Kianda Foundation’s new project for Kenyan women

ROME (Fides Agency) – They hire out donkeys for transport, run hairdressing salons, open kiosks, make or sell new and second-hand clothes, supply building materials, set up knitting or sewing workshops, market vegetables, rear dairy cows, goats, and sheep. More than 500 Kenyan women have [...]
Tags: Education, Youth, Solidarity, University, Women

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Harambee in Rome

ROME, NOV. 16, 2006 (Zenit.org).- The Harambee Project awarded its 2nd "Communicate Africa" Prize to a Nigerian and an Irishman, both producers of documentaries that show the wealth of the African continent. The Harambee Project -- born on the occasion of the canonization of Opus [...]
Tags: Optimism, Solidarity, Harambee

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St Josemaria’s message on excellence at work is just what Congo needs

Interview with Josiane Mpeye, Congolese hospital doctor On May 29, 2006, Dr Josiane Mpeye took part in the presentation in Rome of new Harambee projects. During a musical evening in Rome’s Olympic Theater, she described the projected creation of a medical clinic in Kinshasa, under [...]
Tags: Responsibility, Solidarity, Work

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Celebration for Africa on Madison Avenue

Harambee, a charitable foundation established on the occasion of the canonization of the founder of Opus Dei, held a fundraising event in Manhattan on May 15. Opus Dei members and others helped organize a fundraising event for HarambeeUSA on May 15. More than 200 people attended [...]
Tags: Canonization, Charity, Education, Opus Dei, Solidarity

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In the Media "St Josemaría Escrivá and social conscience"

An article by J.H. Sciriha, published by The Times of Malta. The life and spirituality of St Josemaría Escrivá, the founder of Opus Dei, have left their indelible mark on thousands of men and women who try to sanctify their work and find God in their [...]
Tags: Solidarity, Malta

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Second Harambee 2002 International Award: Communicating Africa

Harambee 2002 was founded on the occasion of Saint Josemaría Escrivá’s canonization. Its aim is to support educational and social projects in sub-Saharan Africa. The Second Harambee 2002 International Prize for Audiovisual Communication “Communicating Africa” is dedicated to documentaries and television reports. The scope [...]
Tags: Canonization, Citizenship, Culture, Solidarity, Harambee

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El Milagro

Every morning more than 400 children from deprived homes arrive at the kindergarten called “El Milagro” (“The Miracle”) in Chorrillos, a district of Lima, Peru. There they are given a meal, elementary education and primary health care, and above all they learn to share, and [...]
Tags: Service, Solidarity

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Thailand: 14 baptisms, confirmations and weddings

In north-west Thailand, on the border with Myanmar, in the mountains where the Karen tribes live, there is now a chapel dedicated to Our Lady and Saint Josemaría. The following is a letter from Father Alain, who inaugurated the Chapel of Our Lady and Saint Josemaría, [...]
Tags: Baptism, Charity, Solidarity, Church of St Josemaria

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University of Toronto Congress about Saint Josemaría

Inspired by Saint Josemaría’s message, a number of different people who are working to improve the human and spiritual conditions of the poor met for the second year running for a conference called “Sowers of Peace and Joy” held at Brennan Hall, University of Toronto, [...]
Tags: Joy, Citizenship, Peace, Solidarity

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2nd Luminous Mystery: The Wedding Feast at Cana

And on the third day a marriage took place at Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Now Jesus too was invited to the marriage, and also his disciples. And the wine having run short, the mother of Jesus said to him, [...]
Tags: Marriage, Holy Rosary, Solidarity, Our Lady