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Category Archives: El Salvador
Mesa Grande 2023
(Versión en español más abajo) On January 14, representatives of the repopulated communities of Chalatenango, Cabañas and Cuscatlán met in Mesa Grande, Honduras, where people had lived as refugees starting 43 years ago as a result of the internal armed … Continue reading
Posted in Aniversarios, Anniversaries, El Salvador, Español, General
Tagged commemorations, conmemoraciones, guarjila, los ranchos, san josé la montaña
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Corn Festival! /// ¡Festival del Maíz!
(Versión en español más abajo) The city of Zaragoza and ACOMUJERZA have been celebrating and will keep doing so. On Sunday, August 20, the ACOMUJERZA cooperative, the city of Zaragoza, and the local Catholic parish Nuestra Señora del Pilar participtaed … Continue reading
Congratulations ACOMUJERZA! /// ¡Felicidades ACOMUJERZA!
(Versión en español más abajo) On September 24, ACOMUJERZA marked its 13th anniversary, celebrating with a party on that Sunday. ACOMUJERZA is partnered with People of Hope Church in Rochester, Minnesota. The cooperative was officially established and recognized in 2008, … Continue reading
Posted in Aniversarios, Anniversaries, El Salvador, Español, General
Tagged acomujerza, Aniversarios, Anniversaries, celebraciones, celebrations, people of hope
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Time to remember, time to tell // Tiempo de recordar, tiempo de contar
A CCR event for repopulated communities in Chalatenango, El Salvador // Un evento de CCR para las comunidades repobladas en Chalatenango, El Salvador (Versión en español más abajo) March 5, 2022 The Association for the Development of Communities in Chalatenango … Continue reading
Posted in El Salvador, Español, General, News
Tagged ccr, el salvador, eventos, events, guarjila, san josé la montaña
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A new “travel” experience this Advent / Una experiencia de “viaje” diferente en el Adviento
(Versión en español más abajo) As we all know, throughout the world, in the last two years we have had to adapt our lives to a different way of life. Among other things, this has meant creating a different way … Continue reading
Posted in El Salvador, Español, United States, Virtual, Virtuales
Tagged actividades virtuales, advent, adviento, guarjila, virtual activities, wallingford
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Virtual Posada / Posada Virtual
(Versión en español más abajo) On Saturday, November 13, 2021, Sister Parish members were blessed to be able to gather virtually as brothers and sisters, north and south, from numerous communities and churches, to participate in a virtual posada. The … Continue reading
Posted in El Salvador, Español, General, Guatemala, United States, Virtual, Virtuales
Tagged actividades virtuales, posada, virtual activities
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Jon Cortina, 16th Aniversary / Jon Cortina, 16 Aniversario – Guarjila 12-11-21
(Versión en español más abajo) “Jon Cortina, a true man” is a lyric from a popular song that they sing with love in Guarjila when remembering Father Cortina. He was a Jesuit priest and engineer, born in Spain but naturalized … Continue reading
Posted in El Salvador, Español, General
Tagged Aniversarios, Anniversaries, commemorations, conmemoraciones, guarjila, vigilias, vigils, wallingford
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Conversation about Coco and Day of the Dead/ Conversación sobre Coco y Día de los muertos.
Day of the Dead conversation with Duluth and Los Ranchos/ Conversación sobre Día de los muertos con Duluth y Los Ranchos Continue reading
Guarjila organizes in face of violence / Guarjila se organiza ante la violencia
On June 25, the community board of Guarjila, El Salvador organized a public demonstration to call for an end to violence in the community and to demand the authorities take action to protect the population. There has been a notable … Continue reading
Posted in El Salvador, Español, General, News
Tagged Central American news updates, guarjila, wallingford
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ACOMUJERZA and People of Hope share Lenten traditions / ACOMUJERZA y Gente de Esperanza comparten sus tradiciones para la cuaresma
People of Hope church and their partners in the ACOMUJERZA cooperative organized a creative Zoom call this month. Each community prepared and demonstrated how to make a traditional food for Lent, Holy Week or Easter. The group even did an … Continue reading