seems to have little success. The result is a very good collaboration between the two communities. The young men have developed a small garden and the community provides a room that will be used as a small workshop for making leather goods. Also here it is fundamental to a relationship day by day, by being present and… waiting for the young person to feel accepted and not judged, so that a relationship can begin. In the past few months, the reception centre at Cara di has opened the doors to the sisters from Ramacca, welcoming them for their liturgical services and for preparation for the sacraments for those who request it. Even here, the knowledge of different languages makes the development of relationships easier… for months the sisters have been waiting at the door of the centre without being allowed to enter… and they started to teach Italian to those who wanted to improve the fluency in the language in a minivan on the street. Meeting in the streets has enabled them to develop even deeper relationships with different migrants. The sisters also regularly pay visits to the CARA migrants who are ill and brought to the hospital of Caltagirone. Here the sisters act as intermediaries between patients and hospital personnel. Once recovered from his/her illness the migrant finds himself/herself alone, without the smallest relationship and in need of a lot of support, often unable to communicate…. The good relationships with the local population has presented an opportunity to start a progressive integration of the young people with the local families. The cooperative’s activities are mainly focused on this aspect. At the community level: In this world in which individualism and a focus on self makes it more and more difficult to get together, where fear and prejudices lead to the building barriers and the raising of walls... UISG wants to open a prophetic path, which breaks our inner borders.... and which brings together fragility and richness and consolidates collaboration at all levels. Community life is therefore a key element of experience. The sisters testify, without speaking about it, that it is possible to live together, even if they come from different congregations and charisms, speak different languages, and come from other cultures and countries. This requires every religious women to be able to respect the other, to accept diversity, to build sisterly life together, to seek carefully, even in difficulties, what unites rather than to be afraid of what can divide: whether differences in lifestyle, habits, ways of praying, formation... but, to be honest, perhaps
seems to have little success. The result is a very good collaboration between the two communities. The young men have developed a small garden and the community provides a room that will be used as a small workshop for making leather goods. Also here it is fundamental to a relationship day by day, by being present and… waiting for the young person to feel accepted and not judged, so that a relationship can begin. In the past few months, the reception centre at Cara di has opened the doors to the sisters from Ramacca, welcoming them for their liturgical services and for preparation for the sacraments for those who request it. Even here, the knowledge of different languages makes the development of relationships easier… for months the sisters have been waiting at the door of the centre without being allowed to enter… and they started to teach Italian to those who wanted to improve the fluency in the language in a minivan on the street. Meeting in the streets has enabled them to develop even deeper relationships with different migrants. The sisters also regularly pay visits to the CARA migrants who are ill and brought to the hospital of Caltagirone. Here the sisters act as intermediaries between patients and hospital personnel. Once recovered from his/her illness the migrant finds himself/herself alone, without the smallest relationship and in need of a lot of support, often unable to communicate…. The good relationships with the local population has presented an opportunity to start a progressive integration of the young people with the local families. The cooperative’s activities are mainly focused on this aspect. At the community level: In this world in which individualism and a focus on self makes it more and more difficult to get together, where fear and prejudices lead to the building barriers and the raising of walls... UISG wants to open a prophetic path, which breaks our inner borders.... and which brings together fragility and richness and consolidates collaboration at all levels. Community life is therefore a key element of experience. The sisters testify, without speaking about it, that it is possible to live together, even if they come from different congregations and charisms, speak different languages, and come from other cultures and countries. This requires every religious women to be able to respect the other, to accept diversity, to build sisterly life together, to seek carefully, even in difficulties, what unites rather than to be afraid of what can divide: whether differences in lifestyle, habits, ways of praying, formation... but, to be honest, perhaps
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