More than one month ago have passed since our President placed the entire Island of Luzon on lockdown “Enhance Community Quarantine” to contain the explosion of Covid-19 cases in the country. After the announcement many of the Filipinos such as street vendors, scavengers, drivers, etc. weren’t able to sustain...
The situation of Covid-19, with its corresponding preventative quarantine in which we are living, and which I believe will continue for quite some time, inspires an apostolic concern in us religious on witnessing the suffering of our brothers and sisters. This same concern calls us once more to a...
This phrase of St. Raphaela Mary echoes in us in a very special way during this time when the churches are closed and the only safe place is at home. The virus has “halted” some of our customary activities. It has halted our routine, it...
This year it has not been possible to celebrate Easter together in Oviedo, as had been planned, but we have lived it online. In this time of restrictions it was an experience of encounter, of faith, of friendship, a breath of fresh air that helped...
Activities done during Covid lockout days by the Region of India. Click for video Roha Community: Distributing food materials to Kathkari tribal villages, migrants who live in poultry farms, people from North who are daily wage earners , needy parishioners etc. So far they have covered 1574 families in 45 villages...
A new boat, recently painted, clean planks of wood well nailed together. Security, fishing, transportation… That boat already used, chipped paint, splinters, rusted nails. 366 people inside. 366 dreams struggling to keep afloat in a sea that started out tranquil and becomes unnavigable. Wooden planks floating, broken some grasped in...
The invitation to change the world by using money in a different way is catching on with us. This is what motivated me to get involved in an ecumenical organization called ECCR: Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility. On the Board there are representatives of all...
Jasmine (fictitious name), 50 years old, a single parent divorced from a Japanese man, has two children. The elder is a girl 16 years old, in the 4th year of junior high school, and the younger a boy 13 years old, a grade 6 student;...
Venezuela in Chaos, a Stream of Flights under Pressure In recent years, the political and economic crisis and the flagrant violation of human rights have forced more that 4.6 million people to flee Venezuela. This phenomenon of displaced persons is the second largest forced migration...
The life of returnee children from Cambodia in Tan Bien, Vietnam. It has been almost a year since we began the experience in Tay Ninh. In a short time, we have initiated quite a few services here, such as teaching English, Math and Vietnamese in the...
