As I embark on this journey to embrace the humility of Saint Rose of Lima, I am inspired by her life of simplicity, service, and devotion. Saint Rose’s unwavering faith and humble spirit serve as an inspiring light and guide to deepen our relationship with God and to selflessly serve others. Through her life, she teaches us that true humility is recognizing our worth in the eyes of God and
Many months ago, I had been reading series of documents about the 800 centenaries of St Dominic de Guzman. It was like a reminisce and a living-it-out today invitation to what was the very example St Dominic lived in his time. Most of the Dominicans did reflect and shared the thoughts and experiences around the globe. In fact, young Dominicans are to gather this year in Caleruega, Spain to imbibe
“During the day, no one is closer to people, at night no one is closer to God”Domingo, worker of the gospelFriend of God,Weaver of encountersin the resounding silenceof the starry night,you caress a pauseand in the stillness of your heartyou evoke names and glances.Your bare feet stop the pilgrimageand so much trodden path is left behind. When the melody of the soul intonesa symphony of wounds and stories.When you sigh
It’s the time to accompany the victims of civil war outbreak in Myanmar It was on February 1, 2021, the Myanmar military launched a coup to seize power. The Spring Revolution began though in the beginning, it began as a peaceful demonstration. But, military troops cruelly shot against protesters and many were killed. The young generations realized that they need “people’s defense force” to protect the people and to fight
Sixty-six years ago, a little girl of six arrived at Colegio La Inmaculada in Cobán Alta Verapaz. That little girl was me, and the nuns who ran the school were the Dominican Missionaries of the Rosary. I was scared to death because I didn’t know what it was like. At that time the nuns wore dresses that covered everything, only their hands and faces were visible, and I had never
God the Father/Mother of Life Tasorintsi Source of abundant life, sitting in the canoe I connect with my fragility and abandon myself to the mystery of the ever new, beautiful river, free, uncontrollable and infinite River, which whispers the history of so many navigators who have sailed it. that connects us with our matrix with the charisma that saw us born. And that cradled Ramón and Ascensión’s dream of
My life experience encourages me to work for the neediest children in this beloved country, the Dominican Republic. “Let’s learn together” is my great contribution to education in the Dominican Republic. Because we are all learning, besides, every child has the right to receive education and thus make known what he or she thinks. I consider it a blessing from God to be part of the team of formators in
When you have lived some years inside the jungle in the Ecuadorian Amazon and you know something of how much and great there is inside: The Lushness of Nature immensely large trees, some with flowers or fruits that you do not know, birds of many sizes, colorful plumage and songs that their communication between them, Animals like monkeys, squirrels, tapirs, tigrillos, turtles, ants arrieras, huge conga ants, spiders of various
Every morning is a new beginning on the roads that lead us to the educational adventure. I call it adventure, because that is what it means for us, Dominican Missionaries of the Rosary, the experience lived in La Zurza, in the Solidarity among Brothers Educational Project “Solher”. Walking among bananas, mangoes, avocados, cabbages and, I would not like to say it, but also among mud and garbage, begins our daily
As human beings, we have learned to be grateful for our original culture. When we eat fruits, we remember the person who planted the tree, when we drink water, we remember the stream of fountains; and when we say goodbye we remember our beloved home Asian Continental Novitiate, for all the good deeds that have helped to nature and grow in our vocation. We are very happy and grateful to all