Challenges

Their names are Alexander and Halina. They are uncle and niece. They arrived yesterday from Ukraine after 7 days on a bus. Alexander is 82 years old and did not want to leave his mother land, he was willing to wait for death, in peace...

On Sunday, March 20, the Campolara School welcomed a group of 54 refugees from Ukraine and 25 volunteers whose goal was to accompany these persons to Portugal. The school asked us if we could collaborate with them. The decision of the Sisters was unanimous: yes, we...

We are writing to you from the border in Rumania, in a place called Galati, which is one of the points of entry for the Ukrainian people. The border between the two countries is separated by the Danube, and there is a ferry that goes...

I will call this Philiipine migrant Belen, not her real name, to protect her privacy. Belen is from Northern Cotabato, Philippines, 36 years old, married and has one child. She came to Japan in 2013 right after her graduation in Bachelor Science...

On January 19th, at around 11.00 am., two Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, who live in a town in the north of Chile called Iquique, called by to collect us to begin a trip of some 237 km. in the direction of a small village...

Bogota, January 27th Dear Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and friends I am writing to you to express my sincere gratitude for your collaboration and for all you have done to help my mother, María de los Santos Aparicio Roche, identity card V-5.744.514, to...

On February 8th we celebrate the  International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking, in memory of Saint Bakhita, the universal symbol of the Church’s commitment against trafficking. Since 2020, we have been participating in the Red Íncola Foundation’s European Project Andreia, which has...

Between July December of 2021, the Diocesan Commission for Migrants and People on the Move, with which we collaborate, set in motion the project “Empowering migrant women entrepreneurs in the Argentine: a project for accompanying, strengthening and providing formation for migrant women in the...

“Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes”.(Isaiah, 54:2) When I think about Christmas, the words of Isaiah come to mind: “Enlarge the place of your tent, strech your tent curtains, do...