INTERRUPTING THE NARRATIVE OF THE POWERFUL…charter Nº 1

INTERRUPTING THE NARRATIVE OF THE POWERFUL…charter Nº 1

Actress Susan Sarandon at a recent demonstration against the genocide suffered by the Palestinian people, expressed a beautiful and challenging message for all of us who believe in life, in the right of all peoples to live in peace, in self-determination. “Our enemy is hatred, our enemy is racism, our enemy is colonization and greed…. Jesus had experience of living under the domination of the Roman Empire, of suffering oppression

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Spending time doing good…

Spending time doing good…

Our life are instantsStarry in the seaAt times intense, at others peaceful,when we feel our hearts burningand other times, darkness embraces us.Encounters and goodbyes.We weave the daily lifewith the threads of our fragile and sacred humanity.We walk with our own and others’ wounds,we mend, we begin again.Again and again you resurrect our hope.Like you, Lord, we want toto pass with meaning, doing goodLeaving the trace of your tenderness,your gaze, your

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MAKING LOVE GROW…

MAKING LOVE GROW…

It seems like yesterday when the Provincial Team in 2012 asked me to come to Ecuador and work in the Social Project “Dreaming for Change”.  I accepted with joy this new experience: although I did not know exactly what it consisted of. I arrived in Quito on December 31 of the same year accompanied by Sister Maria del Carmen Sagardoy, and already at the airport Fr. Sereno Cozza was waiting

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In the month of February, my town burned…

In the month of February, my town burned…

One February afternoon fire engulfed the poor of my village.The infernal dance of the flamestook away their lives, their stories, their memories.The hills of Viña del Mar were stained with horror,time stood still and there was no time to escape,no water, no road.Burnt bodies, aborted dreams.For them there are no safe territories to inhabit,behind the shell dwells dignity.Behind the Garden City, there dwells the real Chilethe one that hurts the

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Time to lose…time of grace and gain

Time to lose…time of grace and gain

As I began to clean, to throw away, to do inventory of the things in the house, since we decided to leave this mission, I was sad, nostalgic, and dragging my feet with the heaviness of discouragement…. And that’s what I was going through, when I found “Everything has its time” by Joan Chittister, which of course I began to read with interest and in these pages I found a

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UNWORTHINESS AND IMPERFECTION

UNWORTHINESS AND IMPERFECTION

I would like to share some of my missionary experiences in Taiwan. I have been in Taiwan for seven months now. The community where I live collaborates in some pastoral works such as visiting the sick, giving communion to the elderly and teaching catechism. I am helping the sister in her works together with some lay faithful at the same time I am learning Chinese. Apart from this, once a

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NEW ROUTE

NEW ROUTE

The commitment to serve takes a long way and even to unknown destinations. If we could ever read the social teachings of the church, it sends us, impels us to preach and be both a herald and a witness to unknown paths, to be strong, trusting in the Lord, courageous and never faint along the way. St. Paul even asserts that our goal in life is to bring everything in

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TO CONSECRATE…

TO CONSECRATE…

One of the beautiful wishes and a solemn one to do of a believer, is to consecrate one’s life before the One who is sacred and is all for the one vowing to it. Like many others, I cherish the experience of those years and my own way of dedicating my life. I often ask: What shall I offer in return? Formation years were filled with questions and acts of

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TO LIVE CONSECRATED LIFE THAT RESISTS IN PLACES OF CONFLICT

TO LIVE CONSECRATED LIFE THAT RESISTS IN PLACES OF CONFLICT

“You have been told what is good and what the Lord requires of you: only practice justice, love tenderly and walk humbly with your God.” (Micah 6:8) Throughout history, Consecrated Life has been considered light and leaven during the realities that humanity lives. For many peoples, to count on its presence is to feel accompanied in their joys, struggles, and hopes. Today, consecrated life continues to be present in places

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We regain hope, Guatemala will never again be without the people

We regain hope, Guatemala will never again be without the people

“In that historic gesture, faith was never lacking. Prayer and religious services accompanied every day, the different sit-ins that defended the country’s democracy.”   2023 was an epic year for Guatemala. It was an election year, in which, even though many social and civil instances had bet on civic education, the outlook was not flattering. 26 out of 30 political parties seek to perpetuate in power the anti-democratic forces, which

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