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‘City of friendship’ unites poor of Madagascar, Argentina
by Inés San Martín, Crux | March 21, 2022 | News | 0 Comments
According to Argentine missionary Father Pedro Opeka, “it will be very difficult to rebuild” after the country was hit by four cyclones with winds of 130 miles per hour.
Letter of Father Pedro Opeka, CM to Vladimir Putin
by .famvin | March 9, 2022 | Conflict in Ukraine, News | 6 Comments
Father Pedro Opeka, CM has written and published an open letter to the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, urging him to immediately stop the invasion and the war that was initiated against Ukraine.
Catholic missionary priest nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Learning From a Vincentian Nobel Prize Nominee
by John Freund, CM | February 17, 2021 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change | 1 Comment
A Vincentian priest has made it his life’s work to “go out to the margins” of society and try to restore dignity to the “living scraps” of a “throwaway culture”. Pedro Opeka CM, has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize… again.
Film Documentary on Pedro Opeka, CM
by .famvin | May 23, 2020 | Congregation of the Mission, News
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
by Javier F. Chento | May 3, 2020 | News
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
by Anja Bohnsack | Aug 11, 2019 | News
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!
by John Freund, CM | Aug 7, 2019 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change
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.
by Javier F. Chento | Aug 4, 2019 | News
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)
by Javier F. Chento | Jul 31, 2019 | News, Vincentian Family
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
by John Freund, CM | Sep 19, 2018 | Formation, Reflections, Systemic change, Vincentian Family
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
by Vincentian Family Office | Aug 6, 2018 | News
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
by John Freund, CM | Jul 4, 2018 | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Systemic change
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
by John Freund, CM | Jun 20, 2018 | Formation, News, Reflections, 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
by Javier F. Chento | Jun 19, 2018 | News
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,...