Carmen Notario

Carmen Notario belongs to the community of Sisters for Christian Community. She studied theology at the Jesuit university in Boston. She is active in spiritual and theological formation through retreats, talks and writing, always seeking to form Christian communities. She has ministered in different parts of the U.S., England, Ireland and Spain, where she currently resides.
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Carmen Notario pertenece a la comunidad de Hermanas para la Comunidad Cristiana. Estudió teología en la universidad de los Jesuitas en Boston, Massachusetts. Ellla se dedica a la formación espiritual y teológica a través de retiros, charlas y escritos, buscando siempre crear comunidades cristianas. Ha realizado su ministerio en diferentes partes de EE. UU., Inglaterra, Irlanda y España, donde reside actualmente.

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A new story opens us to transformation in faith

"There is much work to be done, much to change," writes Sr. Carmen Notario. "Let us not be afraid. We are links in a chain in a definitive historical moment where small patches are not enough; life is at stake."

When the wings of migrants rest in Bantabá

A community of Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus has been living in El Ejido, a municipality in the Andalusian province of Almeria, for 50 years. The Bantabá project is focused on migrants arriving from many parts of the Mediterranean; practically all the people who come are in an irregular situation in Spain. 

Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Spirit?

Sr. Carmen Notario compares the desecration that some individuals have done today of the body, mind and spirit of so many women, men, girls and boys, and the desecration of the temple of Jerusalem in the time of Jesus.

From sterility to prophetism

Sr. Carmen Notario draws parallels between the biblical story of Hannah and modern challenges faced by women religious, examining the interplay of personal transformation and structural changes within the church.

An image from Portocolom in Mallorca, Spain (Courtesy of Carmen Notario)

The wind is the Spirit of this moment

This is the spirit of the moment: a strong spirit, a wind, and a force that transforms the cowardly into courageous, the mute into preachers, and the discouraged into faithful followers committed to the cause of Jesus.

 

Desert landscape (Pixabay/Brigitte Werner)

Reborn of water and of the Spirit, we allow ourselves to be transformed

Fasting from doing things my way will help me let myself be directed, will bring me closer to the experience of Jesus — listening from within to God's plan and living not as I see fit but as befits a child of God.