DO GOOD WITHOUT LOOKING AT WHOM

DO GOOD WITHOUT LOOKING AT WHOM

Would it be coincidence or God’s Providence! It was in July that a group of young people composed by explorers and committed acolytes with God and the church, who belong to different parishes of Luanda, Angola’s capital city, that call to our door sent by Fray Jacob OP to share their spirituality, dream and wish to help people in need during this phase of the pandemic. Their motto is “do

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PROJECT OF FOOD AND FORMATION OF WOMEN -Women on their way

PROJECT OF FOOD AND FORMATION OF WOMEN -Women on their way

This is a Project that is part of the Caritas Archdiocesan of Malange. It started in the time of the armed conflict that devastated Angola during years and keeps working until these days after the conflict finished due to its relevancy in peasant women, who are the reason for its existence.   At the beginning of 1996 and as an answer to the necessities that displaced families by the civil

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LORD, YOU SEDUCE ME AND I ALLOW MYSELF TO BE SEDUCED

LORD, YOU SEDUCE ME AND I ALLOW MYSELF TO BE SEDUCED

Before I share with you the form in which Jesus seduced me, I would like to greet all the sisters and I ask our founders’ spirits to accompany us, especially in this time of COVID-19.   I am Fatima Yambi, I was born in Huila province in Quilengues. I am 20 years old and I am a candidate of the Sao Martinho de Porres community in Viana.   I am

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EUCHARIST: LOVE SCHOOL

EUCHARIST: LOVE SCHOOL

“God saw that the best way to help man was getting into our heart, getting into our nature, being one of us and walking with us, that is how God marked humanity” (Fray Joao Domingos OP)   God did not find another way to perceive and to get closer to us, thus to get into our reality and to become one of us and walk with us, giving us support

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The real gift, gratitude…

The real gift, gratitude…

According to William Arthur Ward: “Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgiving, turn routine jobs into joy and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.” I was struck this line because since when I was a child my parents taught me to say thank you when I received gifts or any other presents given by family and neighbor be it small or big thing, we need to say thank you.   The

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COVID-19: A blessing for nature

COVID-19: A blessing for nature

At The beginning of the pandemic of COVID-19, the whole world immerse itself in an enormous “fear”; sadness was visible on every face, mouths did not express anything but dismay. Means of communication transmitted terrible messages all day long: thousands of people were dying every day and hundreds of thousands got infected. The future seemed the worst. Finally, we were getting closer to the end of the world. Scientists, in

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A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST OF MEMORIES

A BOUNTIFUL HARVEST OF MEMORIES

A new journey which begun many years ago, has found its purpose on September 08, 2020: “first religious profession of eight of us, Novices”. This is the answer to what our hearts had been searching, have longed for many years, the treasure of our “calling”. It was on August 6, 2019 marked as our initiation into Canonical year, a year in which we have a lot to learn: to accept,

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LIFE AND MISSION DURING LOCKDOWN:  COMMUNITY ASCENSION NICOL IN LUANDA

LIFE AND MISSION DURING LOCKDOWN: COMMUNITY ASCENSION NICOL IN LUANDA

Coronavirus COVID-19’s pandemic challenges the whole world. It has stopped most work activities and many people are unemployed, complicating even more human being’s life, preventing coexistence among people, obliging us to keep social distance and forcing us to stay at home. What is curious is that un Luanda we are all living a stage where masks have become everybody’s ID, without differentiating of social class, sex or age. It sounds

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DELIVERY TO THE MISSION

DELIVERY TO THE MISSION

Monsignor Ramon Zubieta community was founded on November 19th, 1996 in the south of Angola -Lubango. It is formed by two sisters who have perpetual vows, a sister of temporary vows, five candidates and four postulants, who are making their vocational judgment. The sisters have the position of coordinator, administrator, secretary, companion of candidates and postulants and promoter of vocational pastoral. They live a fraternal life in a responsible way,

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