{"id":88589,"date":"2023-03-17T13:16:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T12:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scolopi.org\/ser-parte-para-tomar-parte\/"},"modified":"2023-03-21T18:32:41","modified_gmt":"2023-03-21T17:32:41","slug":"be-part-to-take-part","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scolopi.org\/en\/be-part-to-take-part\/","title":{"rendered":"Be part to take part"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Saturday, 11 February, more than a hundred people from Itaka-Escolapio’s Emmaus met in Bilbao for the 5th Meeting for Social Transformation under the motto BE PART to TAKE PART.<\/p>\n

In the online session we reflected on the importance we attach to participation in Itaka-Escolapios and the conditions that need to be in place for it to develop fully. The material used is available at: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/58va983e<\/a><\/p>\n

At the face-to-face meeting, we shared experiences of participation in the different locations and got to know the Itaka-Escolapios projects in Bilbao on the ground. We were particularly impressed by the scope of the Calasanz Movement, the 21 homes for young migrants and women at risk of exclusion, the AILARA day centre for women, the vocational training being developed in collaboration with the Betania cooperative, the volunteers dedicated to teaching Spanish…<\/p>\n

Considering the growing number of people of Muslim faith participating in Itaka-Escolapios projects and attending the meeting, we held an interfaith prayer with the participation of the Imam and several people from the mosque of Rekalde as well as the diocesan representative for interfaith dialogue. It was an intense moment of shared spirituality.<\/p>\n

The meeting culminated in the celebration of the Eucharist of the Christian Community of Bilbao, during which Elena P\u00e9rez and Igor Irigoyen made their final promise as lay piarists.<\/p>\n

At the end of the Eucharist, the Manifesto of the meeting was read, in which all the participants committed themselves to a more just and solidary world. You can read and distribute the manifesto here: https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/uahzhzf9<\/a><\/p>\n

ANNUAL PLAN OF THE PROVINCE AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF EMMAUS SHARED WITH THE ITAKA-SCOLAPIOS NETWORK<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a concretisation of the Programmatic Charter that the Province and the Emmaus Fraternity signed at the time, we presented to the Executive Committee, after approval by the Provincial Congregation and the Provincial Council of the Fraternity, the annual plan of the projects that we of Emmaus share in the Itaka-Escolapios network. A large part of our extra-Muslim mission is developed through this NETWORK, in which we thus share mission with 11 Piarist Provinces and 5 demarcational fraternities and are present in 18 countries.<\/p>\n

The projects of Emmaus that we share in Itaka-Escolapios cover many areas of social intervention, with projects to accompany migrants and to welcome minors under guardianship increasing greatly in these years.<\/p>\n

These projects are listed below:<\/p>\n