Magdalene House: A Place about Mercy

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185 Index action research, 29 Al-Anon, 79 alcohol abuse: Magdalene residents and graduates and, 37, 74; prostitution and, 43; treatment and, 20, 84–85 Ali (Magdalene staff member), 133 ameliorative change, 165–66 Andrea (former Magdalene staff member ), 157 Anglin, Holli (director of Thistle Farms): gina and, 93; Suiter and, 28; Thistle Farms and, 19, 106, 112, 133, 162 The Anne Stevens Community House (Lena House), 10–11, 13, 14–15 Banks, rae, 142 Basquette, Julia (former Magdalene resident ), 169 Becca. See Stevens, Becca belonging, 120–21 Benedictine theology, 23, 96–97, 110. See also hospitality Berlin, Isaiah, 91 Berry, wendell, 169 Bess, kimberly, 166 blame, 53 “Bloom!” (program), 15–16, 147 Bonnie (Magdalene graduate), 100 Boyte, Harry, 27 brokenness, 117–20 capability theory, 85–86 CATCH (Changing Actions to Change Habits), 146–47 Centerstone, 16 Chances (program), 62 Chapkis, wendy, 149 childhood abuse, 2, 33–37 Cindy (Magdalene graduate), 100 Claire (MH director of public relations), 10 Coakley, Sarah, 114–15 computer training, 18 Corina (Magdalene volunteer), 12 Cristen (Magdalene volunteer), 10 Dean, karl, 138 Deandra (Magdalene graduate), 100 depression, 75–77, 130 Dewey, John, 27 dignity, 14, 16, 29–30, 97 dissociative disorder, 103 Donna (Magdalene resident): addiction and, 37; on coming to Magdalene, 51–52; on freedom, 90; on healing, 77, 104; prostitution and, 44–45 drug use and addiction: as choice, 52–53; Magdalene residents and graduates and, 37–38, 40–42, 44, 74, 79–83; men and, 43; myths about, 144–45; prostitution and, 4–6, 42–43; shame 186 Magdalene House | A Place about Mercy drug use and addiction (continued) and, 115–17; treatment and, 84–85 Dunlap, eloise, 36 emmons, robert, 108, 109 employment: Magdalene graduates and, 160–63; mental health and, 101, 162; at Thistle Farms, 18–19, 100–102, 111–13 Find Your Way Home, 23–24, 97 Floyd-Thomas, Stacey, 139–40 food, 86–87 forgiveness, 123–28 freedom: Magdalene residents and graduates and, 89–90, 92–93; theories on, 91–92 Freedom a la Cart, 147 gayle (Magdalene graduate), 47, 80, 85, 86, 102–3 gina (Magdalene resident), 93–94, 103, 118–19 glenda (Magdalene resident), 100 gloria (Magdalene resident), 156 god and religion, 131–33, 155–56 gratitude, 108–10 greystone Bakery, 162 halfway houses, 17, 87, 98–99 healing: definition of, 6; hope and, 171; process of, 16–20, 103–6; storytelling and, 129–35, 137–38, 139–40, 147–48 health: community and, 169–71; Magdalene residents and graduates and, 74–78, 84, 86, 87–88, 130. See also mental health “Health as Membership” (Berry), 169 Heal Thyself (Shuman and Meador), 122–23 Henry, Marsha, 27 Hirschmann, Nancy, 91–92, 134–35, 147–48 Hobbes, Thomas, 91 Holli. See Anglin, Holli (director of Thistle Farms) homelessness, 2, 42 hospitality: belonging and, 120–21; gratitude and, 108–10; limits of, 110–13; as provision of resources, 85–87, 97–102; as provision of space and time, 102–3; rule of St. Benedict and, 96–97 housing: cost of, 86–87, 99, 164; Magdalene graduates and, 163–65; Magdalene houses and residencies, 12, 13, 14–16, 107, 163. See also halfway houses Individual Development Account (IDA), 18, 161 intensive outpatient (IoP) treatment, 16 Jaden (Magdalene resident), 35, 44 Jeff (Magdalene staff member), 18 Jenny (Magdalene volunteer), 120, 156–57 Julia Basquette Award, 169 Julie (director of Bloom!), 15–16, 146–47 kathleen (Magdalene graduate): drug addiction and, 37, 82; on healing, 104, 121, 124–25, 131–32, 155–56; on her last day on the street, 49; on Lena house, 14; on provision of resources at MH, 86; public speaking and, 140, 145 katie (Magdalene resident), 90, 99–100, 116, 122 kayla (Magdalene graduate and staff member): on coming to MH, 49–50; Dean and, 138; on healing, 16, 103–4, 121, 127–28, 129–30, 141; on her health, 75–76; housing and, 163–64; on life on the street, 47–48, Index 187 95; on “prison tour,” 138–39; on relationships , 88–89; on space, 102; at Thistle Farms, 100 kelly (Magdalene resident), 45 kigali, rwanda, 113 kleinman, Arthur, 128 kristen (Magdalene graduate), 40, 74–75, 116 Lacy (Magdalene graduate), 17 Lena house, 10–11, 13, 14–15 Linda (Magdalene graduate), 37, 79–80, 89 Lisa (Magdalene resident), 34–35, 39–40, 45–46, 50–51 Locke, John, 91 love, 13, 121–22, 155 Lucy (Magdalene volunteer), 79 Lynn (Magdalene staff member), 54...