by Ricardo Benjumea | Dec 21, 2023 | Advent 2023
We close the Advent season with the hand of the Vedruna Europe Province, with one of its various experiences in welcoming migrants, projects that make the challenge of being a “house with open doors” a reality. Welcoming immigrants in our home sent from...
by Ricardo Benjumea | Dec 18, 2023 | General Chapter XXVIII
From July 16 to August 15, 2023 the Carmelites of Charity Vedruna celebrated their XXVIII General Chapter in Vic. Finally, the final approved document, “To Be Born Again,” which will set the direction of the Congregation in the coming years, was published...
by Ricardo Benjumea | Dec 16, 2023 | Advent 2023
The key is to watch, wait and prepare. The coming of the Lord and the birth of Jesus are the central actions during this liturgical season. LAUDATO DEUM Postmodern culture has generated a new sensitivity to those who are weaker and less empowered. This is connected...
by Ricardo Benjumea | Dec 13, 2023 | Province of Europe
On Sunday, the weather was splendid, spring-like. A group of young university students from the parish of La Asunción de Ntra. Mrs. de Torrent (Valencia), came to spend a day of retreat in our house in Vinalesa. Upon arrival, they were proposed a day of desert,...
by Ricardo Benjumea | Dec 9, 2023 | Province of Africa
” What we are waiting for is a new heaven and a new earth “. Like our ancestors, we see Advent as a time of preparation for the bodily birth of Christ, a time of expectation, hope and joy. In Laudato Deum, Pope Francis calls us to a deep ecological...
