Recently I received a “free” unsolicited booklet in the mail
from Covenant House, (link ) titled “Sometimes God Has a Kid’s Face”, by Sister Mary Rose McGeady.
The paperback runs 110 pages and does not carry an ISBN.
The fourteen chapters give the stories of various abandoned homeless
children, many of the in New York City. There was a variety of circumstances,
including having been reared in gangs, sold into sex slavery, or simply left at
shelters. One girl was a promising
writer. One boy, on the other hand, struggled
with image problems over obesity.
The booklet has an epilogue, and a variety of tips, aimed at
parents. They sound like common
sense.
But this booklet comes from a
charity taking care of OPC, that is, “other people’s children”. I wondered, do non-parents share a moral
responsibility for this situation? The
book, however, did not try to take a position on that.
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