A School of Life
The ways young people and those who struggle come to Community are often different, but all are united by suffering. They’re united by this cross, and it is not just drug addiction, but more so the inability to love and live one’s life.
From the beginning Mother Elvira loved to define the Community journey as a “School of Life”, explaining what Community wants to offer to people. Those who ask for help is learn to live life in all of its different aspects. Joy, pain, fatigue, friendship, celebration, simplicity, struggle, fear, courage, fragility …
The Community journey formed over time and collective experiences. We developed it by listening and learning from the young people themselves and their families. Through the experience and service of those who’ve put in the hard work, we can welcome and God can heal more hearts than ever.
Over the years, this journey has become a source of hope and salvation not only for many who’ve been dependent on drugs and distractions, but also for those who crave to encounter a true answer to the suffering they have experienced. They search for a solution to the deep search for meaning in their life.
We propose the journey of rebirth for those in Community based on a simple, family oriented, orderly life. They are freely welcomed and are offered true friendship, discipline, and fraternal sharing. “Ora et Labora” – prayer and work. These are the pillars through which people rediscover respect, order, hope, dignity, peace and the joy of being alive.
“My heart directed me towards the young people who were lost. I saw them “without a shepherd”, without a point of reference, and in jeopardy. They were wealthy and had money in their pockets. They had the car, the culture, and all of the material things that could have been given to them and yet they were sad and dead in their hearts.”
-Mother Elvira
“My heart directed me towards the young people who were lost. I saw them “without a shepherd”, without a point of reference, and in jeopardy. They were wealthy and had money in their pockets. They had the car, the culture, and all of the material things that could have been given to them and yet they were sad and dead in their hearts.”
-Mother Elvira
A School of Life
The ways young people and those who struggle come to Community are often different, but all are united by suffering. They’re united by this cross, and it is not just drug addiction, but more so the inability to love and live one’s life.
From the beginning Mother Elvira loved to define the Community journey as a “School of Life”, explaining what Community wants to offer to people. Those who ask for help is learn to live life in all of its different aspects. Joy, pain, fatigue, friendship, celebration, simplicity, struggle, fear, courage, fragility …
The Community journey formed over time and collective experiences. We developed it by listening and learning from the young people themselves and their families. Through the experience and service of those who’ve put in the hard work, we can welcome and God can heal more hearts than ever.
Over the years, this journey has become a source of hope and salvation not only for many who’ve been dependent on drugs and distractions, but also for those who crave to encounter a true answer to the suffering they have experienced. They search for a solution to the deep search for meaning in their life.