«Pan amigo» a campaign to feed the body and soul of needy families in Guayaquil
The “Pan Amigo” campaign, created by members of Regnum Christi Guayaquil (Ecuador), seeks to help families in a vulnerable area of the city with food. Weeks ago, thanks to the help and solidarity of many people, the first delivery of food to 66 families was made. But the help is not only material, but it is part of a process of evangelization that has been carried out for a year, and in which - now in the pandemic - every fifteen days the families receive the call of a missionary and a video with the Sunday catechesis made by young people and families of Regnumi Christi.
Daydreaming Barquisimeto continues to bring joy to hearts
The arrival of Covid-19 has not been an impediment for Soñar Despierto Barquisimeto to continue bringing smiles. Although the contingency has forced them to completely change their calendar and daily activities -like almost all the apostolates- it has also become a real engine to find new ways to continue helping those who need it most. During the month of June, they carried out a macro virtual event to collect food and cleaning supplies to deliver basic products to the homes and places where they are normally present, but thanks to the solidarity of the people and the fact that they were able to collect more than a ton of products, they were also able to reach many other people.
«Love saves us» DARTE Manizales' response to accompany street dwellers during the pandemic.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the young people of the DARTE Manizales apostolate have not stopped going out to meet the most vulnerable. Through the “Love saves us” campaign, they have continuously provided food, clothing and board games to 200 street dwellers. They have also delivered food to 450 families and three homes for the elderly in the city. But as not only material help is important, they have launched an initiative to collect between 150 and 200 letters with a message of love and hope, accompanied by some religious object to be delivered to the street dwellers at this time of quarantine as a way to offer them love and company. Click here to learn more about the campaign.
ECYD Donathon to support street vendors in Pereira
Seeing the current situation of the pandemic and the need of so many people who have been left without work, the girls of ECYD Pereira made a campaign to help street vendors with food. Thanks to people's donations, they were able to collect 85 pantries, of which 65 have already been delivered. “It was a very nice job, with a lot of faith. Once again, God showed us that He never lets us win in generosity and we surpassed our goal, reaching many homes that need us”. Juanita Martínez Varón, one of the project leaders, commented.
Barranquilla launches “Missionary Coffee” on Instagram to bring missions to daily life
With a series of eight interviews with different missionaries, streamed live on the Instagram account. @baq_missions, The members of the RC of Barranquilla seek to make known in an experiential way the missions of evangelization. With the warmth and closeness of a coffee, they seek that people know these stories so that they can know a little more about how missions are lived and how to combine their daily life with their missionary work.
Do you know what are the wounds of femininity and how to heal them?
Colombian Anita Cadavid, Consecrated of Regnum Christi and director of the Higher Institute of Women's Studies from Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, In the workshop, she presented the wounds of femininity according to Edith Stain and some keys to healing them and discovering the beauty of the feminine genius.
More than 180 couples meet again in a space to reflect on freedom
After a long break forced by the pandemic, the Alpha Marriages Venezuela apostolate was able to resume activities on July 22 with a virtual talk given by Guadalupe Gómez, a consecrated member of Regnum Christi, on the theme: “Freedom, an exterior or interior reality? The meeting took place through the Zoom platform and was attended by more than 180 couples, many of them participants of the program in Venezuela and others who joined from different countries such as Colombia and Ecuador. It was a space for reflection and hope, which not only provided tools to help the couples to overcome the new challenges that the quarantine has planned, but also generated great joy by allowing them to meet again.
Virtual catholic library, formation at your fingertips
The members of Regnum Christi of Manizales have created a virtual Catholic library with the purpose of helping in the growth and formation of people in the different stages of life. In this library you can find more than 200 books divided by topics such as personal growth, spiritual growth, and courtship, among others.
