From Our Little Roses
March 27, 2022
We are reminded during Lenten Season that the compassion of God is followed by action. The Parable of the Prodigal Son shows quite well the character of our Creator in relation to us, His creation. The old image that some may have of a God in heaven looking down on us to see if we do ...
March 20, 2022
On this third Sunday of Lent Jesus tells the story of a fig tree that was planted in a vineyard. The owner of the field comes looking for figs but he finds none. He gets upset and complains to the gardener reminding him that for 3 years this fig tree has produced nothing. The owner ...
March 17, 2022
Impact of Gender Inequality on Honduran Girls
Poverty and gender inequality are, unfortunately, a way to live for many women in Latin America. The impact of the pandemic has only exacerbated existing poverty levels.
An analysis published by the Economic Commission for Latin ...
March 15, 2022
March is National Women’s History month, making it the perfect time to reflect on your own efforts to champion females. In a world where girls and women are often marginalized in first-world countries, we know that the life of a girl in an underdeveloped country is oftentimes much ...
March 13, 2022
Mark Twain said that people could be categorized into 3 groups: commonplace, remarkable and lunatics. I do not know about you, but I can think of a few people that indeed belong in all of those 3 groups.
Saint Paul on the other hand says that there are only two kinds of ...
March 5, 2022
The first Sunday of Lent brings us back to the wilderness. Each year we are reminded of Jesus' place of testing, of privation and temptation. We are told that for 40 days our Lord was tempted by the devil but he resisted all the challenges for forty days. I wonder if we have been ...
March 2, 2022
Bishop Leo Frade was born in Havana, Cuba, on October 10, 1943. He grew up in a staunchly Methodist home. As a teenager at a youth conference, he felt a strong call to serve God and was for a time a lay missionary in the Sierra Maestra Mountains where Castro’s revolution began.
In ...
March 2, 2022
We have a special invitation from Bp. Leo Frade this Lent
As we begin the season of Lent, Our Little Roses invites you to a special Lenten Retreat with the Chair of our Board of Directors, Bishop Leo Frade. We begin today, Ash Wednesday with a special video message from Bp. Frade ...
February 25, 2022
Each year has its own set of holidays related to seasonal changes or national celebrations. As we say goodbye to winter and look toward spring, we celebrate special occasions such as Valentine's Day, President’s day (a holiday celebrated in the United States of America on the third ...
