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WORLD DAY OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES, AN OPportunity

In the context of the World Day of the Migrants and Refugees this year, the coordinators of the Human Migration Project have taken a further

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September 27, 2020
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In order to grow, we have to share/argentine

“We cannot be indifferent to the tragedy of old and new forms of poverty, to the bleak isolation, contempt and discrimination experienced by those who

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September 18, 2020
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AN EXPERIENCE LIKE OTHERS/PERU

In the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic, I want to share what, like others, we are experiencing in this part of the world, Peru.

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August 25, 2020
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chantal: another victim of covid/japan

Online interview – August 19,2020 Chantal Background Chantal (not her real name), 35 years old, married to a Japanese for almost 10 years, lives in

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August 25, 2020
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“A movie camp” in Burgos / Spain

On July 6 we began the volunteer program Servir Juntos 2020 (Serve Together 2020) in collaboration with Atalaya Intercultural in Burgos, with children of immigrant

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July 25, 2020
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The “diakonia” of the church / Argentina

OUR DEAR IMMIGRANTS, MAINLY FROM VENEZUELA, ARE GOING THROUGH A DREADFUL TIME DURING QUARANTINE! Yes, the very small amount of money that they have been

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July 22, 2020
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Go to the city and end up in the river / Timor Leste

The opening of the time of confinement must have left us with a more attentive gaze. We found a family living on the river bed.

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July 20, 2020
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The unspoken reality of the voiceless in the midst of Covid

Here in Vietnam, 3 months after the end of the quarantine by May 11 in the midst of Covid -19, life almost gets back to

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July 17, 2020
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“I’m not asking for applause, I’m asking for RECOGNITION”/spain

Home health aides are also in danger of catching the coronavirus, because the majority of them take care of elderly people who are worn out

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June 30, 2020
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celebrate to feel at home/india

For several years we have been looking for ways to accompany migrant workers who come from Northern and Western states like Odissa and Kharkand to

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June 26, 2020
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✨ Final day of our novena… Rafaela dies… and tomor ✨ Final day of our novena… Rafaela dies… and tomorrow we celebrate Saint Raphaela Mary ❤️
After 32 years of a “hidden life” in Rome, far from honors and recognition, she chose humility, silence… and complete trust in God. 🤍
Two sentences say so much about her life:
✨ “Let us be humble, humble, humble…”
✨ “God always knows better than we do what is best for each of us.”
Saint Raphaela reminds us that the most hidden lives are often the ones that bear the most fruit. 🌱

And you, what intention would you like to entrust to her on this last day of the novena? 👇🙏
✨⬆️ ASCENSION = MISSION 🌍🔥 Today, Jesus ascends to ✨⬆️ ASCENSION = MISSION 🌍🔥
Today, Jesus ascends to the Father… ☁️
but He leaves us with a very real mission here on earth.
So if we thought we could just chill and do nothing… nope 👣✨
On this Feast of the Ascension + at the beginning of Laudato Si’ Week 🌿
we’re invited to make our faith visible 💚
Saint Raphaella Mary used to say:
“I am in this world as in a great temple.”
What if we started looking at the world differently? 👀
✨ every tree as a gift
✨ every person as a brother or sister
✨ every small act as an offering
✨ even pigeons… yes, even pigeons 🐦😂
Adoration doesn’t disconnect us from the world 🤍
Actually, it teaches us to love Creation and the people in it even more 🌎
Because healing the world today
also means healing our relationship with the Earth 🌱
So… today’s little challenge 👇🔥
♻️ recycle for real
🚲 walk / bike instead of driving
🌳 pray outside
💧 waste less
💚 care for living things
What concrete commitment are YOU choosing today? 👇✨
✨ Novena - Day 8 - Rome ✨ 32 years. 32 years of a ✨ Novena - Day 8 - Rome
✨ 32 years.
32 years of a “hidden life.”
No mission.
No responsibility.
Nothing.
And yet… what incredible fruitfulness. ❤️
For 32 years in Rome, Saint Raphaela Mary received an essential mission:
🙏 to pray
🙏 to love
🙏 to carry the congregation and the world in silence.
In Africa, I once heard this sentence:
“The greatest gift we can receive is that someone prays for us.”
And it’s true!
It completely turns our world upside down: the most hidden lives are often the ones that support the world the most.
Today, let us give thanks for the example of Saint Raphaela Mary, for those hidden years lived with love… 🌿
And also for all the elderly sisters who continue to live this invisible mission today:
praying for peace, for young people, for the mission, for the Church, for the world. 🤍
We do not always see their struggles.
We do not always hear their prayers.
But their lives bear immense fruit.
Because loving in silence is already transforming the world. ✨
✨ Novena — Day 7 — ⛪ Being the foundations ✨ It so ✨ Novena — Day 7 — ⛪ Being the foundations ✨
It sounds beautiful when we say it like that.
But in reality, it is harder than it seems.
🪨 In the time of the great cathedrals, foundations required immense work:
digging deep, deeper still, until reaching solid rock… then accepting to remain hidden, buried among other stones, supporting the whole building.
🌧️ And yet, it is because of those foundations that many ancient cathedrals are still standing today, despite centuries and storms.
These words of St. Raphaëlle Mary challenge us:
💭 am I ready for such humility?
🤝 To choose unity over my own image, my own will, my desire to come first?
Already in 1884, she wrote:
“Let us dig the foundations well (…) all together… united in everything like the fingers of one hand…”
✨ Because above all, what she seeks is unity.
We may not all be called to be the visible foundations of the work…
❤️ but we are all called to build unity.
🙏 Today, where is the Lord calling me to become a builder of unity?
✨ Novena — Day 6 — The Institute grows ✨ 13 years ✨ Novena — Day 6 — The Institute grows ✨
13 years of life.
From age 29 to 42 for St. Raphaela. 🕊️
Years of great joy:
🌱 new communities,
🤍 many vocations,
📜 approval of the Congregation by the Church,
🙏 final vows of the first Handmaids.
But also years of tensions and difficulties.
Out of love for the Institute, Raphaela offered her resignation several times so she would never become an obstacle to God’s work. 💔
At the heart of her life was one foundation:
✨ “Remain in my love.”
(Jn 15:16)
So she chose to place her whole will in the hands of the Lord. 🤲
Saying yes to:
🙏 serving,
🪣 doing the hardest and humblest tasks,
🤝 seeking unity,
💔 letting go of her own place for the good of others.
Never seeking first place.
Trusting completely:
✨ God is the one who acts.
Her deepest desire?
❤️ To remain always in the Lord’s love.
💭 “Making life happy for those around us — that is true charity.”
🌱 Today:
choose unity over ego.
🤝 Listen before reacting.
🕊️ Choose dialogue over division.
❤️ Dare to build bridges, even with people who think differently.
✨ This is how Christ’s love becomes visible in our world.
#WeAreACI #aci_handmaids #aci_esclavas #Novena #straphaelamary
✨ DAY BY DAY, GOD MAKES HIS WORK GROW ✨ 🚆 Leaving ✨ DAY BY DAY, GOD MAKES HIS WORK GROW ✨
🚆 Leaving with almost nothing.
🤍 Giving everything up for Christ.
🙏 Trusting again.
14 young women.
A third-class train.
A few suitcases.
And hearts burning with love for Jesus. 🔥
In the middle of moves, difficulties, and uncertainty… one thing remained certain:
✨ The Eucharist was their strength.
To pray.
To adore.
To serve.
To love. 🕊️
Like Rafaela and her sisters, moving forward with complete trust:
🌱 “Our life must be woven with faith and generosity.”
Still today, Jesus looks at us with love and says:
💭 “Follow me.”
❓And you…
What is your trust built on?
#WeAreACI #aci_handmaids #aci_esclavas #Novena #straphaelamary
✨ DAY BY DAY, GOD OPENS A WAY ✨ 🚶‍♀️ To leave. 🕊️ ✨ DAY BY DAY, GOD OPENS A WAY ✨
🚶‍♀️ To leave.
🕊️ To choose.
🤍 To trust.
🌱 To begin again.
Like Rafaela and Dolores, moving forward without understanding everything… but believing that God goes before us. 👣✨
🌧️ Even in trials.
🌫️ Even in uncertainty.
⛰️ Even when the road seems impossible.
Still today, Jesus calls us:
🙏 to walk with Him,
❤️ to keep our first love alive,
✨ to become witnesses of His love.
❓And you…
Do you let Him guide your path? 🌿
#WeAreACI #aci_handmaids #aci_esclavas #Novena #StRaphaelaMary
✨ May 2026 ✨ After the Philippines 🇵🇭 and the beau ✨ May 2026 ✨
After the Philippines 🇵🇭 and the beautiful celebration of the 60th anniversary of our arrival, our Superior General, Sister Rosario, accompanied by two assistants, Sister Inés and Sister Margari, arrived to visit our community in Sukaria, 🇮🇩 Indonesia.
💐 They received a warm and joyful welcome:
🎉 a great celebration with the local people,
⛪ meetings in the parish,
🏫 visits to the schools where we are present.
Simple, fraternal, and life-filled moments ❤️
We invite you to discover them with us! ✨
#WeAreACI #aci_handmaids #aci_esclavas #Sukaria #Mission
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