Challenges

Santa Rafaela Social Services Center began in Kinshasa in the 90’s as a literacy center for youth and for the mothers in the neighborhood who were unable to attend school. The literacy program has always been combined with some activity which would help them to develop skills...

GCXXI called us to dive deeply into how we live together and create together a NEW CULTURE, being as we are people who hail from many different nations, cultures, generations and realities. How can we discover the living richness at the authentic core of each...

We are more and more aware that we need to give proper attention to the economy in order to integrate it with maturity in our life andmission. It should express our consecration - vow of poverty, our mission - reparative and Eucharistic, and our fraternity...

Timor is a small country that has achieved its independence after having suffered many human losses. During the Indonesian occupation, education was largely provided by Indonesian teachers. When the country came to independence it had no trained native teachers to teach. From its inhabitants arose...

Pope Francis launched an impressive initiative, called “Reinventing the GlobalCompact on Education” in order to “rekindle our dedication for and with youngpeople, renewing our passion for a more open and inclusive education, includingpatient listening, constructive dialogue and better mutual understanding”. He alsourged us to build...

We were invited to take care of "the way" in which we wish to follow God's calls for us in our Institute today. We feel attracted more and more by the way of Jesus "FROM BELOW, FROM WITHIN AND FROM UP CLOSE" This theme can be...

For the past four years we have been conducting an Early Education Peer Tutoring Program, whose acronym is TEI. The Program is an educational strategy for coexistence for the prevention of violence and school bullying. It is based on affective peer mentoring and develops respect, empathy and commitment...