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The Troubadour: the SFH print newsletter, was published roughly three times per year.

Vol 21, N1 – Winter/Spring 2019

In This Issue

  • “Beginning Our 20th Anniversary Year”
  • Hearing from Former SFH Residents:
    Mary Novak
    Chrissy Guarnieri
    Bienvenida Mendoza
    Henri Alphonse
    Robert Middeke-Conlin
  • Clarification of Thought schedule – Winter/Spring 2019 “Building the Beloved Community”

Center Section

Center Section: The Hermitage and Residency – An Invitation to “Come and See”

Vol 20, N2 – Fall 2018

In This Issue

  • Frida Berrigan, “FRESH New London Growing from Strength to Strength”
  • Voices of FRESH Youth: Testimonials
  • Note on Laura Burfoot’s lead article on FRESH for the Summer Fall 2005 issue of the Troubadour
  • Clarification of Thought Schedule Fall/Winter 2018 “Facing Fear: Telling Our Stories”
  • Barbara Barrett, “The FRESH Scholarship: A Decade of Growth”
  • The Paul Jakoboski FRESH Scholarship

Center Section

Tour of the FRESH Urban Farm

Vol 20, N1 – Eastertide 2018

In This Issue

  • INTERVIEW: Rev. Florence Clarke — “50 Years After Dr. King’s Assassination: Where Are We Now?”
  • Ellen Adams, “Stand Up, Sisters!”

Center Section

Building the Beloved Community: Book Reviews and Resources

Vol 19, N3 – Advent/Christmas 2017

In This Issue

  • John Vincent, “The Church of the Future”
  • Anne Scheibner, “Broad Street Blues, I”
  • Mike Hatt, “Broad Street Blues, II”
  • Reprint: Unify and Resist Coalition ad
  • St. Francis House: A Call for Residents
  • Clarification of Thought Schedule, “The Poor People’s Campaign – 50 Years Later”
  • St. Francis House 2017 Annual Appeal

Center Section

Remembering “Alaska Bob” Bassett

Vol 19, N2 – Fall 2017

In This Issue

  • The Rev. Canon Edward W. Rodman, Reprint: “Building the
    Beloved Community,” April 4, 2008
  • Clarification of Thought Schedule, “The Poor People’s Campaign – 50 Years Later”
  • The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, Excerpt from Declaration of Independence from the War in Vietnam, given on April 4, 1967 at Riverside Church, New York City (A.J. Muste Memorial Institute Essay Series)
  • The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II with Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Appendix for Organizers, “Fourteen Steps Forward Together,” The Third Reconstruction: Moral Mondays, Fusion Politics, and the Rise of a New Justice Movement

Center Section

Celebrating the Life & Work of Paul Jakoboski, TSSF

Vol 19, N1 – Eastertide 2017

In This Issue

  • Ellen Adams, “Eric Swanfeldt–May 21, 1932 – January 11, 2017”
  • Anne Scheibner, “Sabbatical Time”
  • Clarification of Thought Schedule
  • Len Raymond, “de Mello House”
  • Mike Hatt, “Broad Street Blues”
  • St. Francis House Principle: Nonviolence

Center Section

A Time to Reflect and a Time to Make Art  &
A Time for Witness and Clarification of Thought

Vol 18, N3 – Advent 2016

In This Issue

  • Ellen Adams, “Seeking the Welfare of the City”
  • Ron Steed, “Sermon on Faith, Transition and Justice”
  • David Gonzalez Rice, “The View from Outside”
  • Frida Berrigan, “Broad Street Blues”
  • David Gonzalez Rice, “A Reflection on Homelessness”
  • Annual Appeal Letter

Center Section

Pictures of St. Francis House in Action

Vol 18, N2 – Summer 2016

In This Issue

  • Jason Wells, “A Time to Reflect and a Time to Grow”
  • Clarification of Thought Schedule / Note on Choosing the Theme
  • Appeal Letter for “Raising the Roof” of Victory House
  • Rick Bellows, TSSF, “You Had to Be There”
  • Publication notice for S.T. Georgiou’s In the Beginning Was Love: Contemplative Words of Robert Lax
  • Reprint of Instead of Meditating by Emmett Jarrett

Center Section

Restoring and Growing Hospitality — photos of the Victory House roof and the Hermitage

Vol 18, N1 – Lent 2016

In This Issue

  • Janice Syedullah, TSSF, “Renewal and Reflection: A New Chapter in the Life of the St. Francis House Library”
  • Clarification of Thought Schedule Winter /Spring 2016 — “Seek Peace and Pursue It”
  • Ellen Adams, “The Principles underlying our series: Seek Peace and Pursue It”
  • Hannah Gant, Spark Makerspace Update
  • Len Raymond, “Street 9 — Restorative Practices in the New London Street Scene”

Center Section

The St. Francis House Library and newly organized collections in memory of the Rev. Emmett Jarrett, TSSF and Dr. Linda Powell Pruitt, TSSF

Vol 17, N2 – Advent 2015

In This Issue

  • Ellen Adams, “Emmett’s Ongoing Impact on Our Lives”
  • Anne Scheibner, “Broad Street Blues”
  • 2015 Annual Appeal
  • Clarification of Thought schedule: “AMAZING GRACE: Decoding Whiteness in Contemporary America”
  • Anne Scheibner and Hannah Gant, “Exploring the Commons”
  • Hannah Gant, “Practicing the Commons”
  • Hearing Youth Voices, Update

Center Section

Jubilee Publications announces the release of,
To Catch a Wave: New and Selected Poems by Emmett Jarrett

Vol 17, N1 – Spring 2015

In This Issue

  • Anne Scheibner, “In the Beginning was the Relationship”
  • Len Raymond, “A Heavy Joy: A Vietnam Veteran Returns to Vietnam”
  • Broad Street Blues: “The Walk for a New Spring 2015” — closing with thanks to all those preparing meals for Cal Robertson and the St. Francis House community

Center Section
Photographs from Len Raymond’s Sabbatical in Vietnam

Vol 16, N3 – Fall and Winter 2014/15 

In This Issue

  • Mike Hatt, “Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize”:  A Call to Action and Witness for Peace
  • Anne Scheibner, “Broad Street Blues”
  • 2014 Annual Appeal— Anchor Team and Cal’s Team
  • St. Francis House -Ten Principles
  • Ellen Adams, Reflection on the Ten Principles
  • St. Francis House Wish List

Center Section
Our 15th Anniversary Celebration and Fiesta

Vol 16, N2 – Summer 2014

In This Issue

  • Hannah Gant and David Gonzalez Rice, “What Makes an Intentional Community Intentional?”
  • Anne Scheibner, “Broad Street Blues”
  • Clarification of Thought Schedule Fall/Winter 2014 — “Porch Duty : Exploring Our Presence in the World”
  • Anchor Team, Planning for Cal Robertson to Become SFH Resident
  • Janice Syedullah, TSSF, “The St. Francis House Library”

Center Section
Spring and Summer 2014 – A Time for Celebration and Renewal

Vol 16, N1 – Winter 2014

In This Issue

  • Responses to Rick Bellows and to themes of the Community Conversations and initial follow-up:
    • David Gonzalez
    • Joanne Sheehan
    • Paul Jakoboski and Anne Scheibner
  • Clarification of Thought Schedule Winter/Spring 2014 – “Reflecting on Intentional Community”
  • Hannah Gant, “Francis Fund Update”
  • St. Francis House Survey – Hard Copy and Online

Center Section
Visuals and Information arising from the Community Conversations and Follow-Up

Vol 15, N3 – Fall 2013

In This Issue

  • Len Raymond, “A Compassionate Witness to Pain: Reflecting on the Dedication for Homeless Hospitality”
  • Clarification of Thought Schedule, Fall/Winter 2013
  • Hannah Gant, “Living and Working for SE CT”
  • Paul Jakoboski, “Broad Street Blues”

Center Section
New London: City of Murals Celebrating Our Garden Murals at St. Francis House

Vol 15, N2 – Summer 2013

In This Issue

  • Joanne Sheehan, “Walking for Peace”
  • Excerpts from the Troubadour reflections by the late Rev. Emmett Jarrett, TSSF:
    • “Why We Walk”
    • “Sing Alleluia and Keep on Walking”
    • “How the Peace Pilgrimage Changed My Life”
  • Letter from the Board of St. Francis House
  • Beth McBride, “Chronology of the CNVA Walks”

Center Section
Photos of the Voluntown Peace Trust

Vol 15 N1 – Eastertide

In This Issue

  • Anne Scheibner, “Gentle Personalism”
  • Norm Faramelli, “American Personalism and The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”
  • Excerpts from Peter Maurin’s Easy Essays
  • Anne Scheibner, “Reflections at the Funeral of Dr. Linda Powell Pruitt, TSSF”
  • Paul Jakoboski, “Broad Street Blues”

Center Section
The Re-Construction Project

Vol 14 N4 – Christmas 2012

In This Issue

  • Chrissy Guarnieri, “Holidays and Life at St. Francis House”
  • Anne Scheibner, “Broad Street Blues”
  • Clarification of Thought Schedule for Winter/Spring 2013
  • Jane and Kit Johnson, “Walking Our Talk with St, Francis”
  • Mary J. Novak, “Letter to Friends of St. Francis House”
  • Bob Bassett, “My Time at St. Francis House”
  • Bob Middeke-Conlin, “Memories of St. Francis House”

Vol 14 N3 – Fall/Winter 2012

In This Issue

  • “Hearing Youth Voices: A Call to Action” by Chelsea Cleveland, Laura Burfoot, and Ranita Ray
  • “Who Are We” written by Yanitza Cubilette and Hearing Youth Voices
  • “Research Procedure” written by Erick Carrión, Ranita Ray, and Hearing Youth Voices
  • “Research Findings” all research completed by Hearing Youth Voices: Tiyana Brown, Deryn Burrel, ErickCarrión, Sheila Cortez, Genesis Cubilette, Yanitza Cubilette, Kiara Delgado, Xavier Rodriguez, Stacia Rosado, and Derenis Santos
  • Excerpt from “Expectations” written by Tiyana Brown
  • “No Español” written by Erick Carrión and Derenis Santos and performed by Erick Carrión, Derenis Santos, and Sheila Cortez
  • “Broad Street Blues” by Anne Scheibner

Vol 14 N2 – Summer 2012

In This Issue

  • Ellen Adams, “Work and Justice: A Review of Our Spring Clarification of Thought Series”
  • Len Raymond, “Measuring Well-Being as a Force for Change”
  • Anne Scheibner, Funeral Remarks Reprint from The Day, “Last Words….”

Center Section
Eunice McLean Waller  •  June 29, 1921 – April 20, 2012  •  R.I.P.

Vol 14 N1 – Eastertide 2012

In This Issue

  • Peg Moran, “Entrepreneurship as Passionate Vocation”
  • Mike Izbicki, Letter to St. Francis House with Note on Robert Ellsberg’s All Saints
  • Paul Jakoboski, TSSF “An Enlightening Close Call – A Chapter in My Life with Lung Cancer”
  • Anne Scheibner, “Broad Street Blues”

Center Section
Dorothy Jean Paulsen  •  March 12, 1910 – January 21, 2012  •  R.I.P.

Vol 13 N2 – Christmastide 2011

In This Issue

  • Paul Jakoboski, “Food”
  • Ellen Adams, “Clarification of Thought: Focus on Our Local Economy”
  • Clarification of Thought Schedule: 2012 Winter-Spring
  • Updates from former St. Francis House residents: Mike Izbicki and Bob Middeke-Conlin
  • Anne Scheibner, “ The Francis Fund for SE CT: Making a Beginning” and “Broad Street Blues”
  • 2011 Annual Appeal Letter

Center Section
The Francis Fund for Southeastern Connecticut and Francis Fund Intern Positions

Vol 13 N1 – Easter-Pentecost 2011

In This Issue

  • Michael Izbicki, “Next Steps on the Journey”
  • Anne Scheibner, “Broad Street Blues”
  • Photo: “Taking Peace to the Street”
  • Announcements:
    • Radical Discipleship Course
    • Clarification of Thought Schedule
    • Reformatting of the Troubadour
  • Nonviolence Poster
  • Emmett Jarrett, TSSF, “Christian Non-Violence and Mike Izbicki”
  • Coverage of Izbicki discharge — February, 2011:
    • “Midshipman, Then Pacifist: Rare Victory to Leave Navy” – New York Times
    • “Navy has granted conscientious objector status…” – The Day
    • Email exchange on discharge
  • Student report on Mike’s school visit
  • Laura Burfoot emails
  • Henri and Max Alphonse email
  • Photo: Stations of the Cross – Sub Base

Vol 12 N2 – Christmas 2010

In This Issue

  • Anne Scheibner, “Billy Bass, the Blues and the Mode of the Music”
  • Poem by Emmett Jarrett, “Earth and Sea and Sky”
  • News coverage and community responses to Emmett’s death – RIP
  • Paul Jakoboski, “Food Blues”
  • Clarification of Thought Schedule Winter-Spring 2011
  • Application for Radical Discipleship Course – July 24-30, 2011

Vol 11 N2 – Christmas 2009

In This Issue

  • Anne Scheinber, The Teachable Moment”
  • Clarification of Thought Schedule Winter-Spring 2010
  • Responses to “The Two Favors”
  • Paul Jakoboski, “Victory House Visions”
  • Emmett Jarrett, TSSF, “Reflections on the Draft of the Ten Principles”
  • A Draft of Ten Principles for Living in Community at St. Francis House
  • Radical Discipleship Course — June 20-26 — Description and Application

Center Section
Dedication of the Mark Auer Memorial Drive and Meditation Garden

Following Center Section
The 10th Anniversary Celebration and Troubadour Art Retrospective