by Vincent Ojwang | Aug 29, 2025 | International Days, Migrants
We are preparing to celebrate, together with the entire Church, the World Day of Migrants and Refugees on October 4 and 5. In the context of this Jubilee Year, the theme “Migrants, Missionaries of Hope” invites us to view migrants and refugees not only in their needs, but also as bearers of faith, resilience, and new life.
May this day be a reminder that the Church’s mission is to welcome, protect, promote, and integrate migrants and refugees; a call to action for communities to embrace diversity, foster dialogue, and recognize the dignity of every person seeking refuge.
To help you celebrate this day, we are sending you a prayer and reflection resource prepared by the Missionaries of Saint Anthony Mary Claret. May it inspire us to be beacons of hope among those who embark on the journey in search of peace and a better life.
download document herehttps://www.somicmf.org/download/255/world-day-of-migrants-and-refugees/5111/eg-celebration-of-the-world-day-of-migrants-and-refugees-2025.pdf?lang=en
by Vincent Ojwang | Jul 31, 2025 | International Days
On December 23, 1994, the United Nations General Assembly established August 9 as the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples to promote cooperation among countries around the world to address and resolve the various problems affecting these communities in areas such as land, health, education, the economy, the environment, land use, development and human rights. In this way, indigenous peoples and their cultures are beginning to be accepted and respected in such a way that they are no longer delegated, unprotected, or excluded from the social construction of states, which, in turn, are beginning to take responsibility for the care, respect, ratification and guarantees that these ancient communities demand and need.
As part of the Claretian Family, the Cordimarian Filiation proposes a time of prayer and reflection in fraternal communion with our brothers and sisters of the indigenous peoples.
download document herehttps://www.somicmf.org/download/202/international-days/5056/eg-9-august-international-day-of-indigenous-peoples.pdf?lang=en
by Vincent Ojwang | May 22, 2025 | International Days
In celebration of the tenth anniversary of the encyclical Laudato Si’ and during Laudato Si’ Week (May 24–31), the JPIC General Secretariat invites each organism and its communities to organize a special Creation-focused Mass. We offer liturgical materials adapted by Fr. Efraín Mamani CMF and available in this site. The event can be organized at whatever time is most convenient during Laudato Si’ Week.
We thank you in advance for your commitment and collaboration so that, united as a congregation, we can actively participate in these celebrations and in the mission of caring for our Common Home according to the principles of Laudato Si’.
download document here https://www.somicmf.org/download/206/laudato-si/4842/laudato-si-eg.pdf?lang=en
by Vincent Ojwang | Apr 29, 2025 | International Days
by Vincent Ojwang | Apr 21, 2025 | International Days, Mother Earth Day
Dear sisters and brothers, April 22 we commemorate the INTERNATIONAL MOTHER EARTH DAY, and as the JPIC Team of the Claretian Family, we share this material for awareness and reflection on a reality that necessarily involves us—as part of humanity and as a believing community, as recipients and protectors of the generous gift the Creator has given us in nature.
We are living in a truly complex and critical moment, as a consequence of how we, as a species, have related to our planet—with attitudes and actions that bring us dangerously close to the irreversible degradation of our “Common Home.”
As the Claretian Family, it is our responsibility to take a stand and act in the face of what lies ahead, inspired by the Christian message and grounded in solidarity—knowing that the most vulnerable are the ones who face the greatest challenges in responding to the environmental crisis.
May the Lord of Life enlighten and encourage us in this mission, in defense of life.
download document here https://www.somicmf.org/download/253/mother-earth-day/4606/eg-international-mother-earth-day-2025.pdf?lang=en
by Vincent Ojwang | Apr 18, 2025 | International Days
On this important feast day in our Christian liturgy, the JPIC office would like to offer you a reflection by one of our many brothers committed to the poor and marginalised in this global village in which we live. This time it is Fr. George Kannanthanam, who has dedicated his entire life to the poorest and is currently in charge of the Sumanahalli centre, which he also founded, in Bangalore, India. He is undoubtedly one of the many prophets we have in our Claretian congregation, who help us to see with critical spirit the reality of social injustice and to raise awareness about defending its victims. I invite you to reflect on the Paschal Mystery on this Holy Saturday from the perspective of the victims and the disadvantaged, who are none other than our sisters and brothers in this global fraternity.
download document herehttps://www.somicmf.org/download/252/easter-sunday/4581/eg-let-them-rise-with-jesus.pdf?lang=en
