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Sr. Mary John. “ No silent before injustice”

February 6, 2020

A Benedictine theologian, activist, missionary and intellectual, Sr. Mary John Mananzan speaks of the Philippines of the past and of today. From the former dictator Ferdinando Marcos to the President now in power, Rodrigo Duterte. The Church has always Continue reading →

Witnesses

Sr. Maria Henriqueta. “They will never stop me”.

February 6, 2020

Threatened for her struggle against the human slave trade and human organ trafficking; she is a reference point for many wishing to escape from violence and rape; for this Brazilian Sister, the fight goes on.

For years now she Continue reading →

Witnesses

The ear of our heart

January 15, 2020

Introduction: Following the previous Lectio Divina, Jn 11:1-37, we now continue and go further and conclude this second part with the text Jn 11:38-45, the interaction of Jesus with Lazarus, and Jesus with the Father.

Initial Prayer

Father,

Thank Continue reading →

Lectio Divina

Our Right to Speak for Climate Justice

January 14, 2020

Hundreds of thousands of young people have taken to the streets from Johannesburg to London to demand radical action on the unfolding ecological emergency.

It is a time to challenge the people with the means and power to eliminate Continue reading →

Youth in Action

Living out a Vocation

January 14, 2020

What does it mean to have a vocation? The term gets batted around both in religious and secular circles and everyone assumes its meaning is clear. Is it? What’s a vocation?

Karl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, defined Continue reading →

Why Not?

Vocation. A Gift to Our Humanity

January 14, 2020

Vocation is a gift to humanity and a guarantee of humanization for every human being. It is addressed to all and it is liberating, not reducing, human existence.

For a long time, vocation was understood as a specific mission that Continue reading →

Questions & Answers