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.
Serving São Paulo’s street people during the pandemic
São Paulo network serves an average of 1,000 lunches per day to people experiencing homelessness.
Mustard seeds in São Paulo
Andersen’s experience sows seeds of hope, compassion and new possibilities (scripture reflection for June 13, 2021).
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.
Restorative justice in Brazil’s court system
Joanne Blaney helps to implement a UN-sponsored effort to reform Brazil’s justice system
Paulo, presente: Gratitude to an essential worker
Joanne Blaney shares the story of a member of her base community.
What Ederson de Jesus taught me
A young Brazilian man’s life and death are a window into Brazil’s inequality and systemic racism.
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.
Celebrating Holy Week in a São Paulo base community
A Holy Week celebration with people who live or lived on the street moves to Zoom this year.
In quarantine in Brazil
Maryknoll lay missioners in Brazil share some of their coping strategies during the COVID-19 quarantine
