by jpic | May 1, 2021 | News, Reflexión
In almost every country in the world, Workers’ Day is celebrated on May 1st. On this day, we commemorate the strike that was organized in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States, on May 1, 1886. During this strike, in which workers demanded an 8-hour working day...
by jpic | Apr 27, 2021 | News
The idea of the Franciscan Network on Migration emerged in April 2018 during the annual JPIC Course in Guadalajara, Mexico, whose central theme was “Migration: Franciscan causes, walls and perspectives” The work of La 72, a shelter migrants on the southern border of...
by jpic | Apr 22, 2021 | News, Reflection
As we commemorate Earth Day this week, it is fitting to consider the Pope’s reflection on his namesake: “I believe that Saint Francis is the example par excellence of care for the vulnerable and of an integral ecology lived out joyfully and authentically […] He...
by jpic | Apr 21, 2021 | News
“Praised be my Lord … for all your creatures” was the shout of joy of Francis of Assisi when he realized that he was part of the great universal family and he bequeathed three essential pillars for the brothers’ way of life: Fraternity Living...
by jpic | Apr 19, 2021 | Formación, News
“Unlike refugees, migrants can return to their homes” “Migrants that fled the effects of climate change did so not out of choice but out of the need to escape conditions that could not provide for even the most fundamental of their rights.” (Report of the Office of...
