The Fiducia Supplicans Declaration on the pastoral meaning of blessings has aroused great controversy within the Church, the document wants to be “a tribute to the faithful People of God, who adore the Lord with so many gestures of profound trust in his mercy and who, with this attitude, constantly come to ask Mother Church for a blessing.” This first expression of the declaration is very beautiful in emphasizing that
Real liberation is the organized expression of a people. When people are on the move and seek for their liberation, it is because their rights are being violated by an oppressive system. The peoples seeking liberation are characterized as new social movements and their starting point is the new signs of the times, which points to a greater human liberation of our peoples. The peoples are in constant struggle to
“Young people, you are invited by Jesus to shine, to listen and not to be afraid” (message of Pope Francis to the youth). We thank God for the opportunity He has given us to participate and accompany a group of young people from the schools we have as a Congregation in Chile (Colegio Nuestra Señora de Ayquina, Colegio Ascensión Nicol, Colegio Femenino Madre del Rosario). It has been a very
How can we be managers of dialogue for fraternity and peace? Constates: We are very close to each other, but very far from each other, closer but no more brothers or sisters. However, we know that only dialogue is the way to peace that unites us. Dialogue should have one goal, which is the happiness of both parties. If you want to be happy, you have to want to see
La présence d’une vie, Une vie qui donne la vie parce qu’elle est elle-même la vie, Une vie qui se donne par des gestes : Des gestes qui font revivre parce qu’ils renouvellent des vies qui étaient mortes, Mortes à cause de tant d’injustices, de haine, de ressentiment, de manque de demande et d’offrir le pardon, de manque de don et d’offrande du bien qui est en chacun de nous,
November 30 to December 6 this year, was declared as Mindanao Week of Peace. It has been more than two decades that religious leaders such as the Bishop-Ulama Conference, the Non-government Institutions and government agencies gathered to sit and speak about the situations in our society and the challenge of common effort toward the common good. While other celebrations or activities may have different themes and reasons for convening other
Few months ago, we joined the International Coastal Clean Up Drive (also an advocacy of the organization we work for), as residents of an island in the southernmost part of the Philippines. It was a call not only due to the declarations proclaimed but the need to care and protect as mandated by the Encyclical Laudato Si by Pope Francis. While other groups might take it as a one-day activity,
I want to share some taughts and experiences that I have encountered in this life, as a follower of Christ, we always are to be ready to do God’s mission. Firstly, I thank God for the gift of vocation given me, specially in this Congregation which helps me discover more how good God is to me. As a religious, I think is easily seen as losing one’s life, just as
For the time that was opportune for us to come together and the time that we must bid farewell to one another. We might see each other and cross our roads one day, in one chanced place to share life again. It has been a gracious time since August 12, 2023. Thanking the sisters of this big family of Missionary Dominican Sisters of the Rosary for giving us, the juniors
On March 28, 2020, Pope Francis has been an icon of that call to be one, to pray as one, that longing for presence amidst life’s struggles, as he said blessing in that ample yet empty place of St. Peter’s Square in Rome. It was the most depicting scenario and probably most thought about by many in the name of compassion and communion of humanity. On those days, our hearts