Now, we are going to listen to another story that invites us to live a compassionate embrace of the most needy and to make Pope Francis’ invitation to care for others, for our migrant brothers and sisters, a reality, breaking down the walls that prevent...
We share what “we have seen and heard” in two weeks spent on the border between Mexico and the USA, specifically in Laredo (Texas) collaborating with other Congregations. Migrants from Haiti We have seen many Haitian families coming through Caritas, as well as single adults. We were...
“In Spain there is a big problem, yes, a very big problem, I am black and they don’t believe me but they do believe the white woman who took my backpack, and me? No. They just tie my hands”. That is how one of my pupils...
We, the students in the Residence know Assa, and last November, we told you the story of how she arrived in our community in Bologna, but at the beginning, because of a mutual shyness, we did not have a lot to do with each other....
At times, life surprises us, inviting us to be open to the novelty which presents itself in the most unexpected ways. In the midst of the pandemic, one of my sisters asked me if I would be available to give maths lessons by video call....
Today, all over the world the world, the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, together with so many people with whom we share our charism and mission, have celebrated Saint Raphaela Mary, a woman who dared to believe that a different world is possible,...
Today has been a very special day, packed with happenings and with life. At the beginning of the day it was raining cats and dogs and so, as is usual here, the electricity shut down… We went to Mass at the church of the Conceptionist...
Just “early in the morning” of Easter Sunday East Timor was attacked by a terrible rain fall which resulted in flash floods and landslides across the country. Dili, the Capital, where I live was the worst affected municipality with more than 8000 IDPs who sought...
During this pandemic season the life of the rickshaw pullers is pathetic in Odisha. They have no savings and they live on what they earn daily by pulling rickshaws. During this season no one used their rickshaws for travelling. They have no money to meet...
Since Wednesday, February 24th, the community of San Sebastian: the 31 Handmaid Sisters, together with the young Mar [1] who is a nice Honduran, and the charming Ana, Moroccan, with her 11-year-old son Adou; we had the great joy of receiving Amalia (a native of...
