“The Spirituality of the Blood of Christ as a Missionary Motivation to Go to the Human and Environmental Peripheries”, was the theme of a recent symposium, held January 17-19 in Lima, Perú.

Nearly two hundred participants from the Latin American countries of Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Perú reflected and exchanged valuable experiences, motivated by the presenters: Father Barry Fischer, CPPS; Dr. Juan Bosco; Sister Isabel Chávez, CBP; and Sister Sonia Pinho de Matos, ASC.

The participants accepted the following challenges:

• to listen to the cry of the blood heard in the abuse of creation and from migrants and victims of human trafficking;
• work to sensitize our communities, promote humanizing relationships and to join forces to create a network of healing and reconciliation, in order to strengthen our mission to restore the Kingdom of God and its justice in the world.

Article and photos provided by Marianella Castañeda, Perú