15 août Assomption 2021
In her Assumption Mary shows us the way to the Kingdom of God and his justice. Dans son Assomption, Marie nous montre le chemin vers le Royaume de Dieu et sa justice. Nella sua Assunzione Maria ci mostra il cammino verso il Regno di Dio e la sua giustizia. En su Asunción Maria nos muestra […]
Some Threads from Laudato Si Week
There were many different coloured threads woven together throughout the Week. Here are some to give you are glimpse of the tapestry it formed from the various Zoom meetings online, with participants from all round the globe; translations were miraculously available in several languages. Ditebogo, from the Youth Programme South Africa, described how the great […]
We are being deceived about plastics.
Plastic production is closely linked with the fossil fuel industry, and the production of petrochemicals. Plastic is a derivative of fossil fuel. Together fossil fuels, plastics and chemicals have been called a three headed monster. The production of new plastic is feeding the climate crisis. There is a campaign of misinformation going on. Most of […]
10 de marzo: fiesta de Santa María Eugenia, fundadora de las Religiosas de la Asunción
El compromiso de María Eugenia con la educación, la formación y el acompañamiento de las personas, tenía como objetivo la transformación personal para lograr un impacto positivo en su entorno. Ella misma se dejó formar y transformar a través de los acontecimientos, de los encuentros y de la gracia de su vida religiosa. En la […]
Argentina: voces que reclaman justicia
En Argentina como en el resto del mundo vivimos desde hace poco más de un año las consecuencias de la pandemia de Covid 19. La cuarentena a nivel nacional ha sido muy prolongada y cada una de las 24 Provincias tuvo la posibilidad de organizar las medidas sanitarias y el aislamiento preventivo y obligatorio, de […]
“Una aproximación a la ecología desde la Doctrina Social de la Iglesia”
El Pontificio Consejo para la Justicia y la Paz, haciendo eco a diferentes documentos del Magisterio, plantea que la crisis en la relación entre el hombre y el medioambiente se da por diferentes factores, entre ellos: el pretender ejercer un dominio absoluto de las cosas por parte del hombre, sin tener en cuenta la moral […]
Together on this earth
February is Black History Month, a movement which started small in 1915 in the USA. Gradually links with Africa were re-forged , by the 1940s there was expanding study of black History in schools and in the 1960s the great struggle for civil rights led by Martin Luther King. Today a wider movement has been […]
Life-sustaining civilization
To make the shift towards a “life-sustaining civilization”, we need a perspective that goes beyond anthropocentrism; we need to learn to “act our age” and so experience the vitality of our interdependence with past and future generations and to the entire cosmos.[1] “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched […]
The incarnation, the event that inaugurates the restoration and the divinization of humanity and Creation
The Incarnation – mystery of the Word made flesh, taking on the body and face of a human being – demonstrates the same project of love as was at the origin of Creation. It constitutes a bridge between God and humanity, and between God and the created world. Through it God is able to restore […]
La vergüenza de Arguinegín
El mundo en que vivimos Arguineguín es el nombre del escándalo. Es donde son recibidos la mayoría de los 18.348 los inmigrantes “ilegales” llegados a Canarias por vía marítima en lo que va de año. En el muelle de Arguineguín llevan semanas más de 2.000 inmigrantes en un “campamento de emergencia” iniciado en mayo que […]