The Barbara Ford Peace Center
Under the guidance of Luciano Laynez, the Barbara Ford Peacebuilding Center promotes integrated human and spiritual development by offering programs of all types; social, spiritual, educational, cultural, political, and judicial. Offered to individuals, families and communities, the programs empower them to be agents of change for transformation of themselves and society in order that they may live lives that are just, dignified and in harmony with themselves and the cosmos.
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Updates from Guatemala
The Pandemic in Guatemala
The following is taken from the Summer 2020 issue of Vision. It seems impossible to identify the exact time when the coronavirus entered the United States, and it was even less possible to determine its manifestation in Guatemala, Central America. In conversation with...
May 3, 2020, Good Shepherd Sunday — World Day of Prayer for Vocations
He calls us by name and we follow Jesus is the open door that gives access to the sheep. He is the Good Shepherd — our only source of salvation. He is good, that is, noble — different from those shepherds, who would permit wolves to devour their sheep. He gives his...
Tragedy in Guatemala
Dear Friends: All of Guatemala is in mourning over the tragedy of the eruption of one of its most active volcanoes, Volcán Fuego (Volcano of Fire). Without warning, its pyroclastic flow swallowed up villages and homes, leaving mostly women and children running for...
Growing Mission in Guatemala
Sister Jane Iannucelli, President, and Sister Mary Ann Daly, Regional Coordinator, traveled to Quiché Guatemala on December 31, 2016 to join Sisters Nora Cunningham, Gloria De Arteaga, Rosenda Castañeda Gonzalez, Virginia Searing, and Marie Tolle for a Mass and...
Associate Luncheon in Guatemala
—Cecilia Harriendorf, SC On December 10th, the Sisters of Charity in Novillero invited their new pastor, Father Juan Turuy, to lunch with the Associates from the Solola area. Four Associates and two long-time friends were happy to accept the invitation. The luncheon...
Dental Dream Team Visits Guatemala
By Sisters Marie Tolle and Cecilia Harriendorf A dental team from Washington State recently volunteered their services at our clinics in Novillero and Nahaula, Guatemala. The energy and commitment of dentists Bart Roach, Greg Fradel, dental hygienist, Michelle...
