Each message reminds us of the need to live our day in prayer, offering who we are and what we do for the good of our sisters and brothers.
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Each message reminds us of the need to live our day in prayer, offering who we are and what we do for the good of our sisters and brothers.
At the end of March this year we were told, all of a sudden, that we – Sr. Lucia, Sr. Dorothea, Sr. Zeituni and I – had to leave Kenya as soon as possible.
Last Sunday, October 4, the third encyclical of Pope Francis was presented, entitled “Fratelli tutti” in which the Holy Father reflects on fraternity and social friendship.
We can affirm that “everything is grace.” Despite the fact that we have not left our house, we feel that we are in communion with the whole Church.
On the first day of attending my new elementary school, my mother said to me, “Just bloom where you’re planted!”
More than 10,000 people were present at the online concert of the group, Gen Verde on September 27, the feast of Saint Vincent de Paul.
This situation that we have experienced as a Family — and I, as a doctor on the front-lines treating COVID-19 patients — has forced us to return to our essence.
This pandemic and the consequent period of distancing has been a time of reflection and meditation.
Our learning was that we should not think all is well just by looking at someone.
False news is omnipresent on the Internet and is not limited to the pandemic. They are everywhere and affect all the information that comes to us with regard to any topic.