“Before I Came Here”
Submitted by Sr. Karen Hartman, who is on a 6-month assignment with Our Lady of Hope Community in Dumaguete City, Philippines. In addition to working with the Associates there, Sr. Karen visits women in jail...
Social Service
Sprouts that are blossoming to life
We hold workshops at the “Mario Gheda Life-Help Center” in the Roman Castles area outside of Rome for three reasons: 1) we are called to help women (Second Chapter Call), 2) Pope Francis’ invited all of us to open our hearts...
Lantern of Hope
Manong Elmer is one of the inmates at the Negros Oriental Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Dumaguete City, Philippines. He had been residing at the detention facility for twenty three months now, while his case is still...
Shelter of Hope
“Shelter of hope” is a Ministry that we launched five years ago in the Philippines: it is a service of welcoming focused on helping young people who are living on the streets of Dumaguete City. In addition to offering meals...
At the Mission: A Daily Challenge...
Since the end of June 2014, our "Hope Community" has enjoyed visits from a succession of sisters who spent a period of time - some shorter, some longer - living with us at the mission in Dumaguete. Every Sister brought...
Leave the door open to Hope
‘L’ is a young woman from the Congo who came to Italy hoping that she could create a life with dignity. Her newly wed husband, a young doctor, stayed behind in their country. ‘L’ has lodged at the parish rectory in the outskirts...
Sunrays Center
In Rome, there are about 7,000 people and less than 1,000 of them find shelter in the homeless shelters managed by the city and various volunteer associations. Besides foreigners, there is an increasing number of Italians...
Special Visits to Project Miriam
During the month of September, Italy received the visit of the UN Special Rapporteur on Trafficking (especially women and children), Joy Ngozi Ezeilo, Esq. She had been invited by the Italian Government and met with various...
Sr Viera: A Life among the Inmates
Her name is Sister Viera and she is a Franciscan Sister of the Poor. I met her in Frascati. With simplicity and candor, she was interviewed in the Italian publication “Controluce.” Sister Viera talks about her life experiences...
Raising Hope at Parcelles Assainies
Twenty two years ago, the late Cardinal Thiandoum asked the Franciscan Sisters of the Poor to come to Senegal to serve the people of Mary Immaculate Parish...
Gifts from God! Caring for Children in Brazil
“History is essential in the life of all people. Through history the presence of God is also revealed -- in the life of the Church and in the life of each person.”...
Women Helping Women
The International Ogranization for Migrations estimates that about one million human beings are victims of trafficking every year – 500,000 of them in Europe...
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