Members of the Network are already providing a myriad of resources to migrants. Network members will be able to enhance each other’s work by sharing information and resources via different media (bulletins, meetings and gatherings, capacity-building seminars, resource and route maps, threat advisories, etc.) that they can then pass on to migrants in their care along the route.
RFM – Latest News from Panama
In Panamá our efforts continue–our articulated work and the actions organized by the RFM team.
Migrant Stories: My family and I set off with great joy
We are privileged to read the testimony of a man originally from Haiti, who, for economic reasons attempted to emigrate from Brazil with his wife and son.
Franciscan friars join the Virtual Migrant House volunteer team
“To be a volunteer is an option that makes us free.” –Papa Francisco
Migrant Stations of the Cross 2023. Let us walk with migrants who share our Common Home
Let us reflect and pray the way of the cross together with migrants and displaced persons.
RFM-Panama Visits El Zapallal, Darién Province
Between October 21 and 26, 2022, the RFM-Panama visited the community of El Zapallal, province of Darién. The objectives were to:
The RFM teams accompany the migrant from the “Spirit of Assisi”
he Spirit of Assisi arose from the initiative of John Paul II to hold an Interreligious Meeting in 1986 in the city of Assisi, as a city symbol of peace. One hundred and fifty representatives of the twelve main religions of the world participated in the meeting, whose purpose was dialogue and friendship between the different religions. The meeting established a clear opposition to violence in all its forms, mainly fratricidal wars and the practice of religion that favors violence and war. After this initial date, Pope John Paul II in 2002 once again summoned representatives and religious leaders to Assisi.
Brothers and Sisters in Patuca in Solidarity with Migrants. RFM-Honduras Visit
On October 15, the Franciscan Network for Migrants’ Honduras team traveled to the church of San José Nueva Choluteca, Patuca, Olancho, bringing a donation of mats, medicines, clothing and food.
At least 39 dead in Guanaco due to a crash involving a bus with migrants
GUALACA, CHIRIQUÍ. A bus carrying with 66 passengers including migrants, crashed in Los Planes de Gualaca, Chiriquí province, early this Wednesday, February 15. At the moment, 39 dead and more than 20 injured are reported.
The RFM joins the World Day of Prayer and Reflection against Human Trafficking
On Saturday, February 11, members of the Franciscan Network for Migrants met virtually to celebrate the World Day of Prayer and Reflection against Human Trafficking.
Actions Carried out in January 2023 by the RFM-Panama Team. Starting the year with hope on this path of being a brother and sister to migrants
We started the year strengthening our RFM team by coordinating the work shared by the San Antonio Parish, the San Vicente Migrant Fe y Alegría group, the Franciscan Network for Migrants, and migrants residing on the border.