Caracas, in a nutshell While the U.S. Delta aircraft lands, moving toward Simon Bolivar Airport, humidity assaults me like my own tropical country; people like Venezolanos and other walks of life, emerge on the horizon with smiles and thanksgiving. Beyond my wildest imagination, there's parallelism in the Caribbean experience. Food, history, literature, and even human struggles abound with stories and gospel cries. Roads are narrow, long and winding, ...

Across the border of Mexico I did a mission work at Casa del Migrante in the border of Ciudad Juárez, México.It is where a lot of Mexicans, Salvadorians, Guatemalans, Hondurans, and Peruvians cross into the U.S. without fear and discover later that they cannot do so without any necessary documents. There is a search fro meaning that explores the struggles and difficulties the migrant faces including the relationship between home and away. Of the many storie...

In a range of different ventures converged in Bogotá, Colombia Our group held this time our annual meeting of the Junior Clergy 11-16 November 2002 in Bogotá, Colombia.The two provincial superiors - Frs Pat Murphy and Sergio Dall'Agnese were present in the said meeting.This year's theme focused on human trafficking and violence in Colombia with its urgent imperatives of national interest and ecclesial ministry. Clearly the litany of sadness recently unveile...