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New mission in Setúbal: collaboration in the service of girls and young women at Casa Nossa Senhora da Saúde – Welcome, Repair, Educate and Empower

A new collaboration in the service of life Since March 2025, we have begun a new collaboration in the Diocese of Setúbal, in a residential

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November 26, 2025
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CREATING SAFER ENVIRONMENTS BEGINS WITH US! Province meeting of Atlantic Europe

Introduction In the first days of October, we held our Europe Atlantic Province gathering.This meeting was dedicated to the theme of Care and Respectful Relationships,

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October 15, 2025
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Some days in Calais, France

From St Ouen l’Aumône, France, we would like to share an experience we had as a community: from January 22 to 27, 2025, we were

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March 10, 2025

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Being a volunteer means living moments that leave Being a volunteer means living moments that leave a lasting mark 💛
In Timor, ProAcis volunteers remind us that helping can change many lives… including your own. 🌍✨
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Still in the vocation series with Montse and Jessi Still in the vocation series with Montse and Jessica ✨
Today we’re talking about trusting the invitations we receive 👂
Learning to listen to those around us, those who love us 🤍
Trust their invitations.
God sends people to speak to us, so let’s trust… and like we said in the previous reel: Give it a go!
At worst, it won’t speak to you… and you’ll know.
So, let’s go forward with confidence 🚶‍♀️
And give yourself the chance of an encounter that might change your life… you don’t know how 
#WeAreACI #aci_handmaids #aci_esclavas #Vocation #Looking4God
🌅 Happy Easter to all! ✨ And in your life… what is 🌅 Happy Easter to all!
✨ And in your life…
what is your experience of Easter?
💫 Where has God brought you back to life?
💛 Where has He lifted you up?
🤍 And maybe also…
in the life of someone close to you?
🌿 A light after the night.
✨ Life rising again.
#WeAreACI #aci_handmaids #aci_esclavas #Easter2026
🤍 The world has stopped For the disciples. For the 🤍 The world has stopped
For the disciples.
For the apostles.
Everyone seeks solitude.
😔 To weep.
💭 To swallow their shame.
And now… what?
And then there is Mary.
🤱 She held her Son in her arms.
Her little one… and yet, so big.
She did not understand everything. But she knows.
✨ She knows this is not the last word.
✨ She knows her child is the Child of God.
So yes, she weeps.
💔 She weeps for her Son, dead, killed by the wickedness of men,
men crushed by their pride, their violence, their desire for power.
But even more,
she weeps for humanity,
for the evil it is capable of.
✨ And yet… she hopes.
Like Abraham, she hopes against all hope.
🤍 And, she welcomes.
One by one, the disciples come to her.
They need a mother to weep.
And she is there.
🤍 She takes them in her arms.
🤲 She consoles them.
💬 She whispers to them that her Son, Jesus, forgives them — even their flight, even their unfaithfulness, even at the worst moment.
And through her words, they know it is true.
Because they know Christ.
And because this cannot end here.
⏳ Mary waits…
So we too, let us go to Mary.
🤍 Let us stay with her.
😔 Let us weep with her.
✨ And let us learn to hope.
#WeAreACI #aci_handmaids #aci_esclavas #Lent2026 #WithMary
🤍 Good Friday ⚖️ Day of judgment. 💥 Day of mistrea 🤍 Good Friday
⚖️ Day of judgment.
💥 Day of mistreatment, of the Way of the Cross, of crucifixion… and death.
😔 Day of mockery, violence, and suffering.
👣 Today, we follow Jesus through the hearts of women, especially Veronica.
💔 Throughout this day, Christ endures outrage.
He suffers physical and psychological violence, even on the cross.
😒 He is mocked.
👊 He is struck.
👑 A crown of thorns is placed on His head.
🩸 His face is nothing but blood… and suffering.
A face that frightens.
A face that seems no longer human.
✨ And yet…
🚶‍♀️ On the road to Golgotha, a woman stops. She dares to come closer.
🤲 She wipes His face.
It is Veronica.
🤍 She wipes the face of Christ
to restore His human face,
no longer disfigured by human violence.
✨ Or perhaps…
in that moment,
she restores a face to humanity itself,
a face to life.
👩‍🦱 With the women who remain faithful,
she says in silence:
“You are loved.”
🌿 Today,
may we become Veronicas.
🤝 When we meet wounded people…
👀 a look,
💬 a listening ear,
❤️ a simple gesture — like wiping a face —
✨ to restore their trust in humanity.
(Painting: Otto Dix, Le Christ et Véronique, 1943)
#WeAreACI #aci_handmaids #aci_esclavas #Lent2026 #BeCloserToGod
You lay aside your cloak — a symbol of authority. You lay aside your cloak — a symbol of authority.
You kneel down… and wash your disciples’ feet. 🕊️🧎‍♂️
“I have not come to be served, but to serve.”
A logic that feels upside down… and yet.
If we look closely, our world is woven with acts of service:
✂️ Hairdressers who restore confidence
🚛 Sanitation workers who keep our cities livable
🌾 Farmers who feed our tables
🤲 And so many others, often unseen…
In reality, almost all of us serve in one way or another.
Yes, we also work to earn a living 💼 — and that is right.
But with Jesus, service takes on a deeper meaning.
To serve is not just to “help.”
It is to lay down our cloak — our ego, our power —
to enter into relationship.
It’s not about being the boss 👑,
but about caring. 🤍
Not about being served,
nor just doing favors,
but truly serving.
Not just doing… but doing out of love. ❤️
Service stops being service
when it becomes only about personal gain 💰,
without encounter,
without the joy of giving,
without love.
“Dear young people, do not be afraid to give everything — your time, your energy — to God and to others; to spend yourselves without counting the cost.”
So, like Christ,
let us place ourselves at the service of those He sends us. ✨
Let us give ourselves fully —
because that is where love and joy flow. 🌊💛
Let us care for those we meet each day. 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️
And thank you — truly —
for all the small daily gestures that make life more beautiful. 🌿
#WeAreACI #aci_handmaids #aci_esclavas #Lent2026 #BeCloserToGod
Judas Iscariot A man who follows Jesus ✨ A man who Judas Iscariot
A man who follows Jesus ✨
A man who lived with Him, day after day, for three years 🤍
One of the Twelve, chosen to proclaim the Good News 📖
Surely a man of prayer 🙏
a committed, apostolic man,
touched — in some way — by this God of love and mercy 💫
You don’t walk three years with Jesus without mattering to Him.
Without being seen, loved, chosen.
And yet…
he betrays Him 💔
he sells Him.
For thirty pieces of silver 🪙
Why?
What shifted within him?
Disappointment? A thirst for justice… his own way?
A desire for power, recognition? Impatience with how God was acting?
So today, let us pray 🙏
For the “Judases” of our time,
those who betray, destroy, and wound humanity 💔
those who seek more and more power and wealth.
Let us pray that their hearts may open,
that they may be touched and transformed by love 🤍
Let us also pray for ourselves…
For those moments when we too become Judas:
when we betray Christ,
when we “sell” Him for so little —
our pride, our anger,
our ideas, our will imposed on others.
Lord, convert my heart 🤍
Convert the hearts of those who lead the world into war 🌍
those who make others suffer, who crush and wound.
Convert also the hearts of those who remain passive,
who see evil and do not dare to oppose it.
And make us men and women after Your own heart 🌿
#WeAreACI #aci_handmaids #aci_esclavas #Lent2026 #beclosertogod
John rests his head on Your heart… Your beloved di John rests his head on Your heart… Your beloved disciple 🤍
I must admit, I feel almost a little jealous 😄
But today, he becomes my example ✨
and I want to try, in the coming days,
like him, to rest my head on Your heart,
to follow You and stay close to You.
May Saint John, Your beloved disciple,
guide us throughout this Holy Week 🌿
so that we may remain near You,
follow You more closely in Your Passion,
and not leave You alone.
Give us the grace to accompany You, simply,
but with all our heart. 🤍
📷 Icon by G. Setién
#WeAreACI #aci_handmaids #aci_esclavas #Lent2026 #BeCloserToGod
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