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Same reality, another look due to the pandemic/japan

Few women have passed through the Kalakasan migrant centre during the pandemic. They were afraid to leave. But one day Imelda Flores Ishiwata came to

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June 20, 2020
Migration news

THE SUFFERING FACES OF OUR VENEZUELAN BROTHERS AND SISTERS/colombia

By the side of the Northern Highway in Bogotá, dozens of our Venezuelan brothers and sisters hope to find some way to travel to the

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June 10, 2020
Migration news

ACCOMPANYING THE TRANSITION OF THOSE WHO LONG TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMELAND/CHILE

At the end of April and the beginning of May in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, around 300 Peruvians went to the Peruvian consulate

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June 10, 2020
Migration news

the “friendly voice” of ana rosa, ACI/peru

We continue in lockdown because of Covid-19, and we are becoming involved in telephone accompaniment to some immigrant families. It has not been difficult to

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May 21, 2020
Challenges

Distanced but Connected/vietnam

In Vietnam, as in other places around the world, we have been keeping  “social distance” and wearing masks to avoid getting infected with coronavirus. We,

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April 30, 2020
Challenges

life always makes its way/chile

A short article to tell you about how some immigrant families are entering our daily lives. Tierra Amarilla is a community established in the center

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April 27, 2020
Challenges

all in the same boat/argentine

“We are all in the same boat” (Padrinazgo COVID19)  is a simple program that aims to alleviate not only the effects of the food crisis

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April 25, 2020
Challenges

when the rug was pulled out from under our feet/USA

At the Oasis Católico of Athens (Georgia – USA) where a Handmaids community have been involved in for 17 years and are willing to continue

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April 23, 2020
Challenges

you-we are not alone/spain

Dear Immigrant Brothers and Sisters: As these days of lockdown caused by Covid 19 are being extended, I want to tell you that from the

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April 23, 2020
Migration news

Empathy and compassion move us…/philippines

More than one month ago have passed since our President placed the entire Island of Luzon on lockdown “Enhance Community Quarantine” to contain the explosion

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April 21, 2020
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✨ Lord, Give me Life … After 4 weeks of following ✨ Lord, Give me Life … 
After 4 weeks of following Jesus…
🤍 Although He knows that Lazarus is sick, strangely, He waits.
⏳ He waits… still.
🚶‍♂️ He lets Lazarus be alone.
❓ But maybe it is necessary… for him? for his loved ones?
🌑 Perhaps there are moments, situations, that we must go through until the end.
🚧 Places where we do not let God enter,
🖤 those places of death within us.
And there… ⚰️ we must consent to die.
🌅 Only then can God come to us…
✨ and make us rise again, like Lazarus.
❓ How often do I ask myself:
“What is God doing?
Why doesn’t He come to help me?”
🙏 And yet… He is there.
🤝 With me.
💔 He suffers with me.
😢 He weeps for my pain.
🕯️ I can ask the Lord:
– 👁️ to show me these places of death
– 🌟 to help me let His light enter
– 🌱 and to bring life back within me ✨
🌿 Have a blessed Lenten week!
#WeAreACI #aci_handmaids #aci_esclavas #Lent2026 #BeCloserToGod
✨ This morning I went for a walk… and I wanted to ✨ This morning I went for a walk… and I wanted to pray.
But all the prayer apps I tried to use stayed silent. 📵
And it felt so in tune with St Joseph…
🤍 A man of silence
👀 A man who watches and is attentive
🕊️ A man who is simply present
So, as I walked, I tried to do the same:
👣 Not looking at my feet… or my phone
👂 Listening to the sounds of the street, the world
🙂 Smiling
💛 Being present to the people I met, really seeing them live
✨ What if this is how we pray today?
🙏 For today, I invite you to:
Take time to
👀 look
👂 listen
🙂 smile
💫 and pray for those you meet
🌿 Happy St Joseph’s Day to everyone!
May we learn from him to care, with discretion and faithfulness, for the people God entrusts to us each day.
#WeAreACI #aci_handmaids #aci_esclavas #SaintJoseph #beattentive
In Santa María de Nieva, the beauty of the Amazon In Santa María de Nieva, the beauty of the Amazon coexists with major challenges. Illegal mining continues to expand, leaving deep scars on the land, in the rivers, and above all, in the lives of local communities. 🌎💔

Learn more about this reality and the commitment rising from the heart of the Amazon in the full video on YouTube (link in bio). 🎥

#Amazonia #Peru #IllegalMining #SantaMariaDeNieva #WeAreACI #aci_sisters #aci_esclavas
✨ What if God were calling you… and you had never ✨ What if God were calling you… and you had never really considered it?
Religious life…
Have you ever wondered if it could be for you?
If that thought has ever crossed your mind…
maybe this advice is for you.
No pressure.
No fear.
Just… dare to ask the question.
✨ Give it a go. Open up the space! God is so much larger!
We continue with Montse and Jessica
in our series of questions about vocation.
💬 “Trying to discern your vocation
is not an obligation…
but it might be for you.”
🙏 Because this is how you can truly discover
what God wants for your life.
And if this question has ever come to your heart…
💭 What if God is calling me to religious life?
Maybe all it takes is simply…
✨ Give it a go.
Try.
Take a step.
#WeAreACI #aci_handmaids #aci_esclavas #Vocation #Looking4God
🌸 Fourth Sunday of Lent – Laetare Sunday ✨ The joy 🌸 Fourth Sunday of Lent – Laetare Sunday
✨ The joy of being saved by Christ!
👁️ In the Gospel (Jn 9), Jesus meets a man blind from birth and gives him sight.
But the real blind ones are those who refuse to believe what they see.
🙏 And me?
What are my blind spots: fears, certainties, resistance?
✨ Today, let Christ touch and heal us.
🌍 Let us also entrust to Him our world, often blinded by power, violence and fear.
🤝 May He make us His collaborators, opening paths of faith, mercy and compassion.
💬 “To encounter Christ and not change is impossible.”
🕊️ How can I live this week a disarmed and disarming peace?
🙏 Lord, open our eyes.
#WeAreACI #aci_handmaids #aci_esclavas #Lent2026 #BeCloserToGod
🎉 Happy Birthday, Mother Pilar! Today you would ha 🎉 Happy Birthday, Mother Pilar!
Today you would have been 180 years old.
✨ A life spent seeking the Will of God. Little by little, by letting yourself be shaped by Him, the Lord gave you the grace to live only in Him and for Him.
🙏 A life deeply centered on the Eucharist and Adoration.
To celebrate this anniversary, we would like to recall two phrases that expressed your spirit so well.
💬 “Io, nonostante le mie mancanze, voglio solo la volontà di Dio.”
(Despite my shortcomings, I desire only the will of God.)
🌿 We too, despite our weaknesses and limitations, can learn to do God’s will. Let us ask for your intercession, Mother Pilar, to help us walk this path that you followed.
⛪ And let us follow you on the path of Adoration.
When you went to the chapel, you would simply say:
💬 “Let us go and rest.”
✨ With you and with Raphaëlle Marie du Sacré-Cœur, may we always learn to rest in Adoration and to desire nothing but the Will of God.
🙏 Mother Pilar, intercede for us, for our world and for its leaders, that we may learn to live in peace with one another.
#WeAreACI #aci_handmaids #aci_esclavas #MotherPilar
✨ The Third Probation came to an end on Monday wit ✨ The Third Probation came to an end on Monday with a Mass celebrated by Fr. Cristóbal Fones.
🙏 A time to give thanks for the journey made,
🕊️ a time of sending forth toward different missions.
Ashna, Ayana, Dulce, Cate, Ota, Mich, Anna, Margaret, Lừng, María, Stella, Geni, Leonor and Teresa will gradually return to their provinces to pronounce their final vows.
💬 As Charo told them:
“His Heart invites us to be artisans of peace and menders of the breaches… Always do so.”
🌍 Safe journey back to your lands!
May the Lord accompany each of you on your path.
🙏 All the sisters of the Institute, together with many friends and the ACI family, are praying for you!
#WeAreACI #aci_sisters #aci_esclavas #ThirdProbation #roma
✨ Third Sunday of Lent 💧 Lord, you come to my well ✨ Third Sunday of Lent
💧 Lord, you come to my well,
to the deepest place within me.
And you say to me: “Give me a drink.”
You thirst for me.
You need me to quench your thirst.
Can I give you something to drink?
Can I, with so little that I am, offer you anything?
And yet you are the One
who has the water that quenches every thirst,
all my thirsts.
Lord, here is a little of my water.
It is very little to quench your thirst for me,
but it is what I have.
Now, Lord, it is my turn to ask you:
💧 “Give me a drink.”
In this Lent I am thirsty:
thirsty to know you better,
thirsty to follow you,
thirsty to love as you love,
thirsty to do your will.
🙏 Give me to drink.
#WeAreACI #aci_handmaids #aci_esclavas #Lent2026 #BeCloserToGod
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