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 | Mar 21, 2021 | News, Reflection, Reflexión
“The human environment and the natural environment are degraded together” (LS 48) As human beings, our very existence depends on the planet we inhabit, where everything is connected and integrated into one single community of life. For this reason, what we do to...
by jpic | Mar 21, 2021 | News, Reflexión
Today, March 21, marks the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. An important place to focus on in this work is U.S. immgration policy, which targets Haitians and migrants from other majority black countries for highly discriminatory...
by jpic | Feb 8, 2021 | News, Reflexión
The members of the Franciscan Network for Migrants gathered to celebrate together the World Day called by Pope Francis on the occasion of the liturgical memory of Saint Josephine Bakhita. On February 8, we celebrate the feast of Saint Josephina Bakhita, a Sudanese nun...
by jpic | Feb 3, 2021 | News, Reflexión
The migratory phenomenon is one of the most complex situations seen in recent years. We could say that it is a kind of pandemic that threatens life, breaks social coexistence and threatens personal fulfillment. Indeed, the consequences, and above all, the causes, are...
by jpic | Jan 29, 2021 | News, Reflexión
In this experience that God has given me to share, I found Jesus Christ, in the gaze of the most needy, of the most vulnerable. It begins in a classroom on the subject of missionary spirituality within the Franciscan context. While watching a video about La 72, I...
