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Open Ignatian Families Day. 

The message of the Pope's encyclical "The Joy of the Gospel" was a great experience for more than 300 people attending the ISN event “Open for Ignatian Families”. Coming from different parts of the province of Spain, they lived the joy that comes from faith. The day began almost by magic, because we were able to write, rehearse and record a song about families, and send it to the Pope, in an hour!

The Provincial of Spain, hours before leaving for Rome to the General Congregation, opened the meeting inviting families to transform the world. He recalled that "our home is a key place in the world, where we find ourselves" and that "the family is important in how we look at and model our world."
Then the Archbishop of Madrid, Fr. Carlos Osorio, participated in a discussion. He recalled some memories of his childhood and his family, as well as the importance it had in the transmission of faith and Christian values. His was from a big family "with a very deep heritage: Ignatian spirituality".  He then invited us to be “stoves”: "Christian families must be stoves to meet others, to offer a warm heart".

People worked in groups and looked at the different challenges that families face today. Meanwhile, the children had their own activities. After lunch the creativity culminated in a human heart formed by people at the entrance of the school Nuestra Sra. del Recuerdo. In the afternoon, families reflected in workshops about different aspects of the family: transmission of faith, relationships, ecology. Finally, we offered our experiences of the day in the Mass. Children also had a small role.  Access to the gallery.

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