Gloria Vicente
Illinois Maya Ministry met today in Warrenville, Illinois, at the home of Rev. Denise Griebler, to listen to a very pregnant Gloria Vicente share about her work in Guatemala as a missionary through Common Global Ministries. Gloria was able to explain in depth about her experience at Guatemalan Christian Action (ACG). She also talked a [...]
Transportation Equity
Quad Cities Interfaith has been working for over a year now on the issue of Transportation Equity, by which we mean providing more equitable access to jobs that will be created when the passenger train service comes to the Quad Cities. The word is that over 2000 jobs will be provided and 700 of those [...]
Honoring Bishop Samuel Ruiz
There are different ways of honoring someone who has died. Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia (3 November 1924 – 24 January 2011) died a little over a year ago. He was instrumental in building positive ecumenical relations between and among Mayans, Catholics and Protestants in the Diocese of San Cristobal de Las Casas, where he served [...]
A Meeting is a Meeting is a Meeting
It was a full day of meeting at INESIN. Here is Hermana Lucy sharing some memories of the beginning of the project 15 years ago. She was one of several such speakers.
This is one of the discussion groups talking about what we have heard. This particular group is international partner groups. Around the table are [...]
Opening with Mayan Prayer
After a few opening and welcoming remarks from Ernesto Martin, the three day celebration of the 15th Anniversary of INESIN began with a Mayan Prayer time led by spiritual leaders from Huixtan, Chiapas, Mexico. The prayers centered around an altar formed on the ground; a circle of flowers and candles, oriented on the four cardinal [...]
Melel Xojobal
This morning we visited with one of our partners in San Cristobal, Melel Xojobal. They work with indigenous children in the area, provide a nursery school, and do an outreach to children who work on the street in San Cristobal. Here is their website and you will enjoy how colorful it is. http://www.melelxojobal.org.mx/ This is [...]
Visit to a community
It was a busy today. In the morning we went to a Maya medical herbal museum and learned about Mayan spirituality, use of natural plants, and agricultural plants also. Found out that tomorrow is a big day on the Mayan calendar – the day for the blessing of the seeds and planting in this area. [...]
Delegation assembles
Here are all eight members of the delegation gathered for lunch at Tierra Dentro in San Cristobal de Las Casas, today, May 1. Six of us had flown in today from Chicago and two were already here. We are here to celebrate the 15th Anniversary of INESIN – an ecumenical and intercultural institute dedicated to [...]