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Celebrating Brazil’s Children’s Day

Celebrating Brazil’s Children’s Day

by Margarita Durán | Feb 4, 2022

A day of fun and games in a São Paulo favela.

Smiles and tears in São Paulo’s favelas

Smiles and tears in São Paulo’s favelas

by Meinrad Scherer-Emunds | Sep 8, 2021

Margarita Durán follows her vocation to teach, uplift and accompany communities in Brazil’s favelas.

Zumba with Margarita

Zumba with Margarita

by Margarita Durán | Aug 27, 2021

Margarita Durán has started teaching Zumba at the Migrant Integration Center in São Paulo.

Responding to COVID-19 food insecurity in São Paulo

Responding to COVID-19 food insecurity in São Paulo

by Joanne Blaney | May 3, 2021

At São Paulo’s Street Network Project, lay missioners help those experiencing homelessness and food insecurity.

Online classes and food emergencies in São Paulo

Online classes and food emergencies in São Paulo

by Margarita Durán | May 23, 2020

Margarita Durán continues to teach immigrant children and encounters food insecurity in one of the main epicenters of the pandemic.

Millennials in mission

Millennials in mission

by Meinrad Scherer-Emunds | Apr 20, 2020

Five Maryknollers reflect on what it’s like to be a young adult lay missioner

Leading the skirt dance at Festa Junina

Leading the skirt dance at Festa Junina

by Margarita Durán | Feb 11, 2020

A joyful community celebration brings a favela community closer together.

Margarita marches in the March of Margaridas

Margarita marches in the March of Margaridas

by Margarita Durán | Oct 9, 2019

In August, Margarita Durán traveled to Brasilia to join the “largest protest action of women in Latin America.”

Time for art with Margarita!

Time for art with Margarita!

by Kathleen Maynard | May 31, 2019

Margarita Durán brings joy and beauty to migrant and refugee children in São Paulo, Brazil.

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