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The ear of our heart

January 15, 2020

Introduction: Following the previous Lectio Divina, Jn 11:1-37, we now continue and go further and conclude this second part with the text Jn 11:38-45, the interaction of Jesus with Lazarus, and Jesus with the Father.

Initial Prayer

Father,

Thank Continue reading →

Lectio Divina

Our Right to Speak for Climate Justice

January 14, 2020

Hundreds of thousands of young people have taken to the streets from Johannesburg to London to demand radical action on the unfolding ecological emergency.

It is a time to challenge the people with the means and power to eliminate Continue reading →

Youth in Action

Living out a Vocation

January 14, 2020

What does it mean to have a vocation? The term gets batted around both in religious and secular circles and everyone assumes its meaning is clear. Is it? What’s a vocation?

Karl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, defined Continue reading →

Why Not?

Vocation. A Gift to Our Humanity

January 14, 2020

Vocation is a gift to humanity and a guarantee of humanization for every human being. It is addressed to all and it is liberating, not reducing, human existence.

For a long time, vocation was understood as a specific mission that Continue reading →

Questions & Answers

2015–2024

January 14, 2020

2015–2024

International Decade for People of African Descent (A/RES/68/237)

Calendar & Events

2018–2028

January 14, 2020

2018–2028

International Decade for Action “Water for Sustainable Development”

Calendar & Events

24 January

January 14, 2020

24 January

International Day of Education

Calendar & Events

Year 2020

January 14, 2020

UN declares 2020 International Year of Plant Health

Calendar & Events

Father Moises. To be a silent witness

January 14, 2020

Filipino Comboni missionary, Father Moises Estacio has spent the first 13 years of his missionary life in Taipei, Taiwan. He shares his experience with us.

The first challenge that I had to face was learning the language: Mandarin Continue reading →

Witnesses

Brother Paolo Rizzetto. To be witness of the Gospel

January 14, 2020

“I was searching for a direction in my life, a direction which I hoped, could lead me somewhere closer to God…I was searching for this presence with the wrong initial perspectives… and it took me a while to understand that Continue reading →

Witnesses