future.

Resources:

• Accompaniment Integration
• LifeLine Exercise
• Bryan Stevenson on the importance of "staying proximate"
• Galilean Journey: The Mexican-American Promise by Fr. Virgilio Elizondo