A small village, a wider world
From Ordinary Time to extraordinary resilience, missioner Sarah Bueter reflects on what it means to live alongside a community in El Salvador shaped by memory, faith, and unfinished hope.
Joy as resistance
In the mountains of Chalatenango, where storms recall the sorrows of El Salvador’s past, missioner Sarah Bueter discovers that joy is no fragile privilege. It is strength, exercised daily in laughter and lament, and a light that defies despair with love.
Butt-bumping on the bus
Pressed shoulder to shoulder in the sweltering heat of El Salvador, Maryknoll lay missioner Sarah Bueter reflects on the discomfort of cultural difference—and the deeper discomfort of confronting her own anger. In tight spaces and shared struggles, she discovers unexpected lessons in humility, compassion, and the sacred work of letting go.
Ministry of presence
In a Salvadoran public hospital, a group of church women in starched blue vests tend to the sick—not just with prayers, but with a radical compassion that sees no distinction between the healer and the suffering. Missioner Sarah Bueter shares how their ministry is a quiet yet profound act of solidarity in a system that often fails the most vulnerable.
The action of waiting
Active waiting involves preparation, alertness, and attentiveness to God’s presence in our daily lives. Missioner Sarah Bueter in El Salvador explains.
¡Juan López, presente!
After the murder of environmentalist Juan López in September, missioner Sarah Bueter in El Salvador joined an emergency delegation to meet Juan’s family and community in Honduras.
Peace in every step
In El Salvador, Sarah Bueter is learning to listen — and fighting the temptation to jump into problem-solving.
Of Franz … and ants
Sarah Bueter reflects on Franz Jägerstätter and his lessons for a nonviolent life.
‘Did I do everything I could to love people today?’
Sarah Bueter reflects on her ‘empty-handedness’ as an opportunity to love.
‘Why Maryknoll, Sarah?’
As she prepares for her time in mission, Sarah Bueter reflects on how to ‘reconfigure those on the peripheries as the center.’
