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Port-au-Prince (Haiti), 06/18/2017, Sr. María Genoveva Rivera.-After the earthquake of 2010 in Haiti, the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation of the province of Medellín planned to build a house for meetings and retreats in Port-au-Prince, in the service of religious, laity and parishes, among others. This dream became reality from July 2016 when the first stage was put into service with 30 fully equipped single rooms.
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Santafe (Colombia), 06/01/2017, María Teresa Buitrago E., Faculty of Nursing; María Stella Rodríguez Arenas, Faculty of Theology; Carlos Eduardo Nieto, Faculty of Architecture and Design.- For more than two years, the “Pontificia Universidad Javeriana” (Xavier’s Pontifical University) has been present in Agua de Dios (water of God) for the development of the Investigation Project titled: "Comprehensive approach to the social structure of the territory of Agua de Dios starting with leprosy as the basic reality".
Medellin (Colombia), 06/14/2017, Sr. Ana Cecilia Villegas.- On June 8, the new mission in the Province of Medellin, “Maison Marie Poussepin” was blessed. It is “A peaceful place to be happy”. It is a 10 floor house with 100 rooms to receive autonomous and independent adults. The celebration was presided over by Monsignor Ricardo Tobón Restrepo, Archbishop of Medellin.
Bogotá, D.C (Colombia), 06/13/2017, Sr. Juliana Alejandra Triana Palomino.- “Predicando ando. ¡Sencillo y normal!” (Go, Preach. simple and ordinary!), is the name for the Project of the Means of Social Communication (MSC) for the service of preaching in the Province of Santafé. It looks for new means to bring the Good News of Jesus to all the corners of the world.
Cochabamba (Bolivia), 06/11/2017, Sisters of the Community of Marie Poussepin, Puntiti.- "Based on the teachings of the Catholic Church, we assure that one’s conscience is over and above unjust laws because evil continues to be evil even if a law permits it to continue. The last word on this point resides in each person and it is our moral responsibility to protect and to ensure the right to conscientious objection", said the Bolivian Conference of Catholic Bishops.
Venezuela, 06/11/2017, Sr. Nícida.- The experience we are living during these days of protests, where the repression is getting worse every day, there is also a desire of fighting for a free Venezuela from the Venezuelans. This is part of our daily life. Faced with this reality, I contemplate and I ask myself: Is Venezuela a question of Justice and Peace? Because many opponents and government officials go out for you, they shout for you, they organize for you...
Dalmadih (India), 06/10/2017, Project's Group of the Solidarity.- Dalmadih Tribal Development Project is run by Dominican sisters of the presentation in Dalmadih village of Gumla district in Jharkhand, India. The sisters had been here from 1996 and involved in various developmental work. We started a project in the year 2010 exclusively for the development of the tribal group of 28 tolas of 9 revenue villages.
Barcelona (Spain), 06/10/2017, Srs. Gemma Morató and Conchi García.- In 2007, we inaugurated the web page www.elarbolgrita.com, dedicated to the paintings and sculptures of Sr. Marie Séraphie (1915-2017), a Dominican Sister of the Presentation and a well known artist.
Bogotá, D.C (Colombia), 06/01/2017, Sr. Luz Marina Socha Gómez.- In an attitude of faith, hope and joy Sr. Leidy Viviany Moreno Garzón chose Christ anew. To begin the month of June in the joy of the renewal of vows of Sr. Leidy Viviany is a gift of blessing for the Province of Santafe, the Congregation and the Church.