My Idea was to Give One Year of Volunteer Service
“No one can give what they don’t have.”

Published on: April 11th, 2013 — 8:07 AM / OBS: SOUTH AMERICA

CUSCO, PERU — A story for you today from Cusco, Peru in Spanish with English subtitles focusing on discernment through missionary service. We bring you the testimony of two men giving service to the poor with the Missionary Servants of the Poor (Opus Christi Salvatoris Mundi www.msptm.com/en/ )

The first man you see in the video is Fr. Pierfilippo Giovanetti from Italy, and the second is Eduardo Pardo from Barcelona, Spain. They both went to Cusco with the idea that they would give one year of service to the poor. (read more below)

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Video Missionaries in South America

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Christ Has Brought Us Together Today
“We are here to say yes to life and no to death.”

Published on: March 27th, 2013 — 2:33 PM / OBS: SOUTH AMERICA

LIMA, PERU — This year’s March for Life in Lima was on March 13, 2013. Everyone said this year it was much more organized, and the Archdiocese of Lima itself organized the march. They were hoping that 100,000 people would participate in the march, and according to Catholic News Agency, the number of participants exceeded 100,000 people. (read more below)

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Video Missionaries in South America

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music by: Aaron Copland

We started in front of the Department of Defense in Jesus María and marched until arriving in Parque Castilla in Lince. There was a lively pro-life spirit about the entire crowd despite the … Read More »

We have most of our appliances now!
“We are hoping that a few people in Lima might begin to help us film and edit videos.”

Published on: March 12th, 2013 — 3:40 PM / OBS: SOUTH AMERICA

LIMA, PERU — This is the first vlog from Annie and Al’s new adventure. They are hoping and planning on it being the first of many bilingual vlogs produced from Lima. In their own words:

Two months ago we arrived in Peru and began looking for a place to live. We spent a week apartment hunting in Lima’s hot summer afternoons until we finally found a place. Perfect size, quiet neighborhood, but it was not furnished. We spent a few uncomfortable days sitting on the floor eating take out food with chopsticks and sleeping on an air mattress that had a slow leak of air. … Read More »

Canada is a “salad bowl” of cultures, and political correctness
“As a Catholic, I came out of Catholic high school barely knowing anything about my Catholic faith.”

Published on: February 25th, 2013 — 10:28 PM / OBS: SOUTH AMERICA

LIMA, PERU — What does it mean to be a Canadian Catholic? In a country that is proud to be a “salad bowl” of cultures, religions and traditions, it is becoming more and more difficult for Catholics to speak the truth. Megan Blair shares her story of growing up in Oshawa, Ontario, which is just outside of Toronto. She attended a Catholic school her whole life, but her faith formation was weak and the teachers and administrators were always walking on tip toes trying not to say or do anything that would offend others. (read more below)

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Nora had graduated from college and was living and working in Washington D.C. as a social worker. She worked for several years in the fast paced stress filled city until she decided she needed a different pace. She devoted one year of service with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps within the US, and at the end of the year still wanted to do more missionary work. She began looking for other options for longer term service within the US or abroad. She found the Franciscan Volunteer Corps which at the time was sending missionaries abroad for 3 years of service (the current term of service is 2 years.) She began learning about the Franciscan spirituality and it resonated with her beliefs about caring for the environment and respecting all the different parts of God’s creation. When we met Nora in Cochabamba, … Read More »

El Padre Miguel Manzanera es un sacerdote de Bilbao, España pero hace más que 30 años está viviendo en Bolivia. Trabaja por el Arzobispado de Cochabamba y es el vicario judicial para el tribunal eclesiastico de Bolivia. También trabaja en la Universidad Católica Boliviana como director del Departamento de Bioética. Además, es dentro del Apostolado de la Nueva Evangelización Pro Vida. Con toda esta experiencia con bioética y pro vida, el padre nos compartió una charla interesante sobre la decadencia moral en los paises desarollados e incluso estamos viendo los efectos de eso en los paises latinoamericanos. Es una lucha sumamente importante que no empezamos a aceptar que las cosas que nuestra cultura hoy en día acepta como normal. El aborto, la homosexualidad, el divorcio, los anticonceptivos, el alcohol, las drogas, el uso de la sexualidad humana de temprana edad … Read More »

Baptismal Celebration for Giovanni Paolo
“Through Baptism we are freed from sin and reborn as sons of God; we become members of Christ, are incorporated into the Church and made sharers in her mission”

Published on: February 13th, 2013 — 11:42 PM / OBS: North America

DENVER, CO, USA — Through this Sacrament of the Church, Giovanni Paolo was able to open the doorway to a life in Christ. The waters at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Denver freed Giovanni, enabling him to pursue and encounter the other Sacraments within the Catholic faith. By baptizing, which literally means plunging, Hugo & Karla’s baby boy can now participate in the redemptive resurrection of Jesus Christ as a new creature. (more below)

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Les presento una charla dirigida a las parejas jóvenes, dado por el Fray Emilio de Jesús, un fraile mexicano viviendo en Cochabamba, Bolivia. El nos cuenta un cuento conocido cuyo autor es desconocido sobre el jóven rey Arturo. Ese cuento nos ayuda entender un poco mejor sobre las herramientas que nos lleva a la felicidad. Una pregunta que parecía tan fácil fue mucho más difícil, ¿Qué es lo que toda mujer quiere? La respuesta es en tres partes y nos explica sencillamente como podemos estar feliz en nuestra pareja.

His Holiness Radiated From Him
“We did not know if we could get pregnant, soon after we found out we were pregnant with our first daughter!”

Published on: December 19th, 2012 — 5:48 PM / OBS: South America

AYAVIRI, PERU — When Abby Sinnett was transitioning from her teenage years to her early twenties, an incredible blessing came into her life; her husband first, but then a trip to the Eternal City. After committing their lives to each other, Abby and her husband were showered with truly a once in a life time blessing, a flight to Rome to meet in person with the late, and now blessed, John Paul II. On the flight over to Rome and the Vatican, this young and faithful Catholic couple contemplated one important question, “what should we say to the Holy Father?” (more below)

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DEATH ROAD SURVIVORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When we first got to La Paz, Bolivia we had almost totally forgotten about a long time dream excursion of ours to bike on Bolivia’s infamous Death Road. When we were suddenly reminded about it, the family with which we were staying in La Paz happened to have an awesome friend who gave excursions on the road. We were hooked. Accompanied by 2 Ausies and a Frechman, we biked many miles down hill on the old original road (a newer paved road has long since replaced the original death road). Thank you God for our safety and enjoyment.