Yesterday, Saturday, June 20, the winners of the prestigious Beverly Hills Film Festival were announced. The...
Opeka
Film Documentary on Pedro Opeka, CM
A very skilled film-maker has submitted a documentary on Pedro Opeka’s work in Madagascar.
Fr. Opeka Celebrates the Eucharist for All the People of Antananarivo
This past Sunday, Divine Mercy Sunday (April 19), Fr. Pedro Opeka, a member of the Congregation of the Mission,...
Akamasoa (Madagascar): a Place for Learning How to Bring St. Vincent’s Words to Life
From May 1-7, 2018, Mark McGreevy and I, Anja Bohnsack, went to visit Madagascar to meet and learn from Fr. Pedro Opeka. Over the past three decades he has created Akamasoa-- a project aimed at supporting people living in slums by providing them with the tools,...
A Question That Built a City!
The question that built a city! “Do you love your children?” When he received an affirmative response, he said: “Let’s work together, give them a future.”
Interview with Father Pedro Opeka, C.M.
Taking advantage of his visit to Rome in 2018, the journalist Elena Grazini had the opportunity to ask some questions to Father Pedro Opeka, missionary of the Congregation of the Mission in Madagascar: 1- Father Pedro what does it mean today to live in Akamasoa? How...
Apostolic Journey of the Holy Father to Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius (4 -10 September 2019)
Pope Francis is now just over a month away from starting his trip to Mozambique, Madagascar and Mauritius, in Africa. This trip is also significant for the Vincentian Family, as the Holy Father will visit, on September 8, the Vincentian work "the city of Good Friends"...
Vincentian Role Models for a Systemic Change Approach
We have been asked to devote some energy and study to knowing more about our heritage and role models. As I reflected on this it occurred to me that this might be an occasion to informally reflect on our heritage as agents of systemic change.
Fr. Pedro Opeka, CM, Received Honorable Mention from the Argentine Senate
At the beginning of July, Father Pedro Opeka, CM, the most well-known Vincentian Father in the world, was honored by the political authorities of Argentina, from President Mauricio Macri (who received him at the Casa Rosada on July 5), even by the Senate of that...
The Power of Stories 2.0
Yes, stories are wonderful for capturing attention. But I also learned that stories often just capture a moment in time. Narratives are about a movement over time and speak to our worldview. To that degree, they engage and motivate us.
The Secret Sauce of Systemic Change
The best way to help the poor is to respect them, to stand before them as an equal, without any masks, privilege, without any authority other than love and respect. And love will help you persevere in spite of the disappointments and the failures and the lack of honesty that we have to deal with almost every day.
Interviews with Borut Pahor, President of Slovenia, and Albert II, Prince of Monaco, in Support of the Akamasoa Project
On May 29, in the Association of Foreign Press in Rome, the press conference "A dream called Akamasoa" was held, attended by Father Tomaž Mavric, Superior General of the Congregation of the Mission, Father Pedro Opeka CM, founder of Akamasoa, his SEM Claude Giordan,...
