LISIEUX HOUSE

If you’ve been feeling the drag of staying home every day, here’s a special treat that you and your loved ones will enjoy! This recipe I found from Broma Bakery flips an ordinary banana bread recipe into a comfort food from your childhood with a chocolatey twist. Ingredients: 3 extremely ripe (even brown) bananas, mashed 6 tablespoons butter, melted 2 eggs, room temperature 6 ounces non-fat Greek yogurt 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking so

Set the scene: It’s Friday morning, Helen and I are eating breakfast. “What are you up to this weekend Helen?” “No plans really…” “Wanna hang out?” “Yeah! What should we do?” “I don't know…I’ve always wanted to ride bikes around the San Juan Islands?” “Let’s do it.” And that’s the conversation that led to Helen and I waking up at 6:00am on a Saturday for a day trip to San Juan Island. We started our adventure by driving to Anacortes, Washington to catch a ferry that would bri

As the month of March comes to a close, I’d like to share a reflection from the March sisters of the classic novel by Louisa May Alcott called Little Women. Every Wednesday as part of Night Prayer at Lisieux House, we hear the same reading: “If you are angry, let it be without sin. The sun must not go down on your wrath; do not give the devil a chance to work on you.” (Eph 4:26-27). From a physiological perspective, the feeling of anger is a neutral emotion that simply indica

Erica Leung grew up in Hollister, CA. She went to school at the University of Oregon and moved into the Lisieux House in December 2019. Erica works as the fund development and communications coordinator for the Youth Tutoring Program, a program of Catholic Community Services in the Archdiocese of Seattle. She enjoys listening to true crime podcasts and watching romantic comedy movies (and knitting while she does either activity). How did you end up in Seattle? I was going thr