{"id":115995,"date":"2025-12-08T19:46:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T01:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/es\/?p=115995"},"modified":"2025-12-09T12:16:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:16:51","slug":"f-arturo-guerra-lc-and-the-face-of-christ-in-prison-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/en\/p-arturo-guerra-lc-y-el-rostro-de-cristo-en-misiones-carcelarias\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abArturo Guerra, L.C. and the face of Christ in prison missions."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span class=\"TextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\" lang=\"ES-MX\" xml:lang=\"ES-MX\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">The Church celebrates and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">he Jubilee of Prisoners<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">this December 14<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">. The inside of a prison is a territory<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\"> that few dare to cross. There, where freedom seems to have stopped, Fr. Arturo Guerra, L.C., has discovered by <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">various <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">years the possibility of meeting, the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">lack of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">dignity<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\"> human<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">, and the hope that is reborn and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">to<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\"> human brightness that deprivation <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">of freedom <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">does not turn off. Your experience -<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">born among young university students, trips to the Islas Marias, missions in Mexico, Belize and Italy<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">- is a testimony that Jesus continues to dwell on the margins, waiting to be looked at, embraced and accompanied. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">\u00bfQ<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">hat moves a priest <\/span><\/span><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW93779699 BCX8\" href=\"https:\/\/legionariosdecristo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW93779699 BCX8\" lang=\"ES-MX\" xml:lang=\"ES-MX\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">legionary of Christ<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\" lang=\"ES-MX\" xml:lang=\"ES-MX\" data-contrast=\"auto\"> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">to board a ship for nine hours to reach a prison; how a volunteer is transformed by hearing the thanks of someone who thought himself worthless<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">? D<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">e behind every <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">history<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\"> there is a face, a name, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">something<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\"> that <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">us <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW93779699 BCX8\">remember that mercy never ceases to open roads.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW142680218 BCX8\">P. Arturo, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW142680218 BCX8\">\u00bf<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW142680218 BCX8\">q<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW142680218 BCX8\">hat motivated him to bring missions to such an isolated place as the<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW142680218 BCX8\"> prison in the<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW142680218 BCX8\">s Islas Mar\u00edas, Mexico?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW268099072 BCX8\">In 2005, being in contact with young people in the apostolate <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW268099072 BCX8\">a small project was born <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW268099072 BCX8\">of young volunteers who would teach a radio workshop in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW268099072 BCX8\">a prison<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW268099072 BCX8\"> of minors<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW268099072 BCX8\"> in the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW268099072 BCX8\">surroundings of Barcelona<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW268099072 BCX8\">, Spain<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW268099072 BCX8\">. There I could see the profound good that could be done<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW268099072 BCX8\"> mutually<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW268099072 BCX8\"> young university students and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW268099072 BCX8\"> the<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW268099072 BCX8\"> young people deprived of their freedom<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW268099072 BCX8\"> when meeting with <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW268099072 BCX8\">a <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW268099072 BCX8\">open heart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">Later, working in Mexico, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">the idea of doing missions in the Islas Mar\u00edas came spontaneously because it <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">I have always<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">The stories that had impressed them were<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">t is the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">\u00ab<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">Father Trampitas<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\"> counted. The Islas Mar\u00edas are in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of the state of Nayarit, Mexico, about 112 km from the mainland. The complex is made up of four main islands and some islets. The Islas Mar\u00edas ceased to function as a penitentiary center in February 2019, when the federal government decreed its definitive closure. Today they are a space dedicated to environmental education and conservation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">But back to the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">p<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">He was a prisoner in the Marias Islands, when the Islas Marias was still a penitentiary center. He f<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">ue <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">a Jesuit priest who lived more than 30 years in the Mar\u00edas Islands as a voluntary prisoner.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">The <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">\u00ab<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">voluntary prisoner<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\"> took it so seriously that when Pope John Paul II visited Mexico for the first time in 1979, it did not reach him.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">He received permission from the authorities to go to one of the cities where the Pope was going to visit, so he lived together with the people deprived of their freedom during the papal visit, which was broadcast on television.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">By the way, the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">p<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">adre Trampitas asked to be buried in the Islas Mar\u00edas<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\"> by the tomb of El Sapo<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">, so on every mission we visited the tomb <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">from <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">p<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">adre Trampitas<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">, and that of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">\u00ab<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">El Sapo<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW187564573 BCX8\">\u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_115999\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-115999\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-115999 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos6.webp\" alt=\"P. Arturo Guerra, L.C. and the Face of Christ in Prison Missions\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos6.webp 900w, https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos6-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos6-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos6-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-115999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">For those who go with the eyes of faith, it is a strong experience of finding Christ hidden in those who are deprived of their freedom (Image credit: Mission Islas Marias on Facebook).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>El Sapo is a character from the middle of the 20th century, known for his more than 100 homicides. He spent some time in the Lecumberri prison and then was transferred to the Islas Mar\u00edas where he met Father Trampitas. In the Islas Marias, he went through a very beautiful process of radical conversion, in a gradual path of grace, God's mercy and his response. In fact, El Sapo confessed to Father Trampitas, his great friend by then. El Sapo promised never to kill again, not even in self-defense. Some time later he was killed among the hills of the Islas Mar\u00edas and was buried there in the cemetery of the old hacienda that existed before the island became a prison.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31090917 BCX8\">How would you describe the process of spiritual and human preparation that you went through?<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31090917 BCX8\">at<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW31090917 BCX8\"> young people before leaving?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\">It is important to arrive prepared. This volunteer project is always open to young believers and non-believers. For those who<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\"> go to<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\"> with the eyes of faith is a <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\">strong experience <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\">to find Christ who is hidden in those who are deprived of their freedom. And for those who are moved by <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\">a sincere, authentic, open and generous desire to learn and to help as much as possible, leaving aside the labels of whether or not <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\">\u00ab<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\">I am free and you are not<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\">, or if <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\">\u00ab<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\">you have not had problems with the law and I have.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\">, o <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\">\u00ab<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\">if I don't believe and you do<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\">, We discover that we are all human beings who walk, who sometimes succeed and sometimes fail, who fall and get up and learn.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\"> very much<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\"> of each other's varied and plural life experiences.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\"> Of course, the Lord always makes himself present in his own way in every mission.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW115648828 BCX8\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_116000\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116000\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-116000 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos7.webp\" alt=\"P. Arturo Guerra, L.C. and the Face of Christ in Prison Missions\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos7.webp 900w, https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos7-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos7-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos7-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In the case of the Islas Mar\u00edas, they often took a boat for a nine-hour journey (Image credit: Islas Mar\u00edas Mission on Facebook).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW12030140 BCX8\" lang=\"ES-MX\" xml:lang=\"ES-MX\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12030140 BCX8\">What was the most challenging thing about leaving the routine behind and entering into such a different context?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\">In the case of the Islas Mar\u00edas, the following was taken<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\"> often<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\"> a ship that <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\">was making a<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\">as <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\">nine<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\"> hours of travel<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\">. We left Mazatlan and crossed a \u201clittle part\u201d of the immensity of the Pacific Ocean in all its beauty: we could go through sun, rain, and rain,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\"> calm sea, restless sea,<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\">wind<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\">, sunrises and sunsets, fog, sunrises and sunsets,<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\">rainbow<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\">,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\"> gulls<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\">, dolphins and turtles<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\">... Everything very beautiful, yes, but those <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\">nine<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\"> boat hours<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\">nine<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\"> one-way and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\">nine<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\"> back,<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\">let you <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\">physically exhausted<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\"> and with a considerable longing to set foot on solid ground as soon as possible, both on the outward and return journeys<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW229707986 BCX8\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW207572078 BCX8\" lang=\"ES-MX\" xml:lang=\"ES-MX\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW207572078 BCX8\">How do young people react when they encounter a reality so different from their own?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255194059 BCX8\">Volunteers usually arrive with a heart<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255194059 BCX8\"> always <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255194059 BCX8\">generous <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255194059 BCX8\">and in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255194059 BCX8\">a mixture of curiosity, a bit of fear and nerves and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255194059 BCX8\">the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255194059 BCX8\">The question of whether or not they will succeed in being good volunteers who help people deprived of their liberty.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255194059 BCX8\">The interesting thing about these missions is that all<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255194059 BCX8\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255194059 BCX8\">s est<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255194059 BCX8\">ncertainties, fears and nerves usually evaporate after a few minutes. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255194059 BCX8\">little<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255194059 BCX8\">s minutes of the prim<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255194059 BCX8\">ncounter with persons deprived of their liberty<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255194059 BCX8\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_116001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116001\" style=\"width: 899px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-116001 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos5.webp\" alt=\"P. Arturo Guerra, L.C. and the Face of Christ in Prison Missions\" width=\"899\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos5.webp 899w, https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos5-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos5-768x513.webp 768w, https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos5-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00abArturo Guerra, L.C. (Image credit: Mission Islas Marias on Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW62915547 BCX8\" lang=\"ES-MX\" xml:lang=\"ES-MX\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62915547 BCX8\">How did the prisoners receive the young missionaries? Was there surprise, resistance or openness from the beginning?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\">For its part<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\">,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\"> persons deprived of their liberty <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\">usually <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\">arrives<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\">r<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\"> with a heart <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\">very <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\">open<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\">,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\"> The expectation of the expectations is mixed with the curiosity of knowing who they will be and what they are coming for, and the doubt of whether what they will offer will be boring or not.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\">.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\">E<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\">he ice usually breaks up very quickly on both sides and then begins a few days of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\">human, spiritual exchange,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\"> cultural,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\"> gastronomic, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\">recreational<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\">enormously <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\">enriching<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42376545 BCX8\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW39334091 BCX8\">Can you share a specific experience that<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW39334091 BCX8\"> lo<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW39334091 BCX8\"> has deeply marked<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW39334091 BCX8\"> in this type of mission<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW39334091 BCX8\">?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\">On one occasion, at one of the Islas Marias camps, at the end of a morning of activities, a young boy<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\">deprived of his freedom, took the floor and said to all of us in a voice that said <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\">clara <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\">and decided more or less as follows: <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\">\u00ab<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\">I came<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\"> this morning to its activities <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\">only because I was convinced by a colleague to come, but before I came here <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\">thought e<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\">n what little I am worth, in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\">that no one cares about me, that what I do is useless, that those of us who are here are forever labeled as criminal people.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\"> and without remedy;<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\"> but now<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\">,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\"> after these moments spent with you<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\">,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\"> I realize how wrong I was and I can only tell them<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\">,<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\">\u00a1<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\">thank you very much for coming from so far away to visit us.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\">!<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW148931594 BCX8\">\u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_116002\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116002\" style=\"width: 899px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-116002 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos4.webp\" alt=\"P. Arturo Guerra, L.C. and the Face of Christ in Prison Missions\" width=\"899\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos4.webp 899w, https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos4-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos4-768x513.webp 768w, https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos4-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The harsh experience of prison leads them to take a deep breath in their lives and to begin a difficult but decisive process, deeply human, authentic and beautiful, of becoming aware of the evil they have done (Image credit: Mission Islas Marias on Facebook).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW62680298 BCX8\" lang=\"ES-MX\" xml:lang=\"ES-MX\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW62680298 BCX8\">Are there any significant stories of transformation or hope experienced by the prisoners during the mission?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29310911 BCX8\">Once in an Italian prison, a young woman told us<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29310911 BCX8\"> and thanked us very much and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29310911 BCX8\"> said that when he finished his sentence and returned to his country, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29310911 BCX8\">would find the time to do the same thing our group of volunteers did with her<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29310911 BCX8\">.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29310911 BCX8\">On that occasion, we gave a training course in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29310911 BCX8\">journalism workshop, given that<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29310911 BCX8\"> among the volunteers were a good number of students <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29310911 BCX8\">of communication<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29310911 BCX8\">; So <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29310911 BCX8\">she was determined to<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29310911 BCX8\"> visit people deprived of their liberty in your country and give them a similar workshop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW255574941 BCX8\" lang=\"ES-MX\" xml:lang=\"ES-MX\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255574941 BCX8\">What fruits have you seen in the young people who participated, years after the experience?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\">Young people often struggle with the decision to join or not to join this volunteer program.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\"> Reasons not to go, there are <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\">many.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\"> But once they make up their minds, everything else flows. I have never seen a young person who<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\">,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\"> at the end of the experience<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\">,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\"> has repented of <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\">gone<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\"> Rather <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\">leaves a deep and indelible mark<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\"> You learn to see life, events, people, problems, challenges and joys with new eyes.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\">When a<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\"> adult deprived of his or her <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\">freedom<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\"> says from the heart<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\"> looking volunteers in the eye<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\">: <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\">\u00ab<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\">Now that you are back home, hug your parents and please listen to them; <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\">not like me who did not want to pay attention to them<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\">can be observed among young people<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\"> over<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\"> a lump in the throat or a pair of eyes <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225731815 BCX8\">on the verge of tears.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_116004\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-116004\" style=\"width: 899px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-116004 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos2-1.webp\" alt=\"P. Arturo Guerra, L.C. and the Face of Christ in Prison Missions\" width=\"899\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos2-1.webp 899w, https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos2-1-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos2-1-768x513.webp 768w, https:\/\/regnumchristi.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/JubileoPresos2-1-18x12.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 899px) 100vw, 899px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-116004\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arturo Guerra, L.C. with volunteers from the prison missions in a decorative car sculpture (Image credit: Islas Marias Mission on Facebook).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW177256262 BCX8\">What place does it occupy today is<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW177256262 BCX8\">t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW177256262 BCX8\">to experience <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW177256262 BCX8\">missionary <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW177256262 BCX8\">in his priestly life and in his faith?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225677563 BCX8\">You grow and learn enormously in each mission. When you have never been in a prison, you tend to think that inside you will only find hard, unfeeling, self-paying people who are waiting to serve time to continue doing the same things they did before. What I have seen and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225677563 BCX8\">perceive<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225677563 BCX8\">, mission after mission, is that for a considerable number of people, the harsh experience of imprisonment leads them to take a step back in their lives and to begin a difficult but determined process, deeply human, authentic and beautiful, of becoming aware of the evil done (when it has been done), of concrete desires to repair the evil as far as possible, of assuming one's responsibilities without falling into the temptation of victimhood, of looking to the future with hope and of opening oneself to the God of forgiveness with childlike simplicity.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225677563 BCX8\">. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225677563 BCX8\">They are people who achieve a <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225677563 BCX8\">certain <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW225677563 BCX8\">wisdom, peculiar common sense and enthusiasm and end up spreading all these good things among their fellow inmates without realizing it.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What I have seen and perceived, mission after mission, is that for a considerable number of people, the hard experience of prison leads them to take a step back in their lives and to begin a difficult but decisive process, profoundly human, authentic and beautiful, of becoming aware of the evil done (when this has been the case).<\/p>","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":115998,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"_daextrevop_audio_file_creation_date":"","_daextrevop_text_to_speech":"","_daextrevop_document_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3471],"tags":[3540,207,128],"class_list":["post-115995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entrevista","tag-carcel","tag-juventud","tag-misiones"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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