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“People need to realize what went wrong there and how it has affected people who were born even after the orphanage closed. My own children have been impacted”

SJORI VOICES ANTHOLOGY

In May, a group of Restorative Inquiry participants requested the opportunity to work together in a facilitated writers’ workshop. In response to this request, SJORI contracted the services of author Carol Adinolfi to coordinate a 10-week writers’ group. Five former residents participated in the group and are now sharing their work via select online readings. SJORI is also planning on video recording each author reading their work. These videos will eventually be available on the website. Thank you to Carol for your dedication and commitment to support the work of the remarkable writers of the group. 

In addition to the writing group, Restorative Inquiry participants have submitted personal writings for the public. You can read these below as well. We will continue to upload new work from former residents as they are submitted. 

Please click on the names and subjects for individual and group writing as well as the process. 

WRITING GROUP

Geno Clark  

Sheila Grisard 

Katelin Hoffman 

Michael Ryan

Debi Ellsworth

Acknowledgements

Rock Painting Project

Writing Experiments & Tools for Writers

INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS

Pope Francis Letter

Coralyn

Download full PDFs below. 

Writing

Project

Letter to

Pope Francis

Walter Coltey, Former Child of the Orphanage, talks about St. Joseph’s Orphanage and his personal experience with the Restorative Inquiry with Marc Wennberg, Community Facilitator, and Anna Nasset of the Mend Podcast. 

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