FROM ISABEL: A SPECIAL SISTER AMONG THE SPECIALS

FROM ISABEL: A SPECIAL SISTER AMONG THE SPECIALS

I can only thank the Lord for having known her, not only as educator, trainer and religious, but also as an actress… Isabel is a Spanish sister who was sent on a mission here in Cameroon about six years ago. I knew the sister personally when she was an aspirant, and each and every time she came to the sessions, she gave me a lot of advice. In the first

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MY FIRST FLIGHT AND MY FIRST DAYS IN THE SPANISH COMMUNITY

MY FIRST FLIGHT AND MY FIRST DAYS IN THE SPANISH COMMUNITY

They say that to leave is to die a little. Perhaps this explains the beautiful words, the tears and the endless hugs from the people who accompanied us and also from all those who came to say goodbye. The separation was full of emotion and nostalgia, but we had to leave for new missions and new lands. So, after saying goodbye, the four of us, Annette, Carole, Victoire and Dulecine,

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FROM ONE MISSION TO ANOTHER

FROM ONE MISSION TO ANOTHER

Dear Sisters, I spent more than six years outside the Province of St. Martin de Porres, in a new experience in Mozambique, in the Vicariate of Our Lady of the Annunciation. Here I am re-entering the Province of St. Martin de Porres since September 1 of this year. The Province offered me the opportunity to work in a kindergarten and elementary school “Complexo Escolar Milagros Adan”, where we try to

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LESSON TO LEARN FROM SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES, RAMON ZUBIETA AND THE 4 MARTYR SISTERS

LESSON TO LEARN FROM SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES, RAMON ZUBIETA AND THE 4 MARTYR SISTERS

An anthill is a small subway city. It consists of rooms and galleries. Ants live in colonies. An anthill can house up to 50,000 ants. Ants are fascinating insects. By admiring them, they teach and inspire us these virtues: social organization, perseverance, adaptation, and they play an important role in ecology. In this article, we explore these different qualities of ants, attributing them to this month’s chosen ones: Ramon Zubieta,

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MISSIONARY DOMINICAN SISTERS OF THE ROSARY AT THE SERVICE OF YOUTH EDUCATION

MISSIONARY DOMINICAN SISTERS OF THE ROSARY AT THE SERVICE OF YOUTH EDUCATION

At Saint Dominique de Batcham College, students are supervised with the help of teachers and sisters assigned in the village of Batcham, Cameroon. Educating young people is at the heart of our mission because they are the future of tomorrow. In our world today, the youth live in an environment in which there is a loss of values. This impacts their education, leading them to commit despicable acts in society.

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GESTURES, LANGUAGE FOR INTERCULTURALITY AND THE MISSION

GESTURES, LANGUAGE FOR INTERCULTURALITY AND THE MISSION

I thought of all the blue skies of my post-novitiate that the experience of community life and mission had in store for me. Also, I was very happy to know that I would have to do the Intercontinental Juniorate. From that day on, I could not wait to go there in spite of the process of waiting for the trip. This beginning does not prevent me from telling you, dear

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MISSIONARY MONTH

MISSIONARY MONTH

On the occasion of the missionary month, our community was invited by a school complex to share our missionary experience in each of our countries. It was a great joy for us to share these powerful moments with these children and even with the supervisors.   The objective of this invitation was to present to the students another dimension of life, outside of everyday life. Also, to see how people

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WITH MARY, WE ALWAYS GO FORWARD

WITH MARY, WE ALWAYS GO FORWARD

In this month of the missions, also called the month of the Rosary, we are invited to meditate deeply on the mysteries of the Incarnation.  It is an eminently popular devotion, which is why the prayer of the Rosary is called “the gospel of the poor”, because normally people learned it by heart either because of illiteracy or because restrictions were imposed on access to written texts. We know that

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MY EXPERIENCE WITH PEOPLE IN SOCIAL REINTEGRATION

MY EXPERIENCE WITH PEOPLE IN SOCIAL REINTEGRATION

As an agent of Pastoral Caritas Ecuador, in agreement with the Foundation for Reconciliation, I have participated with Sister Mariana de Jesus Oñate, Dominican Missionary of the Rosary, teaching the School of Forgiveness and Reconciliation (ESPERE), with 10 people in the process of social reintegration, in the Province of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, these people were imprisoned for different crimes. When they finally get a benefit to return to

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The superiority of the human being over the created

The superiority of the human being over the created

I ask myself, and I would like to give myself answers, where do we human beings get our superiority over other created beings. We are all God’s creature, we all have his breath of life. I went to the source, which is the bible, to look for where our confusion lies, where is the origin of the problem.   Consulting several translations, I found in Gen 1:28 of the book of

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