Challenges

21 May

Posted at 15:22h in Ecology by

Today I planted 20 saplings! All of them tropical fruit trees! And at the end of the day I heard that the Pope has proclaimed Laudato Si’ year, coinciding with Laudato Si’ Week, 5 years after the encyclical. What great news! A confirmation of the new mission possibilities opening up...

21 May

Posted at 10:41h in Migration news by

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 notice how important it is to have a "friendly voice" in the midst of so many threatening voices that give rise to insecurity. Sr....

21 May

Posted at 05:01h in Migration resources by

They are invisible; they are neglected and forgotten. That is how Pope Francis refers to the internally displaced in his recently published Message for the World  Day of Migrants and Refugees, which accompanies in its subject matter the recent Guide published by the Dicastry for Human Development’s  Section of Migrants...

20 May

Posted at 07:03h in Migration with others by

Continuing the work of collaboration with JRS, which we have been doing for more than a year, visiting and accompanying refugees in two of the main centers on the outskirts of Dublin, our specific presence has also had to adapt itself to this time of insecurity and lockdown. In...

19 May

Posted at 05:22h in Ecology by

Here is our modest response to your question about participation in Laudato Si Week activities:               To be in solidarity with Laudato Si Week, we are saying prayers sent from the Vatican and from Global Catholic Climate Movement originating in our country.  In order to increase our solidarity with...

14 May

Posted at 14:11h in Migration with others by

At the end of GC XX, Handmaids in the USA searched diligently for a way to intensify our accompaniment of Peoples on the Move. We were committed to networking with other religious communities and with other organizations, both Catholic and non-Catholic. Since November 2017, along with the Sisters of St...

30 Apr

Posted at 10:25h in Challenges, Migration news, Movilidad by

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, the sisters in the experimental community in Tay Ninh, near the Cambodian border, have returned to Ho Chi Minh City because we were...

27 Apr

Posted at 10:36h in Challenges, Migration news, Movilidad by

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 of Atacama, which contains a succession of small villages that go up the mountain along the Copiapó River bed – a vast area that...

27 Apr

Posted at 10:33h in Challenges, Eucharist by

"The heart of a Handmaid must not be limited to any fixed number; it must reach out the ends of the earth.” In these times of lockdown, we are invited to "stay at home" but our Handmaid's heart is longing to expand even more than usual...