5th Sunday of Lent: “To the days when I lived with hope for the future”.

by Ricardo Benjumea | Mar 15, 2024 | Lenten Season, Vedruna Communication

On the fifth and last Sunday of Lent, close to the time for the Son of Man to be glorified, the Jesuit Refugee Service puts the spotlight on Afghanistan and its nearly six million displaced persons since 2012. The nightmare continues, especially for women, the main...

Peace march in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

by Ricardo Benjumea | Mar 12, 2024 | General Team, Vedruna Voice

On Sunday, March 10, we participated in the Peaceful March for Peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, organized by the Congolese Catholic community in Rome. The objective of the March was, besides being a gesture of solidarity with the Congolese people, also to...

A visit of peace in times of war

by Ricardo Benjumea | Mar 12, 2024 | Lenten Season, Vedruna Communication

On Friday, March 8, Pope Francis was in the parish of St. Pius V, Rome, where the Vedruna Family has our General House, as part of the Lenten initiative of prayer and reconciliation instituted some years ago by the will of Pope Francis himself, “24 for the...

First vows of two sisters from Europe: “We want to spend our lives in the service of those who most need to feel God close to them”.

by Ricardo Benjumea | Mar 10, 2024 | Province of Europe

On February 24, Loli Fernandez and Geraldyn Carrero made their first vows as Carmelite Sisters of Charity Vedruna in the parish of San Felix, Villaverde (Madrid, Spain). Present were young people from the different Vedruna groups that have made their way with both,...

4th Sunday of Advent: “My Father, why have you forsaken me?”

by Ricardo Benjumea | Mar 8, 2024 | Advent 2023, Vedruna Communication

On the fourth Sunday of Lent, or Laetare (“Rejoice”) Sunday, the Jesuit Refugee Service presents the testimony of Oussama, a teenage computer prodigy who has been able to design a monitoring system that allows his family to dam the water that falls on the...