Celebrating Brazil’s Children’s Day
A day of fun and games in a São Paulo favela.
Smiles and tears in São Paulo’s favelas
Margarita Durán follows her vocation to teach, uplift and accompany communities in Brazil’s favelas.
Zumba with Margarita
Margarita Durán has started teaching Zumba at the Migrant Integration Center in São Paulo.
Responding to COVID-19 food insecurity in São Paulo
At São Paulo’s Street Network Project, lay missioners help those experiencing homelessness and food insecurity.
Online classes and food emergencies in São Paulo
Margarita Durán continues to teach immigrant children and encounters food insecurity in one of the main epicenters of the pandemic.
Millennials in mission
Five Maryknollers reflect on what it’s like to be a young adult lay missioner
Leading the skirt dance at Festa Junina
A joyful community celebration brings a favela community closer together.
Margarita marches in the March of Margaridas
In August, Margarita Durán traveled to Brasilia to join the “largest protest action of women in Latin America.”
Time for art with Margarita!
Margarita Durán brings joy and beauty to migrant and refugee children in São Paulo, Brazil.
