ON THE ROAD TO THE XVI GENERAL CHAPTER
Preparatory Commission meeting These were intense days, both in the work we had programmed and in the dialogues we established. The Preparatory Commission for the XVI General Chapter met in Madrid from 1 to 8 May. The elaboration of the basic document - the working...
“Together always forward”
Pre-Easter 2024 Carlos Debán
MATEYA YA BASI
Educating women, making them grow, that is what Mateya Ya Basi means in Lingala. This is one of the main objectives of the community of Kisantu (Democratic Republic of Congo). This is where M. Joaquina Lozano and Sr. Cilenia Rojas are, making the canonical visit to...
EASTER IS WELCOMED
ENTERING INTO THE SAVING STREAM OF LOVE In the Letter to the Romans, St. Paul explains the relationship between Jesus, dead and risen, and those of us who are baptised into him. It is not that we become followers of a doctrine or adherents of a morality. It is that...
THE CENTRE IS IN JESUS. KEYS TO IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY
Formation meeting of the junior sisters The junior sisters living in Spain had a formation meeting on the Ignatian keys, animated by Fr. Cristóbal Jiménez, SJ. Discernment is a constant exercise in life, where everything can pass through this search for God's will....
OBRA TOTAL AND SHARED MISSION
In Total Work we continue to prepare for the 16th General Chapter around shared mission. In communities and groups of different identities, we share questions and issues that trouble us, and which we need to clarify in order to get a better glimpse of the way forward....
HEROINES OF ALL TIMES
Fr Frédéric Fornos S.J., International Director of the Pope's Worldwide Prayer Network, recalls that "from the beginning, Jesus welcomed women as disciples, which was a novelty in the society of that time. Mary, the mother of Jesus, had a prominent place among the...
SHARED VOCATION PROMOTION
On the 10th of March of this year we visited the young people who are preparing for the sacrament of Confirmation, in the parish of San Francisco Javier - Okinawa (Santa Cruz - Bolivia), whose parish priest is Juan de la Cruz, who welcomed the team with great...
JESUS LIVES!
The risen Jesus inspires communion of hearts and deep intimacy, he encourages the capacity to build bridges and to relate without barriers. Where a 'we' emerges, beyond an 'I' or a 'you', something new is generated, a tomb is emptied and useless bandages fall away....
WELCOME AND MISSIONARY DIVERSITY
CANONICAL VISIT TO THE COMMUNITIES OF ARGENTINA A month in a diverse missionary journey, full of fruit and with a deep Gospel flavour. In Formosa, the main pastoral work is the accompaniment of communities and individuals through the COFAS spirituality house, although...