{"id":149109,"date":"2024-09-26T17:48:41","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T21:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/?p=149109"},"modified":"2024-10-08T23:05:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T03:05:42","slug":"missions-in-morocco-rodrigo-at-the-orphanage-la-creche-of-tangier-i-like-to-think-that-we-are-the-arms-of-christ-letting-them-know-that-they-are-loved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/missions-in-morocco-rodrigo-at-the-orphanage-la-creche-of-tangier-i-like-to-think-that-we-are-the-arms-of-christ-letting-them-know-that-they-are-loved\/","title":{"rendered":"Missions in Morocco | Rodrigo, at the orphanage La Cr\u00e8che of Tangier: \u201cI like to think that we are the arms of Christ, letting them know that they are loved\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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For a few years now, Cumbres School Valencia has been bringing high school and college students to La Cr\u00e8che of Tangier, an orphanage which cares for abandoned babies and children. This summer of 2024, 30 young people and four leaders (two Legionary priests and two laypeople) travelled there. One of the young people, Rodrigo, tells us that \u201cthe language was not a problem; hugs are universal,\u201d and that \u201cevery day we began with Mass to give meaning to our work there.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

The group of missionaries from <\/i>Cumbres School Valencia<\/i><\/span><\/a> have had a great experience of the Church and of the mission. They stayed in the convent of the Carmelite Sisters, with whom they shared Masses, Adoration, and moments of fellowship, and they were also received by Brother Emilio Rocha, Archbishop of Tangier. \u201cMy motivation for going to Tangier began with the desire to transmit Christ\u2019s love to those who are forgotten,\u201d explains Rodrigo, one of the young people from Valencia. These students of the <\/i>Regnum Christi school<\/i><\/span><\/a>, in addition to helping in the orphanage, supported the Franciscan Brothers of the White Cross.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What moved you to participate in this mission in an orphanage in Marocco?<\/b><\/p>\n

My motivation for going to Tangier began with the desire to transmit Christ\u2019s love to those who are forgotten. I knew about the work they do in La Cr\u00e8che, and I joined these missions that Cumbres School does every year.<\/p>\n

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The fact that they feel loved makes me give of myself without thinking about myself.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What is your day with the children like?<\/b><\/p>\n

Every morning we begin with Mass to give meaning to our work there. Then, we all have breakfast together in order to organize the day, since we don\u2019t only go to the orphanage, but we also have groups that accompany the Franciscan Brothers of the White Cross in the afternoons. Their work with the disabled is marvelous.<\/p>\n

In the orphanage, we team up with the people who work there to attend to the babies and older children with some type of disability. You truly see the joy in their faces, and I like to think that we are the arms of Christ, letting them know that they are loved.<\/p>\n

Each afternoon, when we return to the Carmelites\u2019 convent, we put at Christ\u2019s feet everything we have experienced. With him, everything has meaning.<\/p>\n

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