A HISTORIC DAY! * Prayer * February 2025

A HISTORIC DAY! * Prayer * February 2025

This 23rd January 2025 will go down as an important date in the history of our Emmanuel Children’s Home. At just after 12 noon we signed off on the purchase of the plot of land located in the centre of Sant Just Desvern. This is where, God permitting, our new Home,...
HAPPY NEW YEAR! * Prayer * January 2025

HAPPY NEW YEAR! * Prayer * January 2025

Preparing a short video means drawing up a little script, with its plot, dialogues and setting. Sending greetings for the new year 2025 is something we all do but, of course, any video needs an original touch. As children and teenagers in the context of Europe’s...
CHRISTMAS 2024 * Prayer * December 2024

CHRISTMAS 2024 * Prayer * December 2024

HE WAS BORN IN A MANGER, DIED ON A CROSS, LEFT AN EMPTY TOMB AND WILL RETURN FROM HEAVEN: M  A  R  A  N  A  T  H  A  ! M E R R Y   C H R I S T M A S ! ! ! PRAYER TOPICS We pray for the Christmas celebrations of each child with their family. May it be a meaningful time...
NEW SHOES * Prayer * November 2024

NEW SHOES * Prayer * November 2024

The expression “new shoes” (literally “a change of shoes”) in Spanish is a metaphor for any important step or transition in growing up. Our “new shoes” are our new car and new building. But their real value is the children in them. Each child is unique and...
THE LOOK IN OUR EYES * Prayer * October 2024

THE LOOK IN OUR EYES * Prayer * October 2024

We begin October with our new photo for the 2024-2025 school year. It is a collage of us gazing out at you. The look in everybody’s eyes says so much, all the time. Sometimes a person’s gaze reveals what’s going on INSIDE them: tranquillity, anxiety, joy, boredom,...
WE DON’T KNOW EVERYTHING! * Prayer * September 2024

WE DON’T KNOW EVERYTHING! * Prayer * September 2024

We now begin a new school year. As usual, WE DON’T KNOW what will happen in the future, in the lives of our children. Be it for good or for ill. Successes? Problems? Worthy projects? The death of a family member?…  We simply don’t know. Whatever they encounter...