CHICAGO (CNS) — Thirty-four Latin American siblings that are being employed as missionaries in bad Latino communities in america recently collected for the retreat that is 10-day conference in Chicago.
These were accompanied by their mom superiors and, for a career retreat within the weekend that is final by 20 young Latinas interested in learning more about spiritual life.
Doing work in underserved areas in 12 dioceses, the Mexican, Puerto Rican, Colombian, Venezuelan, Guatemalan, Salvadoran and Honduran siblings originate from 12 spiritual sales as they are area of the U.S. -Latin United states Sisters Exchange Program. Catholic Extension partnered utilizing the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to produce this system.
The Latin American sisters get in touch with and minister with Spanish-speaking immigrant families, supplying leadership in spiritual training, migrant farmworker outreach, home visitations, youth and young adult ministry, religious guidance, vocations advertising along with other ministries.
The sisters are within their 3rd 12 months of the initiative that is five-year built to strengthen Catholic ministries to immigrant communities, promote vocations among Latino Catholics and develop greater Hispanic leadership into the U.S. Catholic Church.
The program offers pastoral experiences as well as educational programming that is preparing them for greater leadership in their religious congregations for the participating sisters from Latin America.
The might 19-28 Chicago encounter included a retreat when it comes to sisters and their mom superiors during the Cenacle Retreat Center; a lifetime career retreat, also in the Cenacle; a workshop at Loyola University Chicago; conferences with Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Continuar lendo Latin American sisters in U.S. ‘build bridges’ during ‘challenging time’